Voting for your next PRESIDENT-ELECT (a Secondary Member) will begin on Monday, March 29 through Monday, April 12, 2021 (at 10 a.m.). You will receive an invitation from Vote-Now via… Read More
The Pennsylvania departments of Health (DOH) and Education (PDE) today announced updated recommendations for K-12 schools on social distancing in classrooms and how to handle COVID-19 cases in school buildings…. Read More
Rep. Karen Boback, R-Luzerne, says the “alarming decline in civics knowledge among young Americans,” was the motivation for her new proposal, which requires students in grades 7-12 to take the… Read More
Attention PA Principals Association Members: Your e-Ballot for the 2021 PA Principals Association Election will be sent to you via e-mail from Vote-Now on Monday, March 29th. The election will… Read More
The U.S. Department of Education will join governors and state education chiefs to help create plans for summer learning and enrichment programs serving students hurt most by the coronavirus pandemic…. Read More
Public Source’s TyLisa C. Johnson spoke with Ortega in March on topics ranging from the road ahead for Pennsylvania schools and how the department will address learning loss to district… Read More
The Pennsylvania House’s top budget-writing official announced Wednesday that the commonwealth’s schools must offer in-person education to receive state funding starting in July. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Stan Saylor, R-York,… Read More
The U.S. Education Department has released the first in a series of school surveys intended to provide a national view of learning during the pandemic. It reveals that the percentage of students… Read More
More students are logging failing grades this year because of reduced in-person instruction due to the pandemic, local educators say. Math is the subject where students are showing the greatest… Read More
In a year when so much about schooling has changed, add this to the list: A significant increase in the number of households where students were homeschooled. That’s according to data from… Read More