Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) called on state legislators to pass a cellphone ban in Pennsylvania schools. Bipartisan lawmakers introduced legislation back in October that would require K-12 schools to implement… Read More
Secretary of Education Dr. Carrie Rowe today announced that Pennsylvania’s 2025 Teacher of the Year, Leon Smith, has been named as one of five finalists for 2026 National Teacher of the… Read More
When Nicole Paxton was training to be a principal almost two decades ago, she spent a lot of her internship supervising school dances and basketball games. She was supposed to… Read More
Schools are permitted to use five Flexible Instruction Days each academic year, conducting classes virtually in the case of an emergency — including inclement weather, law enforcement incidents, damage to… Read More
In a recent video Q&A hosted by the Pennsylvania Principals Association, Amy Lena, Deputy Secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education, breaks down the… Read More
Break out the No. 2 pencils, kids. Cursive handwriting, long mourned as a lost art, is coming back to New Jersey schools thanks to one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s final… Read More
President Donald Trump signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 into law. Previously, districts could only serve fat-free and low-fat milk in school meals due to concerns… Read More
Only 41% of teens support cellphone bans in middle and high school classrooms, according to polling by Pew Research Center released Tuesday. That contrasts with most surveyed adults — 74%… Read More
Positive school climate factors like safety, good relationships with peers and teachers, and parent engagement are strongly related to better school attendance — especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to… Read More
As part of the state’s 2025-26 budget, Pennsylvania school districts are required to adopt evidence-based reading curriculum by the 2027-28 school year and institute new literacy instruction training for teachers…. Read More