Gov. Josh Shapiro this week announced that the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has approved 208 investments in Pennsylvania school facilities, totaling $175 million, under the new Public School Facility Improvement… Read More
A Central Pennsylvania school district in Perry County announced that it has deployed a new AI-powered gun detection system. Click here for full article. Source: ABC27 WHTM, Oct. 24, 2024.
But according to a new report from Research for Action, Pennsylvania still falls below the national average when it comes to identifying students experiencing homelessness in the first place. Click here for full article. Source:… Read More
Amid an uptick in threats of school violence, state lawmakers with the House Education Committee held a hearing about better-protecting students and teachers. Click here for full article. Source: Fox… Read More
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the School District of Philadelphia is getting nearly $17 million in federal grant and rebate funding to buy electric school buses. And the… Read More
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) invited organizations to apply for $56.5 million in state grant funding under PCCD’s existing VIP grant program and the first-ever Building Opportunity through… Read More
How best to leverage generative AI in the classroom is one of the most important technology questions facing K–12 education. To answer it, school IT professionals can review a snapshot… Read More
Schools can seek an extension to spend their remaining aid until March 2026. But that won’t give them more time to officially decide how to use it — leaving some… Read More
New state legislation will require all school districts to employ at least one security person for their district by 2025-26. Superintendent John Kreider said the state, through its Commission on… Read More
“The 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools are raising the bar for our nation’s students, serving as models for effective teaching and intentional collaboration in their schools and communities,” U.S. Secretary… Read More