Pa. House takes first step toward charter school overhaul

A state House committee has moved a group of bills that would significantly change how Pennsylvania oversees its charter schools. Click here for full article. Source: WITF, May 14, 2019.

Schools Turn to Technology to Reduce Toll During Shootings

Efforts to combat the intractable problem of school shootings are starting to shift from preventing the violence to reducing the number of victims through technology that speeds up law enforcement’s… Read More

PA Education Secretary Visits Two Philly Schools

Pedro Rivera, the Pennsylvania secretary of education, visited two Philadelphia elementary schools Wednesday. Rivera stopped by the Morton McMichael School and the Paul L. Dunbar School to learn more about what’s… Read More

How Schools Can Bridge Mental Health Care Gaps with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Tools

School counselors help guide students with academics, college applications and social matters with other students. Increasingly, however, they are also helping students deal with mental health issues, such as anxiety… Read More

Raising Kids Who Love Math — Even If You Don’t

By some estimates, up to 93% of American adults have some degree of math anxiety. The problem often starts in elementary school, but parents can do a lot to fix… Read More

Teachers grapple with climate change: ‘A pretty scary topic’

When science teacher Diana Allen set out to teach climate change, a subject she’d never learned in school, she fell into a rabbit’s hole of misinformation: Many resources presented online… Read More

PASA Now Seeking Nominations for 2020 PA Superintendent of the Year – Nominations Due July 26 Online

PASA is now seeking nominations for 2020 Pennsylvania Superintendent of the Year. The National Superintendent of the Year program, sponsored by First Student, AIG Retirement Services and AASA, The School Superintendents Association, pays… Read More

PA superintendents rally in Harrisburg to push for funding reform

Superintendents from across the commonwealth pleaded their case for funding reform in Harrisburg Monday. All 12 of Pennsylvania’s urban school district superintendents gathered in Harrisburg to advocate for funding reform…. Read More

House panel approves four charter school bills

A House committee passed four charter school bills Monday, two by party-line votes, amid signs that these bills will see new amendments during the coming weeks. Altoona Mirror, May 14,… Read More

New principal named at Parkland school where 17 were killed

The Sun Sentinel reports Michelle Kefford is replacing Ty Thompson as principal at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Full Story