EPLC Education Notebook – Tuesday, June 18, 2013

EPLC Education Notebook – Friday, June 7, 2013

EPLC Education Notebook – Monday, June 3, 2013

EPLC Education Notebook – Wednesday, May 29, 2013

EPLC Education Notebook – Monday, May 20, 2013

EPLC Education Notebook – Monday, May 13, 2013

(May 29) House Republicans Proposed Budget FY 2013-2014

House Republicans Proposed Budget FY 2013-2014

(May 29) PA House Republicans Outline Priorities With Budget Proposal

Press Release 5/29/2013 HARRISBURG – Today, Pennsylvania House Appropriations Chairman Bill Adolph (R-Delaware County) introduced House Bill 1437, the House Republican budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013-14. The proposal spends $28.3 billion, which is a $578 million or 2.1 percent increase over … Continue reading »

(June 5) PASBO/PASA Report: Third Consecutive Year of Cuts to Student Learning Opportunities As School District Finances Continue to Weaken

News Release HARRISBURG, PA – June 5, 2013—The Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO) and the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA) have released the results of their joint annual school budget survey, “Third Consecutive Year of Cuts to Student … Continue reading »

(May 23) Homeless Youth in Philadelphia – Survey taken by youth who are enrolled in the School District of Philadelphia. The report includes an estimate of the prevalence and risk factors of the youth who experienced homelessness.

Recent Philadelphia Youth Risk Behavior Survey analyses revealed the following key findings: Approximately 8% of all Philadelphia public high school students reported having experiencing homelessness, and almost 11% reported that they had been kicked out, run away, or abandoned. Youth … Continue reading »

(May 15) Controversy surrounds Pennsylvania Common Core Standards

By Jan Murphy, The Patriot-News A controversy is brewing in Pennsylvania over a new set of academic standards that will undergird all instruction in public school classrooms, starting this fall. Called the Pennsylvania Common Core Standards, this initiative provides a framework … Continue reading »

(Apr 30) Public education groups call for restoring $900 million in school funding cut two years ago

By Jan Murphy, The Patriot-News Public education groups are calling on Gov. Tom Corbett and state lawmakers to make a three-year commitment to restore the $900 million cut from public school funding two years ago. The groups say they can … Continue reading »

(Apr 29) Beware: a GED deadline looms

By Don Block, Executive Director, Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council Forty thousand Pennsylvanians face a critical deadline this year. Few of them know about it. Forty thousand is the number of the state’s residents who have started the process of getting … Continue reading »