Strong opposition to statewide, mandatory graduation exit exams seems to have derailed the plan. Instead, Gov. Rendell's administration has settled on a compromise that would make the tests optional this school year.

The Education Policy and Leadership Center Education Notebook recaps education-related legislative and regulatory activity in Harrisburg.

AFT Pennsylvania members can take advantage of hundreds of grant, scholarship and award opportunities for themselves, their schools and their students. Now updated monthly.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly approved the largest dollar increase – $275 million – for basic education funding in at least two decades and ensured that public education will remain a priority by locking future funding targets into law. Other bills regulate charter schools, provide university funding and change the community college funding formula. Read the EPLC summary.