northeast
Thomas Parker needed to come up with $10 million, and he was almost out of time. It was June, and Parker, superintendent of the Allentown School District, had already erased $18 million of a staggering $28 million budget deficit through a combination of cuts, a...
southeast
As a longtime resident of Lansdowne, I am encouraged to hear that the school funding lawsuit filed in 2014 by the William Penn School District has recently overcome a major legal hurdle, moving it one step closer to trial. I attended school in Lansdowne-Aldan, prior...
statewide news
A new school year is underway. Students have new clothes, new pencils and backpacks, and in some districts, new buildings to explore. As this new year begins, a lingering issue looms over public schools in our region. Families, educators and property owners have been...
regional news, southeast
When Rafi Cave dropped his daughter off at school Friday, it felt like a revelation — it was the first time since classes began Sept. 4 that children at Evans Elementary in Yeadon had a full day’s instruction. “We’re a week into school, and she...
regional news, southwest
The firehall whistle blew in town a few miles away, marking the big moment of the night: the crowning of the 2018 Bituminous Coal Queen at Carmichaels High School. Craig Baily, retired school superintendent and master of pageant ceremonies, wore a black tuxedo and...
northeast, regional news
Eleven of Luzerne County’s 12 school districts have increased real estate taxes for the 2018-19 fiscal year, according to new county assessment office records. Northwest Area School District is the lone exception, with a tax rate remaining at 10.7452 mills. A mill is...
statewide news
By PennLive Editorial Board penned@pennlive.com There’s no doubt that Pennsylvania has made strides in increasing taxpayer support for public education over the last three years. According to one news organization’s analysis, for instance, lawmakers...
statewide news
It now appears the struggling families of the William Penn School District will finally get their day in court. The families, saddled for years with an unequal education for little reason other than their zip code, are celebrating a major court victory. This week...
excellence
Started in Exeter, summer education program expands to benefit city kids. Reading Eagle | Jeremy Long | July 7, 2018 Kayla Welsh sat in the shade outside Reading’s 3rd and Spruce Recreation Center reading to a group of kids sprawled out on a picnic blanket....
statewide news
State funding for public schools is uneven and inequitable, but this bill isn’t the answer [opinion] THE LNP EDITORIAL BOARD A bipartisan proposal in the state House would make a significant change in the way the state allocates funding to Pennsylvania...
