PA Education News: August 23, 2010

More than half of Philadelphia public schools reach achievement bar The Philadelphia Inquirer
Based on state standardized tests, 158 of Philadelphia's 267 public schools made "adequate yearly progress" in 2009-10, a jump from 119 the year before.

A decade later, Pennsylvania cyber schools go viral The Morning Call

Despite ever-increasing popularity for PA cyber charter schools, most are failing to meet state standards.

Schools in county resist trend to ask students and parents to provide essential supplies The Republican Herald
Instead of following the national trend of asking students and parents to provide more classroom materials, Schuylkill County schools say they attempt to provide all the essential learning supplies from the district budget.