Philadelphia’s four-year graduation rate was 72% in 2019. Three out of four students graduated on time during the 2020-21 school year, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic and the last year for ...

The school markets itself as a school for “students who have difficulty functioning in the traditional public school environment.” Keystone is only a 30-minute drive McClain’s home in West ...

A requirement that Pennsylvania students pass the Keystone Exams to graduate high school was put on hold Wednesday for at least two years, although Gov. Tom Wolf said he remains committed to ...

High school graduation rates are improving; an investigation into the numbers shows some of that is due to quick fixes. Policy experts respond with their suggestions for meaningful change.

The concept of achieving proficiency on Keystone Exams as a high school graduation requirement has been a very costly failure in Pennsylvania, concludes a new analysis by the Allegheny Institute ...

Some say the prospect of mass failure combined with general testing backlash to create a powerful anti-Keystone coalition. “I think those two forces combined led to a situation where everybody wanted ...

At Westmont Hilltop School District, ... The Keystone exams, once a graduation requirement, will now be one of many ways for a student to demonstrate that he or she is ready to graduate.

Keystone School District spends $17,469 per student each year. It has an annual revenue of $18,776,000. Overall, the district spends $10,155.2 million on instruction, $5,780.3 million on support ...