Public Education
Pennsylvania slashes fees on educational savings plan(The Center Square) – Recently slashed fees on Pennsylvania’s educational savings program could save taxpayers more than half a million over the next year. Treasurer Stacy Garrity said the 1.25… Read More
Government
Pennsylvania governor’s reversal on school choice betrays voters, children(The Daily Signal) – In a year when the school choice movement has racked up a string of victories in red states, Pennsylvania was on track to become the first state… Read More
Government
Pennsylvania’s Democrat governor pulls support for school choice, breaks campaign pledgePennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pulled his support for school choice Wednesday after a multi-day budget impasse with the legislature. The deadlock left Shapiro, a Democrat, in the embarrassing position of… Read More
Public Education
Labor union’s own data contradict teacher exodus claims(The Center Square) – Teacher compensation across Pennsylvania grew over the past decade, despite claims from officials that low salaries and high stress scare educators from the state in droves. Read More
Culture
Penn State calls ‘whiteness’ a mental health issue, new lawsuit allegesWhen a Penn State professor complained about discrimination for being white, he says he was told “there is a problem with the white race,” and he “might have mental health… Read More
Government
Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor stands by his qualified support for school choiceThe Democratic governor of Pennsylvania is defending his stance supporting a school choice bill despite significant blowback from the teachers’ union. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s support comes as the Legislature considers… Read More
Government
Bill easing substitute teacher certification advances in Pennsylvania(The Center Square) – The House Education Committee advanced a bill this week that extends flexibilities in hiring substitute teachers to ease school staffing shortages. Committee Chairman Rep. Peter Schweyer,… Read More
Government
Lifeline scholarships introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate(The Center Square) – The Senate introduced a proposal for lifeline scholarships Thursday without fanfare, despite the policy’s high ranking on Republicans’ legislative priority list. Senate Bill 795 would create… Read More
Culture
Man arrested for reading Bible at gay pride eventA Pennsylvania man was arrested at a “gay pride” event for reading a Bible verse in public. In the video posted on Twitter, Christian protestor Damon… Read More
Public Education
Diverse school choice coalition pressures Pennsylvania governor for support(The Center Square) – An unorthodox coalition wants Gov. Josh Shapiro to put money behind the support he expressed for school choice on the campaign trail last year. Advocates said… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania school district shelled out thousands on ‘equity’ evaluation(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Pennsylvania school district spent thousands of dollars in 2021 on an “equity audit,” conducted by an Ivy League graduate school program, that measured how… Read More
Public Education
Support, but not funding, for vocational schools in Pennsylvania(The Center Square) – Career and technical education attracts bipartisan support in Pennsylvania, but that doesn’t mean funding flows freely and problems are quickly resolved. While student interest is high,… Read More
Culture
Child gender clinic trained teachers to help transition elementary school kids(Daily Caller) – A representative of a child gender clinic trained teachers from two Pennsylvania school districts in 2019 and 2021 to help facilitate elementary school children’s gender transitions, according… Read More
Elections, Missouri
Massive left-wing ‘election-industrial complex’ infiltrating local election offices, including in Missouri, after pivotal involvement in 2020The left has a “staggering infrastructure” of hundreds of millions of dollars, a hundred or more groups and even whole think tanks devoted to tipping elections its way – and… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Parent keeps child at home after ‘kill’ list circulates at Pennsylvania schoolA parent at a Pennsylvania school is keeping their son at home after the student appeared on a “kill list” circulating among 5th grade students. The parent, who wishes to… Read More
Culture
University sexuality program hosts ‘radical playdate’ to help 5-year-olds explore their ‘gender identity’(Daily Caller) – The University of Pennsylvania’s Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies program is hosting a “radical playdate” for 5-through-9-year-olds on April 15 to explore social justice, according to the… Read More
Government, Opinion
Pennsylvania risks being left behind in education reform as governor breaks campaign promiseThe unexpected benefit of the COVID pandemic could be that the logjam preventing K-12 education reform may finally have been broken – at least outside of Pennsylvania. While Pennsylvania politicians… Read More
Public Education
New dynamics influence education spending choices in Pennsylvania(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania's top education official told House lawmakers this week the state's proposed budget makes a “down payment” on the future of schooling in the commonwealth. This,… Read More
Public Education
Public school workers in PA claim ‘dignified’ retirement now out of reach(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania educators say the “dignified” retirement promised to them decades ago no longer exists thanks to record inflation and benefits “frozen” in time for the last… Read More
Culture
Parents fight elite high school’s shift away from merit to diversity-minded lottery system(Daily Caller) – Philadelphia parents are pushing back against a prestigious high school’s lottery admissions system aimed at increasing diversity among students, according to The Wall Street Journal. In the… Read More