Lloyd Smucker has a new job in the state Legislature. The Republican state senator will lead the high-profile Education Committee for the two-year legislative session that started last week. The… Read More
Pension reform has been given the key moniker of Senate Bill 1 and will likely take the form of a defined contribution plan, a key player in the process told The… Read More
A letter on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization was sent yesterday to congressional leaders by NAESP, NASSP and the American Federation of School Administrators. (See links below.)… Read More
Attention PA Principals Association Members: You are invited to attend the Real Life / Real Issues: Drugs and Young People Community Forum on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 12 p.m…. Read More
PA Principals Association has announced its Aspiring Principals Workshop schedule for 2015 – Previewing the Principalship and Getting the Job-Done Right! – to be held in two locations: the Eden… Read More
There are new regulations involving Child Abuse Clearances and this Fact Sheet produced by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) is an excellent overview of the changes. Click here for… Read More
Required Employment History Review Procedure and Forms Act 168 of 2014 amends the Public School Code of 1949, to provide direction regarding employment history reviews for all new employees who… Read More
Applications are now available for the U.S. Department of Education Principal Ambassador Fellowship Program (2015-2016 school year) at: http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/12/2015-2016-teaching-and-principal-ambassador-fellowship-program-applications-now-available/. The deadline for submission is January 20, 2015.
The Center for Safe Schools has announced the third session in the 2014-2015 Third Thursday Bullying Prevention Online Learning Series. On Thursday, December 18, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:15… Read More
Please be aware that an error in Cohort Graduation Rate programming used to generate the most recent DRC Graduation Attribution System data contained an error that resulted in the attribution… Read More