Act 158 of 2018 (Act 158), which was signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf on October 24, 2018, provides alternatives for high school students to demonstrate readiness for postsecondary… Read More
This week The Sentinel takes a Closer Look at how area school districts and students deal with mental health issues in schools. Topics include social media, teacher training, student assistance… Read More
Tiffany Nix, superintendent of Leechburg Area schools, watched in frustration for years as hundreds of thousands of dollars went out the doors of her small, cash-strapped district with families who… Read More
Not knowing the answer to a question when you’re called on in front of the entire class. Forgetting your homework. The kid behind you pulling your hair. School poses a lot… Read More
Girls and boys bully each other differently, demanding a different response, says Erik Stangvik, No Bully’s vice president for development and strategy. Bullying among America’s youth has reached epidemic proportions,… Read More
Women now make up a larger share of educators than they have in decades. Full Story
The 2019-20 CATS Secondary Program Approval file is now open for new secondary CTE program approval requests. The CATS file is a series of individual pages containing data elements pertaining… Read More
This announcement is in reference to the accountability requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004 (IDEA). It is regarding the secondary transition mandate by which each state is… Read More
There’s bipartisan support for a package of eight bills to improve career and technical education in Pennsylvania. The bills introduced on Tuesday seek to improve education and recruitment, and create incentives… Read More
The papers strongly suggest that police are the cause of those negative outcomes, though they aren’t definitive proof. And they don’t tell us anything about whether the police made schools… Read More