In a lesson for other states, Arizona’s voucher experiment has precipitated a budget meltdown.
Losing young faculty also undermines efforts to recruit more Black and Hispanic educators.
The budget includes increases for early education, public schools, and the state’s literacy plan.
The budget targets chronic absenteeism, high-impact tutoring, and extended learning in afterschool/summer school programs.
Lawmakers ended this year’s legislative session without giving public schools any money for raises.
Amid a growing population of youth experiencing mental health crises, as well as another spate of mass shootings around the country, Pennsylvania...