After eight days of negotiations and countless proposals, a panel of educators, advocates, and officials from the U.S. Department of Education came to agreement Tuesday on assessment regulations under the… Read More
Perhaps the most respected of publications that surveys the top high schools in the nation came out with its 2016 list this week. Click here for full article. Source: Newtown… Read More
NASSP and the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) will jointly host a webinar, “Principal Champions for Breakfast After the Bell in Secondary Schools,” on Wednesday, April 20 | 3:30–4:30… Read More
State Republican lawmakers Monday morning called for Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf to sign the recently passed fiscal code from both chambers of the Legislature that would boost funding for Delaware… Read More
Pennsylvania’s protracted budget negotiation ended nearly a month ago, but the fight continues over how $150 million in new education spending will be divided amongst the state’s 500 school districts…. Read More
At a Joint House and Senate Education Committee hearing this week, Secretary Pedro A. Rivera provided lawmakers with the Department of Education’s (PDE) blueprint for developing Pennsylvania’s plan to implement… Read More
Let’s call it the battle of the spreadsheets, with two sides seeking the political advantage in the fight over school subsidies. Click here for full article. Source: Bucks County Courier… Read More
The Wolf Administration is launching an initiative to supply high schools in Pennsylvania with the anti-overdose drug Naloxone. Click here for full article. Source: WITF, April 17, 2016.
Jennifer Reinhart, chief accountability officer for the SD of Lancaster, said she called 11 parents from Buchanan Elementary School in early April to discuss what a spike in opt-outs could… Read More
Please send this important message to your lawmakers in support of fair funding for all students. It takes two minutes. Students from across Pennsylvania continue to miss out on the… Read More