U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Transgender Bathroom Choice for Now
A Virginia school board may temporarily block a student who was born a girl from using the boys’ bathroom while a legal fight over transgender rights proceeds on appeal, the… Read More
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Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership (PIL) Continuing Professional Education Requirements Reminder
Who must fulfill the requirements? All certified school and systems leaders who serve in the following positions in a commonwealth public school: Assistant or Vice Principal Principal Assistant Superintendent Superintendent… Read More
Early Bird Discount Deadline Extended – Register for 2016 PA Principals Association Conference!
REGISTER NOW for the 2016 PA Principals Association State Conference, October 30 – November 1, at the The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College. The Early Bird Discount… Read More
New Sample Act 93 Agreements Available at www.paprincipals.org
Attention PA Principals Association Members: As an added benefit to your membership in the Pennsylvania Principals Association, we are pleased to make available sample Act 93 Administrator Compensation and Benefit… Read More
Early Childhood Education Gets Push from $1 Billion Federal Investment
Early education across the United States is a mishmash of day care, Head Start and preschool programs with a wide range of quality and effectiveness. But a federally sponsored program… Read More
Opinion: Let’s Get Serious About Paying for Quality Pre-K
If you live in Philadelphia and watch the news, you’ve probably heard about the newly approved sugary-drink tax, and you likely heard that most of this new revenue will go… Read More
Social-Emotional Learning: States Collaborate to Craft Standards, Policies
Eight states, including Pennsylvania, will work collaboratively to create and implement plans to encourage social-emotional learning in their schools, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning announced this month…. Read More
NAESP Announces the Retirement of its Current Executive Director and its Search for a New Executive
NAESP President Dr. Steven Geis today announced that Gail Connelly, Executive Director of NAESP since 2007, has announced her retirement following a planned transition and search for a new Executive Director…. Read More
Would School District Consolidation Work Today?
About 50 years ago, the public education landscape in Pennsylvania went through a major overhaul, perhaps the largest since universal public education was introduced in the commonwealth in 1834. A pair… Read More
Editorial: State Pension System is a Ticking Time Bomb
The state Legislature not only has failed, but has refused to reform state pension systems that have become a festering rip-off of Pennsylvania taxpayers. Click here for full article. (Subscription… Read More