A couple of years ago, the Warren County School District sold the former Sheffield Elementary School for $22,000. That sale may be on the verge of paying off for the community at large. The buyer, Taylor Diversions Programs, is a self-styled youth and family-focused support program that ...

We know changes are coming to the way schools are funded in Pennsylvania. What those changes will be, no one knows. Officials in rural areas like Warren County are pinning their hopes that the state aid funding formula reflects the difficulties of paying for a good education in areas ...

We hope our legislators are diligent and thorough as they enter the negotiating season for the state’s 2024 budget. Because, simply put, the 2024 budget proposed by Gov. Josh Shapiro spends too much money. The 2024 budget proposal spends about 7% more than the previous year’s budget — ...

Pennsylvania has approved guidelines for nearly $100 million in Public School Facility Improvement grants for districts and area career and technical schools that are eligible. While that sounds like a good idea, the state needs to go through these requests with a stringent eye. Applications ...

During the heart of the college and professional football seasons, New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli had some good news for state coffers while highlighting an obvious social concern in a news release. Gambling may be boosting revenues for Albany, but it’s taking a costly toll on ...

Just when you think the absurdity boiling out of Florida cannot get any more dangerous, a story pops up such as the one from the Escambia County School District, where five dictionaries, eight encyclopedias and “The Guinness Book of World Records” has been added to its list of more than ...