Parents, students, teachers, and administrators place greater value on classroom tests and formative assessments than they do on summative tests used for accountability, according to a new survey. Click here… Read More
Pennsylvania’s school funding could once again become a contentious point in fledgling state budget talks after a fight over how school funding helped drive this past year’s historic budget stalemate…. Read More
The cause of fairly funding public schools in Pennsylvania has been simmering for decades. At its most basic, the issue is that money available to schools is skewed because education… Read More
When the state’s nine-month budget impasse ended in March, money for Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts was released, but the state’s contribution remained short. Click here for full article. Source: Pittsburgh… Read More
In a sign of pessimism heading into budget season, Republicans are pushing for relief valves that will automatically release school funding even if no deal is struck by the end… Read More
Newly released 2015 results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, for high school seniors paints a dismal picture of student progress, assuming you put stock in test… Read More
The 2017 NASSP Digital Principal of the Year (DPOY) program application is now available. The DPOY program honors three National Association of Secondary School Principal (NASSP) member principals who exhibit… Read More
Brynn Gleason is standing up for education funding by standing out. Working with Fairview SD (Erie Co.) administrators, the 17-year-old Fairview High School junior organized Stand Out for Education, an effort… Read More
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale recently said our state has the nation’s worst charter school law. As Democratic chairman of the House Education Committee, I agree. Click here for full… Read More
So you may have read that a team of negotiators hashing out regulations for the Every Student Succeeds Act did not reach an agreement about “supplement-not-supplant” language. That’s shorthand for… Read More