The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has received an unprecedented number of communications from schools/districts concerning student use of cell phones during the administration of the Keystone Exams. This following… Read More
Margaret S. (Peg) Foster, a past president of PA Principals Association and an elementary principal in the Crestwood School District, has been appointed by the PA Principals Association president to… Read More
Pursuant to Act 85 of 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has published the list of low-achieving schools in which students, who live within the schools’ boundaries, may be… Read More
The PA House of Representatives approved HB 19, following earlier approval from the Appropriations Committee. The bill requires school districts to incorporate an age-appropriate child exploitation awareness education program into… Read More
The following notification is provided with the intent of soliciting input into the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) proposal to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) seeking flexibility in implementing… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has developed an interactive training module that all test administrators must complete as part of their training to administer the PSSA and Keystone Exams…. Read More
The PA Department of Public Welfare and PDE have issued this joint statement regarding the recently enacted Uninterrupted Scholars Act (P.L. 112-278). On Jan. 14, 2013, the Uninterrupted Scholars Act… Read More
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Today, Governor Tom Corbett delivered his proposed budget for 2013-14 using the words, “we spend no more than we have,” and increasing basic education funding by $90 million, which includes… Read More
The Pennsylvania Senate amended and passed Senate Resolution 6, which directs the Joint State Government Commission to study the issue of violence prevention, to establish an advisory committee to conduct… Read More