Last week, Acting Secretary of Education Carolyn Dumaresq issued a letter to Senate Education Committee Chairmen Sen. Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) and Sen. Andrew Dinniman (D-Chester) confirming that the PA Department… Read More
The PA Principals Association Election is open from 6 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, April 1, 2014 through 12 p.m. (Noon EST) on Monday, April 14, 2014. Many e-mail providers impose restrictions… Read More
Standardized tests are out of control; let’s stand together to fight them off
Congress made a sensible decision a decade ago when it required the states to administer yearly tests to public school students in exchange for federal education aid. The theory behind… Read More
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) is aware of at least four Network Time Protocol Distributed Denial of Service attacks targeting school districts in 2014, indicating a possible trend of… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and its statewide assessment vendor, Data Recognition Corporation (DRC), will conduct training sessions on the administration of the 2014 Spring Keystone Exams on April… Read More
On March 1, 2014, the State Board of Education published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin amendments to the Chapter 4 Regulations that govern Standards and Assessments (22 Pa Code Chapter 4)…. Read More
The U.S. Department of Education’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) released new guidance today to help school systems and educators interpret and understand the major laws and best practices protecting… Read More
Dr. Bill Ziegler is a high school principal and President of the Pennsylvania Association of Elementary/Secondary School Principals. He was in attendance for MCDPEL’s LIVE Global #SATCHAT hosted here on the PennGSE… Read More
Of all the challenges facing public schools in Pennsylvania, pension reform is the one that keeps Acting Secretary of Education Carolyn Dumaresq up at night. Click here for the full… Read More