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Appearing on Thursday’s Smart Talk Road Trip to the Rose Lehrman Arts Center on the campus of Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) is Gene Barr, president and CEO the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, to offer a statewide… Read More
Ten local school districts have been awarded more than $1.3 million in state grants to better protect students. The grants were awarded by the School Safety and Security Committee within… Read More
Despite being an essential element to any school, finding school bus drivers has become a challenge for some companies. Robyn Nichols attributes these bus driver shortages to changes at the… Read More
A new survey of Pennsylvania school nurses has found that while many schools do keep a supply of naloxone on hand, barriers like education officials’ reluctance are still keeping the… Read More
Schools need to prepare for a nationwide surge in cases of the coronavirus that’s currently wreaking global havoc and could disrupt daily life in some communities, federal officials warned Tuesday…. Read More
Education is necessary and freedom of choice is an important aspect of education. While the importance of choice is recognized, local school district officials have expressed hope for a more… Read More
Pennsylvania’s Kindergarten Entry Inventory (PA KEI) is a reliable reporting tool that offers teachers an instructional strategy for understanding and tracking a student’s proficiency at kindergarten entry. The tool collects… Read More
With the approach of PSSA and spring Keystone testing windows, PDE would like to remind all LEAs about requirements for participation in state assessments. The U.S. Department of Education (USDE)… Read More
The number of homeless public school students in Pennsylvania increased by more than 30% from 2015-2018, according to a report released last month by the National Center for Homeless Education. Click Here for… Read More
State spending has exceeded the $34.5 billion that lawmakers and the Democratic administration agreed on for the 2019-20 budget year, which ends on June 30. And as a result, the administration is going back… Read More