Area school board members are welcoming a new state law that allows them to discuss certain matters of security in executive sessions. Doylestown Intelligencer, July 9, 2018 Full story
Pennsylvania just committed $20 million to increase opportunities in computer science. In the recently enacted budget, Governor Tom Wolf and the General Assembly supported new state funding for computer science… Read More
Ed Kang loved science growing up and ended up earning a Ph.D. in neuroscience. But he left academia to teach high school over 10 years ago, believing one of the… Read More
You don’t need a 3D printer to have a makerspace – Full Story
When state legislators fled for summer break last week, they stranded a pile of important bills on hot-button issues such as domestic violence, fraternity hazing, redistricting, abortion, and cutting the… Read More
(Harrisburg, Pa.) — The Pennsylvania Principals Association has increased the size of its Board of Directors by two by adding two new positions: Diversity At Large and Assistant Principal At… Read More
More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit. New data show little progress in retaining students, despite efforts to plug the leak…. Read More
It’s an abstraction that has obscured the true workings of the country’s education system for decades. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/07/americas-schools/564413/
When Governor Tom Wolf announced last week he’d support sending all of the state’s education money through its new funding formula, he emboldened advocates and riled opponents. Now Wolf is… Read More
As school districts plan for the coming year, the increasingly common challenge seems to have spread across the region. Philadelphia Tribune-Review, June 29, 2018 Full story