For Kids With Anxiety, Parents Learn To Let Them Face Their Fears

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Radon in schools? Bill would begin to mandate testing in radon-dense Pa.

A new bill in the Statehouse would require every school district in Pennsylvania to test for radon and inform parents of the results. Click here for full article. Source: WHYY,… Read More

Midstate school board passes ‘biological sex’ policy for locker rooms

A Lancaster County school district has adopted a new student privacy policy — one the superintendent said could lead to a lawsuit. If implemented, it would end the practice of… Read More

Dueling gerrymandering fixes competing at Capitol

Competing measures to change the way the state draws political boundaries are moving in the state House and Senate. The plans in both chambers would create 11-member commissions to develop… Read More

School officials and resource officers need to guard against criminalizing student behavior

School resource officers handle incidents of drug and alcohol use among students, threats of violence and vandalism. The best of them also serve as mentors to students, offering words of… Read More

Principal’s rant on parenting has over 6 million views

A veteran educator says there’s no shortage of moms and dads who are willing to bend or ignore school rules to do what they think is best for their child…. Read More

Beyond basic reading, kids can learn how to think like a good reader

Once students learn how to sound out words, reading is easy. They can speak the words they see. But whether they understand them is a different question entirely. Reading comprehension… Read More

Nationwide shortage of school nurses called a “crisis” that may be putting kids’ lives at risk

Only three out of five schools across the country have full-time school nurses often forcing school administrators, with no medical training, to step in and provide some level of care…. Read More

Bill seeks to help homebound students take part in the classroom

The state Senate is advancing legislation to help Pennsylvania school districts pay for accommodations for students who are homebound due to a serious injury or illness, such as cancer. Associated… Read More

House passes Rep. Mike Doyle’s bill reviving Obama-era net neutrality rules

The U.S. House voted on Wednesday to approve legislation that would reinstate Obama-era net neutrality rules that prevent internet service providers from meddling with web traffic. In 2017, the Federal… Read More