As information about the academic struggles of Pennsylvania’s cyber charters has become more accessible, the full-time online schools have increasingly enrolled students from the state’s least-educated communities and most-disadvantaged school… Read More
“Right now the bill is dead,” state Sen. Randy Vulakovich, R-Shaler, told those who gathered last week at Fox Chapel Area High School to discuss state education issues with elected… Read More
Proposed federal education cuts would take $443 million from Pennsylvania education programs, services and research, the Pennsylvania Department of Education estimates. Philadelphia Tribune-Review, April 27, 2017 Full story
Students in the nation’s only federally funded school voucher initiative performed worse on standardized tests within a year after entering D.C. private schools than peers who did not participate, according… Read More
Paul M. Healey, Ph.D., PA Principals Association Executive Director, will be featured, along with executive directors from PASA, PSBA, PACTA and PAIU, on WITF’s Smart Talk tonight at 7 p.m…. Read More
The state’s spending $80 million a year; that doesn’t include what school districts spend administering and preparing for the test. According to the Education Department, Pennsylvania is in the middle… Read More
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to reduce the federal government’s role in K-12 education. Associated Press, April 26, 2017 Full story
New school vaccination rules that take effect in August will require Pennsylvania children to be fully vaccinated within the first five days of school. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 25, 2017 Full… Read More
More bills are emerging in the Pennsylvania Legislature to end or loosen a requirement that students pass the Keystone Exams to graduate high school. One bill unveiled Tuesday would allow… Read More
The state House on Tuesday approved a plan to update the state’s 20-year-old law governing charter schools in Pennsylvania. The measure passed 108-84 and now goes to the Senate, which… Read More