Schools across the country are grappling with a persistent dilemma: how to reduce the number of days that children miss class. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Aug. 14, 2017 Full story
Starting this coming spring, the English language arts Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exam will be reduced from four sections to three sections and the math PSSA from three sections… Read More
HARRISBURG (August 14, 2017) – The Pennsylvania Principals Association is pleased to release this statement after Gov. Tom Wolf joined with the Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera and other educators… Read More
Six months on the job, DeVos is no less divisive.Critics see her as hostile to public education and indifferent to civil rights, citing her impassioned push for school choice and… Read More
If you are a taxpayer looking forward to property-tax elimination becoming reality, curb your enthusiasm. Even if a planned voter referendum passes this fall and the Pennsylvania Legislature does away with… Read More
Governor Wolf will join Department of Education Secretary Pedro Rivera and other Pennsylvania school officials today at 10 a.m. to announce the reduction in testing time for the PSSA standardized… Read More
Are you a principal or assistant principal thinking about moving forward in their education journey into central office administration and perhaps even the superintendency? Pennsylvania needs strong educational leaders to… Read More
When players transfer, it can raise the general question: Was the move made in part or perhaps entirely for athletic purposes? It’s an issue the PIAA faces every year. Coaches… Read More
The House is scheduled to return for a regular session Sept. 11, but members remain on call. Representatives were told to prepare for a possible return this month, but a… Read More
In a victory for school districts, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that charter schools cannot unilaterally change their operating agreements to add more students, schools or other functions that… Read More