Pennsylvania Keeps Pace with Other States on Teacher Effectiveness Policy Overall

New Report from NCTQ Finds Pennsylvania Could Do More to Consistently Enact Policies that Support Effective Teaching; State Earns C-

PA Principals Association Participates in Budget Rally Today

Dr. Joseph Clapper, Assistant Executive Director of the PA Principals Association, represented the association at the budget rally today. Today’s press conference was assembled to urge legislators to move the… Read More

UPDATE: Principals Support the Every Student Succeeds Act!

UPDATE: The U.S. House of Representatives approved the final conference agreement to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which is now known as the Every Student Succeeds Act, on… Read More

Budget Deal in Jeopardy – It’s Now Time to Act

PA Principals Association Executive Director urges members to get involved in securing a budget deal. Over the weekend, we learned that the House Republicans have decided not to support the… Read More

Senate to Proceed with Voting on $30.8 Billion Budget Despite House GOP’s Opposition

The latest development in Pennsylvania’s seemingly never-ending 2015-16 state budget saga took what the Senate considers a step forward by positioning a $30.8 billion spending plan for a vote as… Read More

PA Budget Framework Shakes; House GOP Says it Will Work on a Smaller Plan with Less New Taxes

Pennsylvania House Republicans took themselves out of the state budget framework Saturday, after members said two days of closed-door caucuses made plain that they don’t have support for the $30.8… Read More

Bill Would Tie Teacher Furloughs to Performance Ratings

The state Senate may soon vote on a House proposal that would require school districts to choose teachers to furlough on the basis of performance ratings, rather than solely by… Read More

Gov. Wolf Says Budget Deal is Closer than Ever

Speaking at the African American Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf was cautiously optimistic. Click here for full article. Source: CBS Local Channel 2, Dec…. Read More

State to Review Charter Payment Appeal Process

In light of the controversy over payments to charter schools during the stalemate over a Pennsylvania budget, the state auditor general Thursday announced that his office would audit the Department… Read More

Live Webinar on the PSSA Precodes Internal Snapshot in PIMS

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is providing a live webinar opportunity for local education agencies (LEA) that will address the details of the PSSA precodes data collection, which will… Read More