The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday unanimously voted to approve legislation that provide for a new funding formula designed to more equitably distribute state dollars to school districts. Click here… Read More
The state House voted on Tuesday to end seniority-based teacher layoffs in Pennsylvania and tie those decisions to job performance evaluations. By a narrow vote of 100-91 that drew no support… Read More
Public exasperation is starting to show at the state Capitol with the slow progress of Pennsylvania’s budget talks. Gov. Tom Wolf, frustrated with what he increasingly sees as a Republican… Read More
Through an amazing grant opportunity offered by the Food Research and Action Center, NAESP Foundation and several other groups, recently joined the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom to bring… Read More
An overhaul of the way Pennsylvania funds its 500 school districts could begin to move in the state House and Senate as soon as next week. And, while Republican and Democratic… Read More
Just 90 words in a letter from a mid-level program analyst in the Department of Labor and Industry to a handful of state human service providers warning of the mere… Read More
The Basic Education Funding Commission, created through Act 51 of 2014, released its long-awaited report on a new formula for distributing basic education funding to Pennsylvania schools today. Click on… Read More
Most of Pennsylvania’s registered voters are in favor of legalizing medical marijuana. About half (49 percent) support Gov. Tom Wolf’s death penalty moratorium, versus 37 percent who oppose it. And… Read More
A bill permitting Pennsylvania school districts to tie future teacher layoffs to job performance evaluations narrowly survived an early-round vote in the state House Wednesday. The 95-94 vote on an… Read More
Pennsylvania House members voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to exempt more people from a state law that requires background checks for those who work with children. The 180-9 vote sent the Senate the proposal… Read More