Enrollment woes at Pennsylvania state schools
Fresh numbers are adding urgency to a broad redesign underway across Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities, as enrollment now has slipped to a level not seen in 20 years. Full Story
Fresh numbers are adding urgency to a broad redesign underway across Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities, as enrollment now has slipped to a level not seen in 20 years. Full Story
Since 2015, 30 states have walked back one or more of their teacher-evaluation reforms, according to a new report by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington-based group that is in favor… Read More
Starting next fall, some students who take the ACT will have a new option as they try to improve their scores: They’ll be allowed to retake individual sections of the… Read More
A majority of parents rarely if ever discuss race/ethnicity, gender, class or other categories of social identity with their kids, according to a new, nationally representative survey of more than… Read More
A Pennsylvania lawmaker has unveiled legislation that would require all school districts to offer full-time cyber education programs. State Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie) said his proposal, House Bill 1897, would require… Read More
College isn’t for everybody, but that doesn’t mean higher education shouldn’t be seen as an option. That’s something Republicans and Democrats from the Lehigh Valley can agree on. At a town… Read More
The role of school guidance counselors continues to evolve, in part, because the experiences the students go through in and out of school evolve. As in the past, guidance counselors today… Read More
Pittsburgh Public Schools is launching a pilot program this school year that would enable classroom aides to become teachers and earn the required state certification, an initiative designed to narrow… Read More
Philadelphia is poised to require youth organizations to accommodate transgender and gender-nonconforming kids next year, including allowing them to wear clothing and use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. The… Read More
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