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“A few board members should not be imposing their political views on thousands of students and teachers by telling them what they can and can’t read or talk about in class," the letter reads. → Read More
While the proposal unveiled by the Democratic governor Tuesday would increase money for public schools, it’s less than what education advocates had sought. → Read More
Sen. Vincent Hughes, joined by lawyers for the plaintiffs who won the school funding case, announced the plan days before Gov. Josh Shapiro gives his first budget address. → Read More
It wasn't clear that the Pennsylvania Military Charter School had an agreement to use Valley Forge's facilities, according to Radnor. → Read More
Pennsylvania joins other states where school funding has been ruled unconstitutional. Other states' approaches show what's working and what's not. → Read More
Central Bucks passed a policy prohibiting “sexualized content” that library experts deemed one of the most restrictive policies in Pennsylvania. → Read More
To see how complicated the path forward might be, look no farther than the state where battles over school funding rulings have lasted decades. → Read More
Interest in Hillsdale's curriculum is growing locally and across the country. Here’s some background on why it’s been criticized, and its influence on schools. → Read More
Lawyers for the plaintiffs say the answer isn’t simply redistributing existing money. Instead, they said, the pie needs to be bigger. → Read More
In a 786-page decision, Judge Renee Cohn Jubilerer said that over the course of the more than three-month trial that ended a year ago, the petitioners had demonstrated “manifest deficiencies.” → Read More
The Mathematics, Civics and Sciences charter appears to think "the rules for public schools don't apply to them," a lawyer for the girl said. → Read More
Parents Defending Education has been filing complaints across the country, saying it's “fighting indoctrination in the classroom.” Here’s some background on the organization. → Read More
Parents Defending Education filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education alleging the district's affinity groups and cultural competency lessons are racist. → Read More
“It’s difficult to articulate and quantify the misses that occurred,” the principal said, and “what that means in a child’s development, over the course of those really impressionable years." → Read More
In 2021, the Independence Law Center helped craft a policy for the Hempfield School District barring transgender students from playing on sports teams in line with their gender identity. → Read More
School officials pushed back, saying that districts were acting responsibly in setting funds aside to cover mounting expenses beyond their control. → Read More
While the district says it's trying to create a neutral environment, critics say it's continuing to target LGBTQ students. → Read More
As school systems look for ways to stem rising costs — and compete for a waning supply of new teachers — observers predict more will consider the on-site centers. → Read More
The group wants to fight back against censorship of what teachers can say and policies that discriminate against LGBTQ students. → Read More
Unlike the last proposal, which was put forward by the military academy, the latest application is being advanced by backers with no formal ties to the Main Line private school. → Read More