PSSA 2015 Webinar
Click on the link below for the presentation Deputy Secretary Stem shared this afternoon at PDE’s PSSA Webinar. http://www.paprincipals.org/resource/images/stories/documents/pssa_webinar2015.pdf
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Educators Criticize PSSAs, Keystone Exams in Harrisburg
Educators across Pennsylvania blasted the state’s standardized exams as time-consuming, stressful for students and not an accurate gauge of what students learn. Click here for full article. Source: Allentown Morning… Read More
Testing Under Scrutiny in Pa. House Hearing
Concerns about the statewide testing of students in Pennsylvania dominated an hours-long hearing Wednesday before the House Education Committee. Click here for full article. Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 30, 2015;… Read More
July 29 is Call to Action for Public Education Day
Wednesday, July 29th is Call to Action for Public Education Day! Join us and tell YOUR lawmakers to go back to Harrisburg to pass a budget that begins to solve… Read More
PSSA Update
The following link will take you to a zip file of the documents referenced in the PennLink sent by Deputy Secretary Stem earlier today [and also posted on the PA… Read More
PA Principals Association Recognized for Promoting Advocacy
The message below was sent by JoAnn Bartoletti, executive director of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), recognizing Pennsylvania (and Illinois) for our influence in regards to the… Read More
2015 PSSA Data
Dear Colleague, Today you will be receiving the student data files for the 2015 PSSA, and I want to assure you that we at the Department of Education understand the… Read More
Quality Early Learning Can Avert Lifetime Damage Caused by Extreme Childhood Stress
Quality early learning programs can improve the health and lifetime success of children exposed to extreme stress in their early years. In childhood, fleeting stress can be positive, helping children… Read More
Put Kids First, Not Gas Companies
Pennsylvania legislators get a one-sided picture at a hearing on shale-gas taxes
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Congress has finally taken significant action to enact a full reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) – also known as the No Child Left Behind Act –… Read More