Statewide school tip line shows bullying, suicide, self-harm among top concerns, Attorney General’s Office says

A statewide tip line created as a way to prevent school shootings and violence has most often been used to report another crisis: student mental health issues, according to the… Read More

Universal school meals back on table in bipartisan Senate proposal

A bipartisan bill introduced by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and co-sponsored by 50 other senators would keep universal school meals in place through September 30,… Read More

CDC data highlights COVID-19’s toll on student mental health

More than a third of high school students reported experiencing poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 44% saying they persistently felt sad or hopeless in the past year,… Read More

K-12 infrastructure is broken. Here’s Biden’s newest plan to help fix it

The Biden administration is offering new grant funding and other resources to help school districts plan sorely-needed investments in the nation’s dilapidated school buildings and buses — though the offerings… Read More

For unhoused students, transportation issues mean new schools and unfamiliar classrooms

As the COVID-19 pandemic eases its grip on education, local homeless students have yet to return to a normal school day. The severe region-wide shortage of bus drivers, which started… Read More

Gov. Wolf encourages schools accepting Ukrainian refugee students to prepare

Governor Wolf announced Friday that the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has provided guidance to schools as they begin to welcome refugee families from Ukraine with school-age children. Click here… Read More

National Assistant Principals Week – April 4 – 8, 2022

To recognize the significant role assistant principals (APs) play in the overall academic achievement of students, The PA Principals Association, along with NAESP and NASSP celebrate National Assistant Principals Week… Read More

Teen mental health during COVID — what new federal data reveal

Key findings of a special national survey of high school students administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2021 were released Thursday. The results are one of the… Read More

End of pandemic-era free lunches could mean more hungry kids in schools, advocates warn

The approaching end of pandemic-era school meal rules will mean fewer free school lunches for children starting this summer, advocates warn. Anti-hunger advocates say that even though schools have mostly… Read More

House committee unanimously approves bill to allow school districts to offer whole milk to children

A state House committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to allow school districts to offer whole milk to school children. That could put districts in conflict with federal rules… Read More