President Biden has called reopening schools a “national emergency” and said that he wants to see most K-12 schools in the United States open during his first 100 days in office, which… Read More
President Joe Biden has named Cindy Marten as his nominee for deputy secretary of the U.S. Education Department. The San Diego (Calif.) Unified School District superintendent’s nomination follows the nomination… Read More
Based on a comprehensive analysis of data, the Quality Counts report card answers a key question: Where does my state rank for educational opportunities and performance? Diving into the findings,… Read More
The nation’s schools need thousands of more teachers, full-time and substitute, to keep classrooms open during coronavirus outbreaks. Click here for full article. Source: New York Times, Jan. 19, 2021.
The College Board announced on Tuesday that it will discontinue the optional essay component of the SAT and that it will no longer offer subject tests in U.S. history, languages and math,… Read More
A pair of reports released last Thursday by the Education Law Center — “Making the Grade 2020” and “$600 Billion Lost: State Disinvestment in Education Following the Great Recession” — add deeper context to the… Read More
Currently, Pennsylvania’s system of standardized assessment of students (the PSSAs and Keystone Exams) are still slated to be administered this spring. While this may seem unreasonable and unachievable in light of… Read More
Pennsylvania is dedicating $2.2 billion in federal stimulus funds to K-12 school districts and charter schools affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to support food programs, technological improvements and other education… Read More
This year, advocates from the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center and other groups are pushing to postpone the WIDA-ACCESS exam, which is administered in person, since COVID-19 numbers remain high and… Read More
President-elect Joe Biden is calling for $130 billion in additional COVID-19 relief funding for schools, ramped up testing efforts, and accelerated vaccine distribution strategies to help reopen “the majority of… Read More