Should you ban these devices in the classroom? Let students go whole hog? Or is there a happy medium? This seemingly simple topic ends up being what one professor and… Read More
The nearly three-week continuing resolution passed by Congress Monday to end a brief government shutdown includes a six-year funding package for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Education Week, Jan. 22,… Read More
Two-thirds of Americans are exposed to extreme stress in childhood, things like divorce, a death in the family or a caregiver’s substance abuse. Toxic stress in childhood can lead to a… Read More
A split Pennsylvania Supreme Court has just thrown out the state’s current map of Congressional districts, and ordered the legislature to submit new maps of the 18 districts by Feb…. Read More
Pennsylvania’s tendency in recent years to cover deficits through borrowing has led to a failure to build up a rainy-day fund and puts the state in danger of not being… Read More
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale pointed at the audits not as evidence of district mismanagement, but rather at the need for state intervention to assist Pennsylvania’s struggling districts. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan…. Read More
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Lower Merion School District’s (Montgomery Co.) appeal of a lower court decision that said the district could not impose a 4.4%… Read More
Now that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has approved Pennsylvania’s 13-year education-improvement plan, state officials are working on rolling out some changes. WITF, Jan. 19, 2018 Full story
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Wednesday announced the approval of Pennsylvania’s new school accountability plan for the state’s more than 1.7 million students. Full Story
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Safe Schools Office, in partnership with Montgomery Intermediate Unit 23, will be offering a course entitled, “Leading School Climate Improvement: The School Climate Leadership… Read More