Analyzing Teacher Strikes in Pennsylvania
Believe it or not, for the first time since the 1970s-as far back as reliable data is available-Pennsylvania might have just had its first school year without a teacher strike.
Believe it or not, for the first time since the 1970s-as far back as reliable data is available-Pennsylvania might have just had its first school year without a teacher strike.
Senator Piccola issued a statement applauding ten Pennsylvania school districts for holding the line on spending and producing "no tax increases" budgets. That is indeed
School closings, borrowings to close a budget deficit, and calling on employees to make sacrifices: that’s happening in the Philadelphia School District.
How to speed job growth in Pennsylvania? According to the latest offering from the Keystone Research Center (KRC), the Commonwealth and local tax levying bodies
Though it has been clear for some time now, no taxpayer can rest easy if they read some of the comments from "in the know"
A pop quiz as another school year gets underway: what is the student-to-teacher ratio in the Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS)? According to the most recent
Pittsburgh has received $40 million from the Gates Foundation to figure out how to define and promote effective teaching. That is more money than many
In a recent piece on education funding an analyst noted that "two-thirds of public school employment growth has been teachers (41%) or teacher aides (23%).
With moans of regret and lamentations over the sadness they felt, members of the Pittsburgh School Board voted by an 8 to 1 margin to
The Pittsburgh Public Schools’ board of directors just voted on another round of job cuts (furloughs and layoffs) adding on to the ones last month