Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera today announced that $6.5 million in competitive grants have been awarded for the training and compensation of school resource officers and school police officers,… Read More
Join NAESP for a Webinar, “Gathering Input on Design of the 2018 NAESP 10-Year Study of the Principalship,” Monday, November 14, 2017, from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST. Description: This… Read More
Punishing parents and children when a student misses too much school doesn’t usually solve the underlying problem. That’s according to truancy prevention advocates, who are hopeful that new provisions in… Read More
To understand how the problems with for-profit management of cyber charters have persisted over time, just look at Pennsylvania. Click here for full article. (Subscription may be required.) Source: Education… Read More
The increase in graduation rate calls for an increase in the standard of education for students. With graduation a handful of months away, high school seniors are preparing themselves for… Read More
Governor Wolf signed House Bill 1734 into law yesterday. It extends the Act 48/45 window for another year. It is now Act 118 of 2016. Click here to review the… Read More
On Wednesday, joined by the Department of Human Services secretary, corrections Secretary John Wetzel highlighted the importance of early childhood education and the difference it can make for some of… Read More
Data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection now has provided more detail about just how wide the gaps are in educational opportunity between privileged, mostly White,… Read More
How do you judge how good a school is? Test scores? Culture? Attendance? In the new federal education law, states are asked to use five measures of student success. The… Read More
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) recently launched its new ESSA toolkit. The toolkit includes downloadable fact sheets on the major provisions of ESSA, tips for principals on… Read More