Pennsylvanians may not realize they are paying for lobbyists to act against their interest.
By Kevin Mooney
West Chester Area School District promises policy review after political survey distributed schoolwide
The school district has promised to review its internal policies after a survey asking high school students how their parents voted in 2020 went viral on social media.
By Todd Shepherd
Larry Ceisler: San Francisco school board recall shows rational voters rising up
As I look at school boards across our country, I conclude we need more recalls and resets. Let us all, especially kids, learn from history.
West Chester Area School District stays silent on allegations of politicized surveys given to students
A tweet alleges students in West Chester were asked to complete a survey detailing their parents’ voting habits, news consumption, and whether they “resist political change” or “believe in…equality.”
Parents in Chester County ask courts to remove school board members over mask mandates
Petition alleges board members went beyond their legal authority and that the mandates should have been lifted after the Pa. Supreme Court shot down a statewide school mask mandate.
By Todd Shepherd
Sharon Sedlar: An open letter to the Pennsylvania General Assembly
Pennsylvania parents need your robust support, in word and more importantly in deed, for the improvement and advancement of education for all of our children.
By Sharon Sedlar
Wally Nunn: Will Bunch misses the point, again
Mr. Bunch: your own numbers undermine your premise. What you care about is tearing us apart.
By Wally Nunn
Budgeting board trying to suppress key education-funding statistic, says state rep
A sentence saying higher school budgets does not necessarily lead to higher achievement-test scores is now the basis of a quiet fight in Harrisburg.
By Todd Shepherd
Pennsylvania Democrats call for $3.75B in education spending
“This budget year is about opportunity and need coming together,” said Rep. Matt Bradford, D-Montgomery. But a Republican spokeswoman said the proposal was “more of the same old, same old.”
By Victor Skinner
Catholic school parents, teachers challenge recruiting allegations in federal civil rights suit
“This was about putting kids first,” say parents suing the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Organization, which has determined that a series of school transfers were done in violation of rules against athletic recruiting.
By Kevin Mooney