Pennsylvania bill would cover majority of costs for high school AP exams

According to a memo from Rep. Steven R. Malagari (D-Montgomery), the bill would cover 80% of exam fee reductions for all Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) students. In… Read More

Celebrate National Assistant Principals Week!

This week, April 3-7, 2023, is NATIONAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WEEK! It is a time to thank and recognize YOU for your hard work, support and dedication to your schools, students… Read More

Hoax active shooter calls highlight rural schools’ risks during emergencies

Across Pennsylvania, about half of the state’s roughly 500 school districts are considered rural. Some don’t have the benefit of a metro police department nearby — or any police department…. Read More

PA committing $4.8M for safety, security training for all school employees

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is designating $4.8 million in grant funds for all school employees across the commonwealth to receive yearly safety and security training at no… Read More

Making education in PA ‘look different’ focus of Senate budget hearing

Pennsylvania’s Acting Education Secretary Khalid Mumin fielded questions from senators during Wednesday’s budget hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee. The questions made clear the range of differences they hope to… Read More

Anna L. Gawel Named Pennsylvania’s 2023 Outstanding Assistant Principal

Anna L. Gawel, Assistant Principal of Hershey Elementary School (4th and 5th grades) in the Derry Township School District, has been named Pennsylvania’s 2023 Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year… Read More

Principals Head to Congress to Make a Case for More Support

Donna Hayward, the principal of Haddam Killingworth High School, in Higganum, Conn., spent a portion of her school’s district-allocated COVID relief funds last year to hire a new social worker… Read More

PA announces $1.5 million in grants to attract more special education teachers

The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced that $1.5 million in grant funding is available to institutions of higher education that partner with school districts to expedite the process to become… Read More

Lawmakers gauge level of Gov. Shapiro’s support for school choice during daylong hearing

Pennsylvania’s Acting Education Secretary Khalid Mumin made a statement in his opening remarks at Monday’s budget hearing defending Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed education budget that Republican lawmakers didn’t let him… Read More

Did principal turnover increase during the pandemic? Here’s what we know

In a new review of pandemic-era data on principals in Nebraska, Texas and Pennsylvania from 2014 to 2022, found that principal attrition — those who left the profession in their… Read More