February 5th, 2010 at 6:58 pm » Comments (0)

Sadly, the Penn Hills SD (Allegheny County) strike has materialized. As usually happens, the two sides are charging each other with bad faith. I noted two days ago ...more »

February 3rd, 2010 at 2:50 pm » Comments (0)

If you want the quickest possible look at what's wrong with how most school district contracts with teacher unions are negotiated, read two sentences from an online news item published ...more »

January 28th, 2010 at 11:25 pm » Comments (6)

A citizen group in Pennsbury SD (Bucks County) calling itself Better Pennsbury has created a website urging transparency in school finance -- especially union contract negotiations. The group practices ...more »

January 11th, 2010 at 1:04 pm » Comments (0)

According to a story in the Harrisburg Patriot News, the largest state teachers union (PSEA) will leave it up to local unions whether to sign a memo of understanding applying ...more »

January 8th, 2010 at 9:37 pm » Comments (0)

Jim Butt, promptly upon joining the Cheltenham Township (Montgomery County) school board, started a very classy blog. Now Jim has launched another new site called School Board 2.0. ...more »

December 24th, 2009 at 5:40 pm » Comments (0)

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association has started a brand new PSBA blog. As of Christmas Eve there were three posts, all dealing with a pension reform bill proposed by ...more »

December 22nd, 2009 at 6:20 pm » Comments (1)

An AP story on a survey by Pennsylvania newspapers on the implementation of the 2009 Open Records Law shows considerable progress but still a way to go. My sense is that ...more »

December 18th, 2009 at 2:21 pm » Comments (0)

Once upon a time, there was a cowboy cook who acknowledged that his “rabbit stew” included horsemeat. “It’s 50-50,” he said. “One rabbit, one horse.” Emails from Good Schools ...more »

December 11th, 2009 at 2:24 pm » Comments (0)

The proverbial epicenter of Pennsylvania's collective bargaining disputes in public education is nearing its end. On Wednesday evening, December 16th, the Saucon Valley School Board will release the final details ...more »

December 9th, 2009 at 12:32 pm » Comments (0)

Here's a story you don't see very often: a school board salary offer of a starting salary that's larger than what its union is asking. That's the story ...more »