Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-02-05/education/hearing-date-set-for-pa-school-funding-suit/a61303-1 February 5, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The lawsuit challenging the adequacy of Pennsylvania’s public school funding was first filed in 2014. (mromerorta/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. — A lawsuit claiming … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Last week Governor Tom Wolf stood with PA public schoolchildren who are being harmed by our state’s current school funding system. He filed a response in PA’s school funding lawsuit urging the court to … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): “Don’t play with our kids.” Michelle Obama’s statement – in response to US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s declaration last year that he will roll back or delay key elements of the healthy school meal standards … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-01-24/education/report-outlines-plan-for-free-tuition-at-pa-colleges/a61159-2 January 24, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania is 47th in per capita investment in higher education. (Kumar Appaiah/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – A nonpartisan research group has released a … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org) and From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): HARRISBURG — The Keystone Research Center and the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center today released a new report titled “The Pennsylvania Promise: Making College Affordable and … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): As we enter 2018, the PA legislature is picking up where it left off on its attack on our children’s public schools. Before the holidays, Republican leaders rigged the membership of the Senate Education … Continued
From Pre-K for PA (http://www.prekforpa.org/): The benefits keep going and going and… There’s no argument about the success-building power of high quality pre-k in the early learning years of children. But there are critics of the early education pillar still … Continued
From Pre-K for PA (http://www.prekforpa.org/): This week PPC and the Pre-K for PA Campaign released a report urging candidates running for office in 2018 to support high-quality pre-k to improve Pennsylvania’s economic competitiveness. Year after year, the economy and education … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-01-17/early-childhood-education/report-shows-pa-lagging-in-pre-k/a61056-1 January 17, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania ranks 18th out of 30 states with publicly funded pre-K. (Floridanana/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Investing in pre-K is investing in a … Continued
Summary: With only one in five Pennsylvania employers rating the readiness of the current labor force as excellent or good, it is clear that Pennsylvania is facing a serious workforce skills gap. The existence of this gap makes sense in … Continued