On Friday, Pennsylvania officials made it clear that they will not move teachers to the 1A vaccination group despite a request from Pennsylvania’s largest teachers’ union and one from the Centers for Disease… Read More
Highly anticipated new guidance from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says schools don’t need to wait for staff to be vaccinated to reopen. Students should return full-time where spread is… Read More
The White House on Thursday said it’s aiming for a full reopening but will defer to science experts on how to achieve it in the middle of a pandemic. Press secretary… Read More
Standardized testing typically starts in March. Several educational associations joined together and sent a letter to the Biden administration asking to let Pennsylvania schools skip standardized testing this year. Click here for… Read More
Nine public education advocacy groups are urging Gov. Tom Wolf to prioritize school staff in the COVID-19 vaccination distribution. Organizations representing educators, support professionals, superintendents, business managers, principals, intermediate units,… Read More
Educators planning for testing windows this year have practical questions: Will the exams happen? If so what will they look like, and how will the results be used? Education Week… Read More
On Friday, the National Center for Education Statistics, at the U.S. Department of Education, announced a new survey to answer all these questions and more. The survey will be administered to approximately… Read More
All elementary schools are encouraged to implement the PA Kindergarten Entry Inventory (KEI) in the 2021-2022 school year to assist in meeting enhanced federal requirements. The PA KEI is available… Read More
While teachers, students and parents are facing their own set of challenges this school year, music teachers are really having to adapt with the odds stacked against them. As kids… Read More
A group of state organizations is urging the government to get COVID-19 vaccine shots in the arms of teachers and other school staff members as soon as possible. Click here… Read More