Sep 12, 2025
WHY ARE SO MANY STUDENTS FAILING MATH AND SCIENCE ASSESSMENTS? It’s beyond depressing that two thirds of American high school seniors cannot do high school level math or science and a majority struggle with high school level English skills. Also...
Sep 5, 2025
HANGING BY A THREAD “I returned last year as a librarian to reopen five elementary school libraries, all of which were closed and basically turned into offices and other uses, and the students were not using the resources that were there. Then we got...
Sep 4, 2025
Long before the current state budget delay left districts scrambling to cover expenses, some Chester County schools were already struggling with inadequate funding. Nearly half of Chester County’s students (47%) attend five school districts that have faced decades of...
Aug 15, 2025
CYBER CHARTER REFORM IS NO GAME Today’s state budget negotiations feel like a game of UNO – find a match, skip, reverse, lose a turn. It’s not a fun game for the schools and vital programs that have been dealt a financially losing hand with the budget delay....
Aug 8, 2025
Students Going Back to School But PA Senate Still Stalling State Budget Negotiations With 447,330 PA students returning to classrooms in just two weeks, education advocates demand that the Senate GOP fulfill their constitutional obligation to adequately fund...
Jul 25, 2025
WHO’S WINNING IN THIS GAME? PA students could hit the jackpot if the players in Harrisburg would agree on how to tax “video-gaming” terminals in bars, fire halls, taverns, and convenience stores. In a rare public display of intramural rivalry,...
