Attention Elementary Principals: We are delighted to inform you that Kades-Margolis Corporation, one of our long-time sponsors, is offering a $1,000 Mini-Grant this year to an elementary school. Click here… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Pennsylvania legislators get a one-sided picture at a hearing on shale-gas taxes