Pennsylvania survey shows huge education cuts
In his 17 years as executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials, Jay Himes can't recall a time of bigger cuts in education than last year and the current year. "I can't think of anything even close," he said ...www.post-gazette.com
Pa. must pull parent trigger to save education
Sadly, in the case of their children's education, thousands of Pennsylvania parents have been held hostage by economic and political realities undergirded by poor, unimaginative policies yielding negative or negligible returns.www.pottsmerc.com
The judge's ruling did not stop the state's campaign to educate people about ...
After a hearing this summer, Judge Simpson declined to stop the law, which opponents, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, argued would disenfranchise many rightful voters. But the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last month returned ...www.post-gazette.com
School Funding Inequity Forces Poor Cities Like Reading, Pa., To Take Huge Cuts
Cities in New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania generally feel the worst financial squeeze, according to the Education Law Center's school funding fairness report, because their state and local funding sources favor wealthier school districts over ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Pennsylvania Bar Association launches public education campaign about ...
Representatives from the Pennsylvania Bar Association and other children's advocates gathered in the Capitol Rotunda to announce the launching of a public education campaign to encourage anyone who has a reasonable suspicion of a child being abused ...www.pennlive.com
Online Education Grows Up, And For Now, It's Free
"For the students who never, ever would have had access to this kind of quality education from a place like Penn or Princeton or Stanford, they now have access to something," she says. "It's not the same as the experience of the on-campus students, but ...www.npr.org
Pa. special-ed funding linked to charter law changes
A long-awaited overhaul of Pennsylvania's special-education funding system is on hold this fall, awaiting agreement on proposed charter law changes, according to the chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee.www.philly.com
Neshaminy's Act 1 Limit Remains the Same
The Act 1 index is used to determine the maximum tax increases for each tax the school district levies, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. With a rate of 1.7 percent, Webb stated that the school board can only raise taxes ...lowersouthampton.patch.com
Pennsylvania's school test scores drop for the first time since 2002
"It defies logic that they could expect student performance to improve after cutting nearly $1 billion" in funding in 2010-11, said Wythe Keever, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union. Keever ...www.philly.com
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Pennsylvania's New Oxford High School marching band stirred controversy earlier this week after a halftime show that commemorated the Russian revolution included olive military-style uniforms and giant hammers and sickles.www.thenewamerican.com
Range announces PA Marcellus pipeline, export deals
Kevin Begos, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) - A gas drilling company has announced deals to ship natural gas products from western Pennsylvania to a Philadelphia-area terminal, and to overseas customers. Range. PITTSBURGH (AP) - A gas ...www.statejournal.com
Pa. lawyers launch child abuse reporting ed effort
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania lawyers are teaming up to educate the public about reporting suspected child abuse.www2.wjtv.com
Pennsylvania Game Commission receives 2 awards at ACI Conference
HARRISBURG - Two Pennsylvania Game Commission Bureau of Information and Education employees received top honors for media production at the recent conference of the Association of Conservation Information.www.publicopiniononline.com
Several East Penn schools put on 'warning' status based on PSSA performance
East Penn schools Superintendent Thomas Seidenberger, said he was not surprised with some of the results in special education. With the exception of Emmaus High School, all schools were put on warning status because of special education student ...www.mcall.com
Penn College-led Consortium Receives $15M Grant for Training
For additional information, call Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College at 570-327-4775 or email wdce@pct.gantdaily.com
Washington Post buying bulk of Celtic Healthcare
Mars, Pa.-based Celtic provides home health care and hospice services in Pennsylvania and Maryland. It offers in-home nurses and therapists and other health care workers.www.pennlive.com
Event to Mark Partnership Between Penn and KIPP Schools
"Making a Penn education available to talented, hard-working students from every walk of life is the cornerstone of our efforts to increase educational access," Gutmann said. "A partnership between Penn and KIPP is a natural fit, and we could not be ...www.upenn.edu
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School firings unanimous, board says
In its first public statement since firing four top staff members Monday evening, the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School's board said today that the votes to terminate were unanimous.www.post-gazette.com
Pa. Education Officials Apologize for Cheating Probe
The state Department of Education said last week in announcing the results of the annual Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests that Bethlehem Area School District would be subject to increased monitoring after an investigation into its test ...www.nbcphiladelphia.com
DCNR breaks ground on new education centre in Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has broken ground on a new Jacobsburg Environmental Education Centre in Belfast, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Related Image. Suppliers to this sector. Barrisol - Normalu SAS · Surface ...www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com
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