Education Voters of Pennsylvania released a new report this week detailing wasteful spending by the state’s largest cyber charter school. The expenses include over $400,000 at entertainment venues and brand new SUVs.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has until Wednesday to approve an application for the state’s first AI-powered cyber charter school. Education advocates see it as a crash grab.
Education advocates called on Pa lawmakers to close the $4 billion funding gap between poorer and wealthier school districts over the next four years. A 2023 report found that 387 of Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts have inadequate funding gaps.
Pennsylvania has some of the oldest school buildings in the country and cleaning toxic schools will cost billions of dollars. A new round of funding will help restart the cleaning process.
If the financial aid fiasco last year had you, like me, coming up with creative alternatives for the FAFSA acronym, you can take a big, deep breath. This year, the process is so much easier. Or maybe you’re a FAFSA newbie, and you have no knowledge of 2023’s...
Pennridge School Board members overturned a controversial ban on pride flags and a policy that barred teachers from discussing LGBTQ+ issues with students.
Close to $20 million in grant funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s (PCCD) School Safety and Security Committee was approved last week to fund school safety and mental health support across the commonwealth.
McMahon is relatively unknown in education circles, although she has expressed support for charter schools and private school vouchers.
On Election Day, voters in Colorado, Kentucky, and Nebraska squarely rejected private school choice ballot measures, demonstrating how much voters of all stripes oppose the use of taxpayer dollars to fund private school tuition.
PA House Democrats are looking forward to continuing to make investments in public education following their electoral wins last week. Last year, they helped Gov. Josh Shapiro secure a historic $1.1 billion education funding boost and are looking to build on that going forward.
