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
How important is it to have a role model? A new working paper puts some numbers to that question. Having just one black teacher in third, fourth or fifth grade… Read More
The rationale goes something like this: Rising property taxes have become the millstone around the necks of property owners — particularly seniors. If a local school board is considering raising… Read More
Singling out transgender students to use certain restrooms sends a signal that they aren’t valued in the public education system — and can cause devastating physical and psychological harm, a… Read More
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) has announced that Dr. L. Earl Franks has been selected by the NAESP Board to assume the role of executive director effective… Read More