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
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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.
Report says pandemic could spur new school staffing approaches
Predictions that the teaching shortage will worsen due to the COVID-19 outbreak should cause school leaders to rethink how they manage teacher staffing, recommends the American Institutes for Research in a… Read More
October is National Principals Month!
National Principals Month starts today! The PA Principals Association is joining with NAESP and NASSP to celebrate principals. We appreciate our members year-round, but every October, we go above and… Read More
Register: CDC/NAESP Virtual Forum (10/7) on latest CDC recommendations for K-12 schools
On Wednesday, October 7 at 4 p.m. ET, NAESP is parterning with the CDC to host a virtual forum to hear directly from CDC experts on the latest recommendations for… Read More