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Monthly checks to flow to Pa. children, families under tax credit tweak in new federal stimulus

BY: - March 14, 2021

The sweeping legislation includes billions of dollars to support child care facilities, expand food assistance benefits, and send cash straight to families' bank accounts.

Pennsylvania got $104M from the feds to expand internet access to students. Much of it is still unspent 

BY: - August 5, 2020

With the start of classes weeks away, the Wolf administration can't say when they'll spend the money or how they'll dole it out.

Fate of former Corbett official’s charter school lies with ex-colleagues

BY: - March 4, 2019

During her year-and-a-half stint as Pennsylvania’s top education executive, Carolyn Dumaresq oversaw hundreds of charter schools across the state. Last month, though, she hit a stumbling block in her quest to open one of her own. Dumaresq’s application to open a charter school in the Harrisburg City School District was rejected by the local school board […]