Multiple Choices

Act 1 is a property tax relief bill passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in 2006 and amended in 2011. ...

The district’s budget for the 2014-15 school year is roughly $2.6 billion. The SRC and Superintendent William Hite h ...

Too often we hear school officials, experts, advocates, and yes, even journalists throw around terms like “block grants” and ...

For years, many public education advocates have been howling about the way Pennsylvania funds cyber charter schools. ...

Millage is a relatively obscure term that represents the tax rate levied on real estate or other property. A mill is one thous ...

 The state runs two public employee pension plans that share a parallel narrative. One plan is for teachers and school employees, ca ...

How much do Pa. teachers make? A lot, relatively speaking. The average starting salary for a teacher in Pennsyl ...

“Hold Harmless” protects funding for some school districts, and means less funding for other districts in need. ...

In the first year of his plan, Governor Wolf wants to increase pre-K through higher education spending by $1 billion. ...

If you guessed Philadelphia, you’d be dead wrong. Fifth in an occasional ...

Political and legal pressure for a state education formula is mounting. A statewide coalition of advocacy groups is pushing Harrisburg to ...

School districts complain that the amounts have not kept up with costs. In 2014, the state modestly increased funding while making some c ...