Public education is facing a crisis of epic proportions

Public education is facing a crisis unlike anything in decades, and it reaches into almost everything that educators do: from teaching math, to counseling anxious children, to managing the building…. Read More

Cardona calls for ‘reset’ in US education system

Education stakeholders should take the opportunity now to “reset” practices and policies so school systems don’t backtrack to inequitable pre-pandemic systems, said U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona during a speech… Read More

New survey shows how the pandemic has made school leadership more stressful

A new analysis of data gathered last spring found job-related stress falling most heavily on female principals and those leading high-poverty schools. It also found that worries about social-emotional well-being… Read More

PA lawmakers take closer look at pension reforms

State lawmakers met with officials of Pennsylvania’s public pension funds Thursday to vet reform measures that have been introduced to increase transparency and oversight of the pension system. Thursday’s hearing… Read More

PA State Board of Education Student Representative Application Now Available

On May 22, 2008 the Pennsylvania State Board of Education (SBE) amended their bylaws to add one non-voting senior student member and one non-voting junior student member. Thus, since September… Read More

Gov. Wolf awards $8 million for increasing school safety

Governor Tom Wolf announced on Friday, Jan. 21 that $8 million in Safe School Targeted grants have been awarded to 303 local education agencies to help make schools safer throughout… Read More

Gov. Wolf talks about his legacy and sets table for budget speech in Pittsburgh

Gov. Tom Wolf came to Pittsburgh Thursday morning on a visit whose timing seemed prompted in part by his upcoming final budget speech, but even more by an effort to… Read More

Pennsylvania’s substitute teacher shortage is now a crisis as the pandemic drags on

There was already a growing substitute teacher shortage before COVID-19, but the pandemic now entering a third year has only turned the problem into a crisis for school districts across… Read More

Senate passes bills aimed at ransomware, data breaches

Pennsylvania’s state Senate passed a package of legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing data security breaches and requiring victims and law enforcement officials to be notified when they do happen…. Read More

PA education secretary takes the stand in landmark public education funding trial

Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Noe Ortega took the stand as part of a landmark trial over public education funding in the state. He said that how public education is funded… Read More