Introduction: In 2004, the Allegheny Institute published its first report comparing Pittsburgh with the “benchmark city.” The intention was to examine how Pittsburgh fared when
Summary: The 2024 preliminary budget for Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) shows spending will outstrip revenues. This has been the case for the past several
The Pennsylvania Award for Student Success Program (voucher system) of $100 million that would be directed toward low income students attending low-achieving public schools
Summary: February 2 will mark two years since Pittsburgh Public Schools’ (PPS) board of directors tabled a resolution to close six school buildings. Those closures
An independent consultant hired by Pittsburgh Public Schools to study facility usage recommended closing 16 buildings and reconfiguring another 19 of the District’s 70 facilities.
Facing a large budget deficit, the Plum School Board has voted to lay off 23 teachers. The principal causes of the $1.48 million deficit are salary increases of over $900,000 and a requirement to boost the District’s pension contribution by $1,000,000 for the upcoming fiscal year. Limited to raising tax revenues over the current fiscal year by a state imposed index, the School Board has opted not to apply for an exemption from the Department of Education to increase tax rates.
School closings, borrowings to close a budget deficit, and calling on employees to make sacrifices: that’s happening in the Philadelphia School District.
Last week was a bounty of good news for boosters of the Pittsburgh Promise. It was announced that $160 million had been raised over the
Cut personnel, raise taxes, or dip into the savings account. Those are the choices facing one of the largest school districts in Allegheny County.
If demographic projections come to pass, the Keystone Oaks School District (based in the South Hills and comprising the communities of Castle Shannon, Dormont,
