After touring St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Point Breeze on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Turzai announced a proposal to expand state scholarship programs that help low-income families afford such… Read More
REGISTER NOW for the 2016 PA Principals Association State Conference October 30 – November 1 The Penn Stater Conference Center HotelState College, Pennsylvania Please Note: Advance Registration is Now… Read More
Pursuant to section 1216.1 of the Public School Code, 24 P.S. § 12-1261.1, the Educator Discipline Fee currently added to all applications for certification will be increased to $100 effective… Read More
Congress has made a late, bipartisan push to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which governs vocational and other programs that teach workforce and career-related skills…. Read More
Make no mistake: There is a civil war going on in the black community. On one side are charter school operators, foundations run by billionaires and school choice movement leaders… Read More
Caroline Pollock Bilicki felt uneasy about the new education program introduced this year at her children’s Chicago school. Summit Basecamp, built with the help of Facebook engineers, was billed as… Read More
On September 28, 2016, the Pennsylvania Senate introduced and adopted Senate Resolution 439 (Sen. Pat Vance, R-31), recognizing October 2016 as “National Principals Month” in Pennsylvania. Join the Pennsylvania Principals… Read More
The 2016 National Distinguished Principals, as named by the National Association of Elementary School Principals, were honored October 7 at an awards banquet in Washington, D.C. Paul M. Healey, Ph.D.,… Read More
For years, Pennsylvania’s generally high immunization rates have stood out as particularly poor on one set of measures — vaccination coverage of children enrolled in kindergarten. That outlier status suddenly changed… Read More
There is a looming teacher shortage in Pennsylvania. And lawmakers want to slash retirement benefits that offer educators a secure, middle-class retirement. Click here for full article. Source: Delaware County… Read More