In an effort to provide additional support to the Commonwealth’s PK-20 education system, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has contracted with Parchment Inc. to implement the Pennsylvania Electronic Student… Read More
In his 17 years as executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials, Jay Himes can’st recall a time of bigger cuts in education than last year and… Read More
A great resource – for each county in Pennsylvania, your state senators and state representatives along with their contact information, committee assignments and the school districts that they represent, are… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is providing the following training opportunity: GETTING READY for the 2013 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) and Keystone Exam. Assessment specialists from the… Read More
The Board of Directors of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) has named Thomas J. Gentzel as its next executive director. Gentzel is the executive director of the Pennsylvania School… Read More
According to an article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, public schools and school districts across the state got hit with a one-two punch when statewide test scores were released Friday…. Read More
Senator Al Franken (D-MN), a constant champion for principals, introduced and successfully passed on September 12, S. Res 552, a bipartisan resolution recognizing the month of October 2012 as “National… Read More
Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis will announce the results of the 2011-12 PSSA exams during a press conference at 11 a.m. today in the state Capitol Media Center. At the… Read More
According to an article in the Scranton Times, investment returns for the Public School Employees’s Retirement System (PSERS) were half of what was budgeted for the fiscal year ending in… Read More
Despite the widespread influence of the nation’s 95,000 principals on three million teachers and 55 million students — cited by the Wallace Foundation as second only to teaching among school… Read More