The PA Principals Association is one of 42 diverse groups 42 diverse groups from all over Pennsylvania that signed on to show support for the $2 million school breakfast initiative… Read More
Misbehaving students in Kindergarten through fifth grade would no longer be given out-of-school suspensions under a measure introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. House Bill 715 would require districts… Read More
Please Join Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson for a K-12 Education Policy Summit at Lock Haven University on April 20: The Every Student Succeeds Act: Empowering Educators and School Leaders forthe 21st… Read More
Two state legislators who are sponsoring bills addressing children’s issues also reintroduced three bills on bullying last week. Associated Press, April 16, 2017 Full story
People objecting to Pennsylvania’s status as the state with the widest gap between funding for rich and poor school districts have argued that a zip code all-too-often determines the quality… Read More
A new Pew Research Center report shows state investors across the country are increasingly making more expensive, more volatile investments with pension funds in an effort to beat market rates…. Read More
In classrooms across Pennsylvania, students are engaged in an annual tradition of taking standardized tests; and while these assessments can play an important role in their education, many would agree… Read More
Click here to complete and/or print the 2017 PA Principals Association State Conference Call for Presenters Form (for breakout sessions). The deadline to submit a proposal is May 23, 2017…. Read More
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, students in Delaware will be held accountable for social studies and science. Massachusetts and Vermont are also incorporating science into their systems, and Illinois… Read More
The Heartland Institute’s guerrilla lobbying effort illustrates the predicament today’s science teachers face. Like all of us, science teachers inhabit a world awash in information and riven by stark political… Read More