Donna Hayward, the principal of Haddam Killingworth High School, in Higganum, Conn., spent a portion of her school’s district-allocated COVID relief funds last year to hire a new social worker… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced that $1.5 million in grant funding is available to institutions of higher education that partner with school districts to expedite the process to become… Read More
Pennsylvania’s Acting Education Secretary Khalid Mumin made a statement in his opening remarks at Monday’s budget hearing defending Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed education budget that Republican lawmakers didn’t let him… Read More
In a new review of pandemic-era data on principals in Nebraska, Texas and Pennsylvania from 2014 to 2022, found that principal attrition — those who left the profession in their… Read More
The bills, Senate Bill 512 and Senate Bill 513, would require that each school and other places where school activities occur have at least one centrally located AED. It also… Read More
Federal funding to support homeless students often comes up short. Some school districts are allocating more money for helping these students as they try to close the gap left by… Read More
The K-12 teacher education course, which could be implemented at participating school districts as early as next year, will be part of career and technical education offerings. Through class options,… Read More
Last month, SanctionPA formally applied to the PIAA, which governs high school sports in the commonwealth, to officially sanction girls’ wrestling. An affirmative vote at a February 22 board meeting… Read More
The legislation sponsored by state Rep. Patty Kim, D-Dauphin, is part of a slate of proposals by Pennsylvania House lawmakers designed to address a shortage of new teachers by improving… Read More
In his first budget proposal as Pennsylvania’s chief executive, Gov. Josh Shapiro is calling for $1 billion in new education spending, permanent state funding for public defenders, and an expansion… Read More