HASD program aims to snuff out teen vaping
The Hollidaysburg Area School District and Lung Disease Foundation of Central PA have launched a pilot program to combat vaping in schools. The district will install 20 vape sensors in… Read More
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Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?
Nationally, some school administrators took advantage of the summer to find new and better ways to identify and engage with missing students, and to build stronger connections between school and… Read More
K-12 budgets face grim outlook, as states will need years to recover from COVID recession
Already battered by the coronavirus recession, governors and state lawmakers will be forced to make even deeper budget cuts over the next two fiscal years to areas such as K-12… Read More
Going back to school: The good, the bad and the ugly
Going back to school during the coronavirus pandemic has elicited a jumble of emotions for teachers, students and parents, who have both wanted to see kids back in school buildings… Read More
Pa. Sen. panel vets bill creating education savings accounts to help students get their schooling..
Dr. Eric Eshbach, PA Principals Association Assistant Executive Director, provided testimony during Senate Education Committee hearing as part of a panel made up of education organization officials.
How schools are navigating privacy concerns in COVID-19 contact tracing
As plans to reopen schools have ramped up across the country, many districts have turned to contact tracing, a system that aims to identify and alert those who may have… Read More
Will PSSA and Keystone exams be canceled for the second year in a row? Some hope so
With schools still in upheaval because of the pandemic, Pennsylvania’s education department should pursue a waiver to cancel standardized tests for the second year, a Chester County lawmaker believes. Click… Read More
Remote learning has been a disaster for many students. But some kids have thrived
Remote learning has been a struggle for teachers and is expected to set back the learning gains of a generation of students. But a small number of students have done… Read More
COVID-19 in Schools Real-Time Dashboard
NAESP, AASA, NASSP, and Brown University have joined together to create a first-of-its-kind nationwide project to systematically map schools’ responses to the pandemic. The new National COVID-19 School Response Dashboard… Read More
PA Principals Association Webinar – October 1, 2020
In today’s webinar, Executive Directors Dr. Healey and Dr. Eshbach discuss legal and legislative issues that are current hot topics. Click here to view.