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The Obama administration Tuesday called for an end to corporal punishment in states and school districts that continue to allow the practice. Click here for full article. Source: Associated Press,… Read More
Join NASSP, NAESP and the PA Principals Association next summer at the 2017 National Principals Conference in Philadelphia, PA, from July 9-11. Click on the link below to view a… Read More
In less than two years, Gov. Wolf has presided over a state that has legalized medical marijuana, broken the state-run monopoly on the sale of wine, increased funding for public… Read More
Pension reform. Perhaps we can begin a not-so-subliminal advertising campaign featuring the words “pension reform” sprinkled strategically throughout any and all written discourse. Click here for full article. Source: LancasterOnline,… Read More
President-elect Donald Trump has said repeatedly that he doesn’t suppose a strong federal involvement in public education. It’s a district and state responsibility, he says, and that’s how it should… Read More
On the heels of a successful re-election campaign, Democratic state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is laying out an agenda for his second term. He said his focus will be on… Read More
The Wolf Administration on Thursday issued directives aimed at addressing the troubling incidents of racism and religious intolerance that have played out across Pennsylvania schools in the wake of the… Read More
Just this week, a study looking at more than 20,000 students in a state-funded preschool program in Virginia found that kids made large improvements in their alphabet recognition skills. So… Read More
York County is seeing more students who don’t speak English as a native language, but schools are finding fewer educators certified to teach them. It’s one area of shortage the… Read More
When Donald Trump was running for president, he said repeatedly that the Common Core State Standards initiative has been a “total disaster” and he would get rid of it if… Read More