Lawmakers look to fully fund IDEA
Federal funding for educating students with disabilities would gradually increase under a bill known as the IDEA Full Funding Act, which was introduced by lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and… Read More
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School district says children aren’t getting needed mental health services
Dr. Adrienne Johnson was one of nine York County experts to speak to Democratic state representatives March 28 in a policy committee hearing focused on childhood mental health. They were… Read More
PASC Summer Leadership Camps
For over 50 years, the Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils (PASC) has offered summer leadership camps for middle school and high school students, and each year hundreds of students from… Read More
Erie School District’s diversity effort shows results
Jessica Nizeyimana, 17, who is black, is taking education courses in a program that is expanding at Erie High School. A professor from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania teaches three college-level education… Read More
Like Parkland, Downingtown, PA, faced a teen suicide cluster. Here’s what schools can do
After two student survivors of the mass shooting in Parkland, FL, took their lives this month, high school and community officials there are urgently searching for ways to prevent more… Read More
Ballot Sent TODAY for the 2019 PA Principals Association Online Election – 3/26/19 – 4/9/19
TODAY, Tuesday, March 26, 2019, your e-ballot for the 2019 PA Principals Association Election was sent to you via email from Vote-Now, our outside election company. Check Your Inbox (or… Read More
Lawmakers call for mandatory lead testing of school drinking water
A bipartisan group of lawmakers gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday calling for the state to mandate public and non-public schools to annually test all water outlet used for… Read More
Pennsylvania gets ‘F’ for removing lead plumbing in schools
A report by an environmental and consumer advocacy group is giving Pennsylvania an “F” for its efforts to remove lead from drinking water in schools. WITF, March 26, 2019 Full… Read More
Please Sign PA Schools Work Petition for Public K-12 Education
Please Sign our Petition! We are reaching out to you, our supporters, for your help. Years of under-investment by the state has left schools $3 billion short in basic… Read More
Should student poverty affect teacher evaluations? One senator used to say ‘no’ — but now he’s chang
During a budget hearing last month, state Sen. Ryan Aument did something you don’t often see a politician do in public: He admitted that a law he wrote wasn’t working…. Read More