High school graduations: With COVID-19 restrictions set to end, some schools are changing plans

The coronavirus pandemic almost took out all the pomp and circumstance out of graduation again this year. Now, with COVID-19 mitigation efforts about to end, some schools are scrambling to… Read More

Local school leaders push state to boost education funding

Several Pittsburgh-area school district leaders and education advocates joined their colleagues across Pennsylvania on Thursday to urge the state to invest in and equitably fund public schools. Officials called on… Read More

Cardona: 3 ways schools can improve outcomes for all students

While the COVID-19 pandemic and response upended the education model throughout the nation, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says it has provided an opportunity for educators and officials to rethink and… Read More

NAESP Webinar: How to Achieve Educational Equity

The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) will hold a webinar, “How to Achieve Educational Equity,” on 5/12/21 at 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET. Presented by Howard Fields… Read More

Spending on special ed. in some districts plunged this year. Budget cuts could be next

Though advocates and parents have long argued that state spending on special education is still not enough, districts and states rarely struggle to meet a maintenance of effort clause in… Read More

Wolf moves to fully reopen PA by May 31, plans to remove all COVID-19 restrictions other than masks

School districts are studying the announcement. For pre-K through grade 12, students must now stay three feet apart in areas of low or moderate transmission and six feet apart in areas… Read More

Can $800M help reconnect homeless students with schools?

Federal data shows about 1.5 million school-age children are homeless, and researchers estimated in fall that they also contribute to the 1 to 3 million students missing from remote learning, The Guardian… Read More

$400,000 in grants awarded to increase early childhood nutrition, agricultural awareness

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced the approval of nearly $400,000 in Farm to School Grants to fund 39 projects that will improve access to healthy, local foods and increase agricultural… Read More

Schools address pandemic learning loss

As school districts near the end of a school year turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, research is finding that the disruption in learning has caused learning loss that… Read More

Cheerleader’s profane Snapchat could define free speech off-campus

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether a Pennsylvania student’s First Amendment rights were violated when school officials punished her for making a profanity-filled social media post on a… Read More