PA Principals Association Member Testifies on School Safety at House Education Hearing
Jonathan Bauer, principal at Upper Merion Area HS, testifies on school safety today at House Education Hearing on behalf of the PA Principals Association.
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National News: School shootings in the spotlight Wednesday with House vote, Senate hearing
The US House of Representatives will vote Wednesday on a bill to fund more security at schools. On the Senate side, the Judiciary Committee will hold a widely anticipated hearing… Read More
Students to put pencils down, walk out in gun protests
Organizers say nearly 3,000 walkouts — including dozens across the midstate — are set in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged following the massacre of… Read More
National News: How school walkouts test student rights and school responsibilities
Wednesday morning, at 10 o’clock, students at schools across the country will walk out of their classrooms. The plan is for them to leave school — or at least gather… Read More
In some districts, planned student ‘walkout’ is a teachable moment
The student walkouts being planned Wednesday in some area schools won’t be a traditional protest demonstration with bullhorns and marches. Some won’t even be outside, after school officials raised concerns… Read More
Bills seek to limit schools as Election Day polling locations in Pennsylvania
The bills are virtually identical. They seek to amend the Pennsylvania Election Code, which allows a county board of elections “wherever possible and practicable” to select schoolhouses, municipal buildings or… Read More
Schools brace for massive student walkouts over gun violence
As schools around the country brace for student walkouts following the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, principals and superintendents are scrambling to perform a delicate balancing act: How to let… Read More
Certification Staffing Policies and Guidelines (CSPG) Updates – CSPG 13 and CSPG 101
The Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality reviewed and updated the following Certification Staffing Policies and Guidelines effective February 1, 2018. CSPG 13 – Emergency Permits Many changes and… Read More
Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to fine parents of serial bullies
Proposed legislation from Pennsylvania state Rep. Frank Burns, D-Cambria, doesn’t outline how parents should deal with bullying. However, it would impose penalties on parents whose children are cited for bullying… Read More
School boards in PA lining up against proposed school choice bill
School boards across Pennsylvania have signaled their opposition to a state Senate bill that would allow students in struggling districts to use state money for private school tuition and other… Read More