In the last year, to help its community of students, families, teachers and staff through the pandemic, K-12 districts began offering new services. Those included contract tracing, remote counseling and… Read More
As states and school districts wrestle with how to spend an unprecedented flood of federal pandemic aid, a look in the rearview mirror shows long-term potholes in their existing K-12… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) recently established a research priority to ascertain to what extent Pennsylvania educators are prepared to recognize and respond to students impacted by trauma or… Read More
The Pennsylvania Principals Association’s Executive Committee has announced that Dr. Eric C. Eshbach, Assistant Executive Director, has been hired as the next Executive Director and Dr. Michael S. Snell, Superintendent… Read More
President Joe Biden proposed an ambitious $6 trillion national budget Friday that calls for dramatic increases in spending on K-12 education, including $20 billion in new incentives to states to… Read More
The ability of Pennsylvania schools to deliver what experts call an increased demand for mental health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic was examined during a recent joint state House… Read More
School districts can use money from the American Rescue Plan and other COVID-19 aid packages to provide “premium pay” to educators — provided that it’s “reasonable” and consistent with federal… Read More
A state education agency or state legislature may not limit a school district’s use of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief formula funds or limit districts’ access or spending of the… Read More
A bill that would allow parents to give their kids a do-over extra year of school to make up for the 2020-21 year disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic closings and operating… Read More
The U.S. Census Bureau this week released the 2019 Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data that shows Pennsylvania falling further behind in meeting the needs of Pennsylvania’s students. The data tracks, among other… Read More