How Long will School District Cash Last Without a State Budget?

Whether it’s within the next month or six months from now, school districts in York County and across the state will run out of cash without a state budget. Click… Read More

The Data are Damning: How Race Influences School Funding

In America, schools with a lot of minority students are chronically underfunded. Is that the case because these students are poor, and poor communities have fewer resources for funding their… Read More

Budget Impasse Could Cost Schools $11.2M in Interest, Fees

Pennsylvania school districts have borrowed more than $346 million so far to get through the state budget impasse, the auditor general said Tuesday, as Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a short-term… Read More

Progress on a State Budget Deal? Maybe. At Least the Sides are Meeting

While it is hard to read the tea leaves from the second round of state budget talks on Monday, some might find reason to think that the sides may be… Read More

Quakertown Board Withholds Pension Payment to State

Following through on a promise made this spring “to create some civil disobedience,” six members of the Quakertown School Board were on hand recently to deposit a “check” for $3.4… Read More

Department of Education Releases Results From New PA Core- Aligned Pennsylvania System of School As

State Education Secretary Pedro A. Rivera announced today that the department has released the results of the 2015 administration of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). Click here for… Read More

Question and Answer Session for the Winter Keystone Exams Precodes Data Collection

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is providing an opportunity for local education agencies (LEA) to attend a question and answer (Q&A) session that will address the details of the… Read More

Why Do More than Half of Principals Quit After Five Years?

Click here for the Hechinger Report Source: The Hechinger Report, Sept. 26, 2015.

Poor Credit Puts Crunch on PA School Districts

Pennsylvania ranks second nationwide for the number of school districts with credit ratings that are the equivalent of “junk,” highlighting the challenges of a dwindling tax base coupled with increasing… Read More

CASD to Withhold Some Charter School Payments Due to Budget Impasse

The Coatesville Area SD will withhold some payments to charter schools as the state budget impasse impacts local funding, officials said during the Coatesville Area SD board of directors monthly… Read More