Aly Carter graduated from high school 13 years ago, and what she remembers most distinctly about those years were her experiences on the playing fields. She ran cross-country and track,… Read More
On May 22, 2008 the Pennsylvania State Board of Education (SBE) amended their bylaws to add one non-voting senior student member and one non-voting junior student member. Thus, since September… Read More
A note home from his daughter’s Henrico County school last September surprised Kurt Wolfe. Maybeury Elementary had conducted a lockdown drill that day, and the first-time school parent didn’t know… Read More
Standing in front of 240 freshmen and 80 fellow seniors in her school’s gymnasium, a slight 17-year-old with her hair in pigtail braids took a long, shuddering breath. Full Story
PA Principals Association Executive Director, Paul M. Healey, Ph.D., wrote an OP/ED piece that was posted/published on PennLive.com on January 17, 2019: In his second term, Gov. Wolf has… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education is seeking out organizations from across the state to support children in low-income areas receive nutritious meals during the summer months sponsored by the Department’s… Read More
Margaret S. (Peg) Foster, principal, academic affairs, in the Crestwood School District, has been appointed by President Michael Allison to serve as the chairperson of the 2019 PA Principals… Read More
Last fall, the state Senate adopted a resolution to form an advisory committee to study high school start times throughout the commonwealth. That study is due to the General Assembly… Read More
Using words like urgency and moral imperative, members of the Pennsylvania House’s Democratic Policy Committee, convened by State Rep. Christopher Rabb, met Wednesday in Mount Airy to emphasize the need… Read More
As the federal shutdown continues indefinitely, many furloughed federal workers desperate for income are being wooed by school districts desperate for substitute teachers. Full Story