Public Education
Uncertainty swirls around Pa. property tax amendment that will soon go before voters
A constitutional change before Pennsylvania voters could lower property taxes and shake up school funding. Or it could do nothing at all.
8 years ago
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At Delco ‘Safe Schools’ event, lessons from Sandy Hook shooting
A woman who lost her daughter in the Connecticut elementary school massacre still steels herself to tell the story. She does so to help others prepare for the next tragedy.
8 years ago
GOP pushes Wolf to distribute Pa. education tax credits
Days after negotiations to balance Pennsylvania's late budget collapsed completely, lawmakers, the governor, and their staffers are still trading barbs.
8 years ago
State-related universities fearful of becoming casualties of Pa.’s ongoing budget impasse
Pa. budget impasse has put funding for Pennsylvania’s state-related universities in jeopardy. Without it, in-state students will likely see a tuition spike.
8 years ago
Those challenging fairness of Pa. school funding will have day in court
In a decision that could eventually shake Pennsylvania’s educational landscape, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lawsu ...
8 years ago
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Every state in the U.S. was required to submit a proposal to the federal government by last week on how it will comply with the new feder ...
8 years ago
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Every state in the U.S. was required to submit a proposal to the federal government by last week on how it will comply with the new feder ...
8 years ago
Report on ‘chronic teacher absenteeism’ in Pa. highlights union’s role, spurs further questions
A new report finds that teachers in traditional public schools are almost three times as likely to be chronically absent as teachers in c ...
8 years ago
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Fair funding advocates decry Pa. leaders for playing politics with specialty school money
For years in Pennsylvania, school funding coming from state government was criticized as being irrational, unpredictable, and too-tied to ...
8 years ago
New report on Pa. charter school growth finds ‘stranded costs’ linger five years later
A new study finds that expanding the charter school sector in Pennsylvania creates a significant toll on traditional public school system ...
8 years ago
National education poll finds Americans wanting more job and career skills training in school
What’s the point of public school? To foster academic and critical thinking skills? To prepare students for the workforce? A ...
8 years ago
National education poll finds Americans wanting more job and career skills training in school
What’s the point of public school? To foster academic and critical thinking skills? To prepare students for the workforce? A ...
8 years ago
Pa. school leaders anxious, still stinging from 2015 as 2017 state budget talks again linger
Nearly two months after the state’s budget deadline, lawmakers still haven’t reached a consensus on how to pay for the spendi ...
8 years ago
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Part Four: While Pa. debates merits of Pre-K, Ontario goes all-in
Part four of our Ontario series
8 years ago
Don’t call it the Badlands: The story of Savannah Zayas
It’s early February, and Savannah Zayas is just four months away from proving the world wrong. When she became pregnant in middl ...
8 years ago