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
The American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA), ASCD, Learning Forward, the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), New Leaders, —which collectively… Read More
As area students prepare for a second week of state tests, exams next year could look different. Republican Herald, April 10, 2017 Full story
As the Pennsylvania legislature hammers out the state’s 2017-18 budget, Franklin County public school districts are joining others across the state in questioning what their state funding level will be…. Read More
The commonwealth’s Independent Fiscal Office has released a study on whether Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed revenues for next year’s budget are realistic. WITF, April 7, 2017 Full story