Editorial: PA Needs Sensible Budget Compromises
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday that Pennsylvania created 66,500 jobs in the last 12 months. At 1.1%, that’s the fastest year-over-year job growth reported in any July… Read More
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Budget Pain Hasn’t Hit Schools Yet
The pain from the state budget stalemate apparently has not caught up with school districts yet. School officials are nervous about delayed state aid payments, but all schools plan to… Read More
Schools Warn Lower PSSA Scores Coming
School districts have been warned that this year’s Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, the first tests fully aligned with Pennsylvania Core Standards, have resulted in lower scores. Click here for… Read More
Editorial: Stop Show, Negotiate Real Budget
There’s no business like show business, even when your job is supposed to be seeing to the operation of the state. Click here for full article. Source: Scranton Times-Tribune, Aug…. Read More
October is National Principals Month
NASSP and NAESP are gearing up for National Principals Month in October. For more information, please visit the National Principals Month website. Throughout the month, NASSP and NAESP will be… Read More
NASSP Student Leadership Advisory Committee (Only Open to Secondary Members)
At the May 2015 meeting of the NASSP Board of Directors, the Board created a new standing committee, the NASSP Student Leadership Advisory Committee. Membership on this new committee will… Read More
School Law Day 2015
It is not too late to sign-up for Education Law Day at Penn State on Friday Sept 25. There are still some registration spaces available. The keynote speaker will be… Read More
ACTION REQUIRED: Urge Your Members of Congress to Support ESEA Reauthorization
Congress is the closest it has been in seven years to reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and we need your help to ensure that the law (also… Read More
Lawmakers See Own Funds Dwindle in Pennsylvania Budget Fight
The country’s largest full-time legislature will soon have to decide where it will get the money to pay thousands of employees and other costs as its surplus, once more than… Read More
Funding and Accountability – Finding the Right Balance
School funding has played a central role in the state budget impasse and has shaped arguments from both sides of the aisle. For his part, Gov. Wolf has proposed adding… Read More