The concept known as “restorative justice” is gaining traction, including in Harrisburg School District, where Receiver Janet Samuels recently confirmed a youth court program is being considered at the high… Read More
Paul L. Stefani, principal in the Scranton School District, has been appointed by President Michael Allison to serve as the chairperson of the 2020 PA Principals Association Nominations Committee to… Read More
State-appointed monitor Carol Saylor has criticized the state’s financial recovery law for not clearly laying out what districts have to do to get out from under state control. Four of the… Read More
Last March, the Network for Public Education released a report showing that the federal government has lost a billion dollars to charter school waste and fraud. But the organization had not… Read More
Public schools in Pennsylvania spent $18,028 per student based on average daily attendance (ADA) figures, the eighth highest expenditure level among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to… Read More
The stories we tell about ourselves — stories of success and stories of failure — often have their beginnings in the distant past. Sometimes, they start in our childhoods. Sometimes,… Read More
A months-long study of how to reform Pennsylvania’s school property tax system culminated Friday morning when a working group of lawmakers released five different plans for reducing the much-despised tax… Read More
Pennsylvania’s school districts can expect to pony up more money to cover for their pension costs next year but perhaps they can find some relief in knowing it won’t be… Read More
Total spending, class size and teacher quality are important. So is a school’s culture, including how school staff work together and learn from each other, and how they respond to… Read More
Let’s talk about student mental health. Save the date for Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. ET for our next #NAESPchat, where we’ll look to each other for best practices… Read More