Seeking participants for qualitative study on teaching administrators in secondary schools in PA

Attention Teacher Administrators: You are invited (by a colleague and member) to participate in a study exploring the experiences of teaching administrators in secondary public schools (7-12) in Pennsylvania. More… Read More

Update on Federally-Required Assessments from PDE

Click here for an update on the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) planning for statewide assessments required by the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act.  

Twenty-six states have plans for teachers to get their COVID shots. PA isn’t one of them

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

New CDC guidance: Vaccinate teachers, but don’t wait to open schools

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

National News: CDC to announce school reopening guidance Friday

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

Pandemic Stress: More students failing, schools asking to skip standardized tests

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

Pa. education groups urge Gov. Tom Wolf to prioritize school staff for COVID-19 vaccinations

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

Will there be standardized tests this year? Eight questions answered

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

Education Dept. Launches First Federal Effort To Track School Reopening

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

Pennsylvania Kindergarten Entry Inventory 2021-2022 School Year

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