Next Monday, June 15, PA Principals Association will be participating in a statewide “Call to Action for Public Education Day!” The message is simple: Harrisburg’s top priority this year must… Read More
This is the last week of school for students in the Octorara Area School District, but the school board and teachers’ union still have some unfinished business. The Pennsylvania Labor Relations… Read More
The Pennsylvania House’s State Government Committee held the first of two days of scheduled hearings on the Senate-authored public employee pension reform bill Tuesday. The sessions are significant mostly because there… Read More
A day after House Republicans sent a message to Gov. Tom Wolf that they are not on board with his $29.9 billion spending plan or the tax package he proposed… Read More
PA Principals Association recently participated, along with several other education groups, in a meeting with the LNP Editorial Board (Lancaster newspaper) regarding the Pennsylvania pension crisis. The article (link) appears… Read More
Beginning with the graduating class of 2017, Pennsylvania’s Chapter 4 regulations require that students demonstrate proficiency in Algebra I, Biology and Literature. For students who are unable to demonstrate proficiency… Read More
Pennsylvania school students are wrapping up a month of standardized testing, and one local district superintendent is now advocating an end to at least one of those tests. Click here… Read More
Join PA Principals Association on June 23, 2015 for its first annual Principals’ Lobby Day. Meet with legislators at the Capitol and make your voice heard on important issues! Click… Read More
What began as a conversation between two local children’s advocates recently made its way to the state House of Representatives in the form of a bill to address truancy in… Read More
The Quakertown Community School Board (Bucks Co.) recently called for all school boards to participate in an act of civil disobedience by violating state law and withholding their September pension… Read More