Why Are So Many Teen Athletes Struggling With Depression?
When high-school sports replicate the training methods and intensity seen at the college level, players feel the toll. Click here for full article. Source: The Atlantic, April 17, 2019.
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20 years on, Columbine survivors tell Parkland students: ‘We’re sorry we couldn’t stop it.’
Columbine and Parkland. Two high school massacres, two communities changed forever. Two fateful days, two decades apart. Tragic bookends in American history. Click here for full article. Source: CNN, April… Read More
Dealing with the complicated issue of school violence
School violence is, without a doubt, one of the most discussed and least understood of all the crises facing education in our country. Everyone agrees that mass shootings, bullying, assaults… Read More
PASA Aspiring To Leadership Workshops
The PASA Aspiring to Leadership Workshops provide a focused and practical lens into current cabinet level and superintendent roles and responsibilities. Mock interviews are facilitated at the Central Office Workshop… Read More
For Kids With Anxiety, Parents Learn To Let Them Face Their Fears
Click here for article. Source: KQED News, April 15, 2019.
Radon in schools? Bill would begin to mandate testing in radon-dense Pa.
A new bill in the Statehouse would require every school district in Pennsylvania to test for radon and inform parents of the results. Click here for full article. Source: WHYY,… Read More
Midstate school board passes ‘biological sex’ policy for locker rooms
A Lancaster County school district has adopted a new student privacy policy — one the superintendent said could lead to a lawsuit. If implemented, it would end the practice of… Read More
Dueling gerrymandering fixes competing at Capitol
Competing measures to change the way the state draws political boundaries are moving in the state House and Senate. The plans in both chambers would create 11-member commissions to develop… Read More
School officials and resource officers need to guard against criminalizing student behavior
School resource officers handle incidents of drug and alcohol use among students, threats of violence and vandalism. The best of them also serve as mentors to students, offering words of… Read More
Principal’s rant on parenting has over 6 million views
A veteran educator says there’s no shortage of moms and dads who are willing to bend or ignore school rules to do what they think is best for their child…. Read More