The push to design teaching and learning around students’ distinctive academic needs, and even their personal interests, is no longer only happening in pockets of experimentation around the country. This… Read More
The 2016 Arts and Education Symposium will be held on Thursday, October 27, 2016, at the Radisson Hotel Harrisburg Convention Center. Program and registration information are available here. Artwork: Student… Read More
Late Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) was alerted to a data accuracy issue with the PVAAS scores, which are part of the school performance profile (SPP) growth measure…. Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced Wednesday it is pulling the academic data from its school performance profile report card website for further review. Click here for full article. (Subscription… Read More
The state education agencies in New York and Pennsylvania this week announced that they are narrowing the focus for their ESSA plans after receiving feedback from the public. Click here… Read More
Massachusetts’ 23-year-old charter school experiment has long enjoyed bipartisan support. Just a few months ago, polls showed Democrats and Republicans alike supported an upcoming ballot measure that would allow for… Read More
On July 13, 2016, the General Assembly enacted changes to the continuing education provisions of section 1205.2 of the Public School Code, 24 P.S. § 12-1205.2. Section 1205.2 was amended… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is planning to hold five sessions across the state in December to discuss the recommendations. Please click here to read the recommendations.
Pennsylvania’s highest court says the right to personal privacy in government records is guaranteed by the state constitution, as it reversed a lower court ruling involving public school employees’ home… Read More
Today, Secretary Pedro A. Rivera thanked hundreds of stakeholders for their involvement in a series of workgroup meetings to help develop Pennsylvania’s plan to implement the federally approved Every Student Succeeds… Read More