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In an effort to boost the number of teachers in Pennsylvania schools amid a national educator shortage, the state's Department of Education unveiled a three-year strategic plan aiming to remove barriers to accessing certification needed to join the workforce.

HARRISBURG, June 14 – Legislation authored by state Reps. Joe Ciresi and R. Lee James to create a direct path for dance teacher certification,...

“It’s been a rough two years, and I guess the roughest part has been knowing that I didn’t do anything, yet the accusations kept coming."

A district court judge ruled suspended Los Lunas Schools Board of Education members Eloy Giron and Bryan Smith be reinstated to their elected positions.

Pennridge Citizens for Direct Representation wants Pennridge School Board members to be elected by region instead of the current at-large method.

A Chester County judge ordered the removal of five West Chester school board members, granting a petition from residents opposed to COVID masking requirements.

Harrisburg, PA – Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 232, House Bill 764, and House Bill 2143. House Bill 232 amends the Public School Code adding language allowing specific school districts to change their name by a two-thirds vote of the local board of school directors. House Bill 764 provides […]

Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 253, House Bill 1122 and Senate Bill 324. The governor also vetoed House Bill 2146. 

Gov. Wolf signed H.B. 412, which amends the Public School Code of 1949 to address the immediate need for substitute teachers due to the pandemic.

Nine school districts within Erie County, including Corry, received letters on Friday imploring them to avoid requiring masks or implementing any form of a test-to-stay program.