State Budget Crisis Forces Some Midstate Schools to Halt Most Hiring, Cut Expenses
Some school districts across the midstate are still waiting on tens of millions in state dollars. Click here for full article. Source: WITF, March 4, 2016.
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Budget Impasse Could Lower Pennsylvania’s Ratings – S&P
Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services warned on Thursday it could downgrade Pennsylvania’s AA-minus general obligation and other ratings by the end of March if the state’s structural budget imbalance is… Read More
National News: U.S. Department of Education Announces ESSA Rulemaking Committee — Important Next St
The U.S. Department of Education (Department of Education) today announced negotiators for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. Click here for full article. Source: NSBA website, March… Read More
Greensburg Salem SD Funds to Last until June
Greensburg Salem SD (Westmoreland Co.) has enough money in the bank to last until June, but emergency funding from the state has slowed to a trickle. If the state’s budget impasse… Read More
Early Takers Say New SAT ‘Wasn’t so Bad’ and Not so Tricky
The redesigned SAT college entrance exam that debuts nationally Saturday is getting good reviews from some of the students who took it early this week. Click here for full article…. Read More
ESSA Spotlights Strategy to Reach Diverse Learners
Sprinkled throughout the newly reauthorized version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are references to an instructional strategy that supporters think has enormous potential for reaching learners with diverse… Read More
PASA Professional Development Program for School Administrators
The Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA) will hold a professional development program for school administrators in April. The 2016 Education Congress, “The Myths of Creativity: The Truth about How… Read More
US Department of Education Releases FAQs on Transitioning to ESSA
From Your Executive Director, Dr. Paul Healey: US DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION releases FAQs on Transitioning to ESSA. Click here.
State Provides School Districts a How-to for Closing Mid-Year
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has issued a memo to school districts providing guidelines for a mid-year closure, a possibility it described as an “unprecedented event that has not been… Read More
Brentwood SD to Borrow Money, Citing State Budget Impasse
Brentwood Borough SD (Allegheny Co.) will be out of money by the end of May — barring “a miracle” or passage of the state budget, Superintendent Amy Burch said. Click… Read More