tag | public schools
August 11, 2023 | 5:25 PM
Level-Up funding is being held up despite the budget being passed. Here’s why.
The $100 million program aimed to supplement funding for 100 of the poorest schools in the Commonwealth has yet to receive its annual backing.
January 27, 2023 | 6:00 PM
Pa. Auditor General DeFoor responds to school district audit criticism
The audit of a dozen districts released this week has drawn the ire of school business experts.
July 12, 2022 | 3:32 PM
Mental health figures into Pennsylvania’s education funding
Every school district will receive $100,000 as a base grant and charter school entities will receive $70,000.
July 10, 2021 | 8:24 AM
End of term in sight, Wolf sets sights on school funding
With just a year and a half left in office, Gov. Tom Wolf’s primary focus will be convincing the Republican-controlled Legislature to modernize how state aid is distributed to Pennsylvania’s public schools….
July 9, 2021 | 6:04 PM
Pa. students of color don’t have equal access to in-person learning, study finds
March 29, 2021 | 4:25 PM
Pennsylvania schools to get $4.9B in federal pandemic aid
School districts must use at least 20% of the money to address learning loss from the pandemic as well as support the “social, emotional, and academic needs of underrepresented students.”
February 18, 2021 | 5:11 AM
The $1 billion plan to close the gap between growing and shrinking Pa. school districts
An average shrinking district saw funding increase by $3,200 per student over the past three decades, according to a January report from Public Citizens for Children and Youth, a nonprofit led by a member of former Gov. Ed Rendell’s cabinet.
January 26, 2021 | 7:36 AM
As the Trump era ends, the school choice movement reckons with its conservative ties
Privately and publicly, school-choice advocates say preserving the traditional education reform coalition has become increasingly difficult.
