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
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
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. 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
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
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
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
Across the country, schools are in a mad dash for substitutes and staff, thanks to COVID-19 cases that have broken records every day since the beginning of the year, according… Read More
Please complete the online submission form by clicking on the link below for the following: Breakout sessions for the PA Educational Leadership Summit (August 7-9 – Lancaster County Convention Center)… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked an emergency federal rule requiring large private employers, as well as school districts and other public employers in more than half the states,… Read More