In honor of October being National Principals’ Month, PA Principals Association Executive Director, Paul M. Healey, Ph.D., has shared this video: https://youtu.be/QwSLrwaq4XU Join the Pennsylvania Principals Association, the National Association… Read More
State aid to school districts has failed to keep pace with rising costs of special education, where expenditures have ballooned by a whopping 58 percent over the past decade, according… Read More
School districts will be allowed to raise real estate taxes at a higher rate for the 2020-21 school year. The Pennsylvania Department of Education Monday released the Act 1 indices… Read More
With the new academic year underway, now is the perfect time to invite your legislators to your school buildings to see your programs and meet your students and staff. It’s… Read More
Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Palmyra) answered calls from citizens this week about his proposal to eliminate school property taxes for Pennsylvanians, cautioning them that something needs to be done to prevent… Read More
Educators and advocates told lawmakers Tuesday that the cost of special education services continues to outpace the funding districts receive from the state. A newly formed commission met Tuesday in… Read More
Governor Tom Wolf visited Logan Elementary School in the Altoona Area School District today to discuss his three-part plan to fix Pennsylvania’s outdated and flawed charter school law. The governor… Read More
Between the tendency of more families traveling and the abundance of restaurants offering various cuisines, today’s students are exposed to more foods and flavors than those of a generation ago,… Read More
Lawmakers who were instrumental in the legislation say they didn’t intend to strip school police officers of their arrest power. The goal of the bill that Wolf signed in June… Read More
The Pennsylvania State Senate recently advanced a comprehensive bill that aims to improve the state’s career and technical education system.The bill is designed to modernize the career and technical education… Read More