The school and community leaders who met last week in a summit focused on funding for public schools got their message half correct. Mark DiRocco, executive director of the Pennsylvania… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality (BSLTQ) has reviewed and updated the following Certification Staffing Policies and Guidelines (CSPGs): CSPG 3 – Validity… Read More
When a student feels sick during the school day, they visit the school nurse. But if their problem is emotional or psychological in nature, where can they turn for help?… Read More
Students who lost their appeal in a challenge of Boyertown Area High School’s policy that allows transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity have… Read More
Statewide, about 73% of classroom teachers in public schools last year were women. But only about 28% of school district superintendent were, according to a PA Post analysis of state… Read More
Another year, another possible billion-dollar budget deficit for Pennsylvania. That’s the financial outlook for the state’s 2019-20 budget and five years beyond, as issued Thursday by the Legislature’s nonpartisan Independent… Read More
Pennsylvania officials on Thursday unveiled a new way to measure public schools’ progress, in a further shift away from the strict accountability culture of the No Child Left Behind era…. Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded more than $610,000 in grant funding to four school districts for clean energy vehicle projects that will help improve air quality and public… Read More
The familiar high school rituals take place every spring. Athletes sign letters of intent to play for college programs as their coaches beam with pride, the photographs splashed across social… Read More
Another year, another possible billion-dollar budget deficit for Pennsylvania. That’s the financial outlook for the state’s 2019-20 budget and five years beyond, as issued Thursday by the Legislature’s nonpartisan Independent… Read More