Pennsylvania’s public schools — and how we fund them — was a major focus of Pennsylvania’s election debate this year. That should be welcome news for every parent and taxpayer in the state, but only if that is followed up with action. A strong basic education system...
Katherine Bobby’s dedication to her students is paying off in more ways than one. On Wednesday, at an all-school assembly at Eagle View Elementary School, the third-grade teacher was recognized as a 2018 Milken Educator Award winner and was presented with an...
About 67 percent of school districts statewide are in survival mode, according to Richard Fry, president of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators and superintendent of Big Spring School District. Such districts tend to be driven by the strictest...
A couple of superintendents with local school districts weighed in on a recent study that reports state special education funding in Pennsylvania is not keeping pace with local needs. The report, titled “Shortchanging Children with Disabilities: State Underfunding of...
Griffin Farrell sits in an East Hills Middle School eighth-grade class learning equations alongside his peers. It’s something the 14-year-old with Down syndrome has done since kindergarten. Griffin’s brothers go to Catholic school. But his mother, Dena Farrell, said...
UPPER DARBY — On top of input for what qualities their ideal superintendent should have, the Upper Darby School District is again asking for the community for feedback on investment in schools as part of a survey. A parent information night is scheduled for Oct. 22 at...
