Access to Career and Technical Education
As you prepare for the 2017-18 school year, please ensure your local education agency is complying with the state’s statutes regarding access to career and technical education. As provided in… Read More
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Panel discusses elimination of school property taxes
Senate Bill 76 calls for the elimination of school property taxes in the commonwealth. While it vows to match dollar-for-dollar funding through an imposed increase in personal income and sales… Read More
National News: Better-educated families less likely to choose PA cyber charters, study finds
As information about the academic struggles of Pennsylvania’s cyber charters has become more accessible, the full-time online schools have increasingly enrolled students from the state’s least-educated communities and most-disadvantaged school… Read More
PA lawmakers discuss education issues with Fox Chapel residents
“Right now the bill is dead,” state Sen. Randy Vulakovich, R-Shaler, told those who gathered last week at Fox Chapel Area High School to discuss state education issues with elected… Read More
Wolf to delegation: Consider harm to PA in federal spending bill
Proposed federal education cuts would take $443 million from Pennsylvania education programs, services and research, the Pennsylvania Department of Education estimates. Philadelphia Tribune-Review, April 27, 2017 Full story
National News: Nation’s only federally funded voucher program has negative effect on student achieve
Students in the nation’s only federally funded school voucher initiative performed worse on standardized tests within a year after entering D.C. private schools than peers who did not participate, according… Read More
Dr. Paul Healey Featured on WITF’s Smart Talk at 7:00 Tonight!
Paul M. Healey, Ph.D., PA Principals Association Executive Director, will be featured, along with executive directors from PASA, PSBA, PACTA and PAIU, on WITF’s Smart Talk tonight at 7 p.m…. Read More
Do standardized tests work and are they worth the cost?
The state’s spending $80 million a year; that doesn’t include what school districts spend administering and preparing for the test. According to the Education Department, Pennsylvania is in the middle… Read More
National News: Trump order seeks to limit federal role in K-12 education
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to reduce the federal government’s role in K-12 education. Associated Press, April 26, 2017 Full story
New Pennsylvania rules aim to get students vaccinated sooner
New school vaccination rules that take effect in August will require Pennsylvania children to be fully vaccinated within the first five days of school. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 25, 2017 Full… Read More