Miguel Cardona unveils summer learning partnership, releases some COVID-19 aid

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

‘The future of education’: Secretary Ortega on how PA schools will bounce back from COVID

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

Saylor to schools: Offer in-person classes or forfeit state funding

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

New data highlight disparities in students learning in person

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

After a year of pandemic ‘learning losses,’ here’s how schools plan to help kids catch up

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

Homeschooling doubled during the pandemic, U.S. Census survey finds

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

PA House passes bill to loosen rules on substitute teachers

Legislation to provide more flexibility when it comes to finding substitute teachers to staff classrooms won unanimous approval on Monday from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The legislation, sponsored by Rep…. Read More

PA Teacher vaccinations are ahead of schedule

Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force expects all 94,600 doses of the initial Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be administered to Pre-K-12 educators and school staff in the state by the… Read More

Safe2Say app, meant to let students report threats/bullying, has been weaponized superintendent says

The statewide school threat and bullying tipline has been “weaponized,” the Quakertown Community School District superintendent said in a blog post March 14, after the district was forced to implement… Read More

CDC changes guideline, says schools can put desks closer together

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its social distancing guidelines for schools Friday, saying students can now sit 3 feet apart in classrooms. Click here for full article…. Read More