Currently, Pennsylvania’s system of standardized assessment of students (the PSSAs and Keystone Exams) are still slated to be administered this spring. While this may seem unreasonable and unachievable in light of… Read More
Pennsylvania is dedicating $2.2 billion in federal stimulus funds to K-12 school districts and charter schools affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to support food programs, technological improvements and other education… Read More
This year, advocates from the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center and other groups are pushing to postpone the WIDA-ACCESS exam, which is administered in person, since COVID-19 numbers remain high and… Read More
President-elect Joe Biden is calling for $130 billion in additional COVID-19 relief funding for schools, ramped up testing efforts, and accelerated vaccine distribution strategies to help reopen “the majority of… Read More
State leaders around the U.S. are increasingly pushing for schools to reopen this winter — pressuring them, even — as teachers begin to gain access to the vaccine against the… Read More
While federal aid has helped keep Pennsylvania’s school districts afloat during the pandemic, the state will have to intervene as those dollars dry up and local revenues falter amid the… Read More
In March 2020, a NAESP survey asked members how COVID-19 had affected their schools. In July 2020, NAESP conducted a follow-up survey to gain insights into how principals were viewing… Read More
While districts are allowed to require employees to be vaccinated, they should consider a variety of factors before making the decision, legal and other experts say. Click here for full… Read More
Because these new strains are more contagious, a lower level of community spread may put in-person schools at risk of an outbreak, but so far there has been no consensus… Read More
District officials said multiple factors contributed to the decisions, including wanting more instructional time, wanting to lessen anxiety for students in an anxiety-laden year, and wanting to ease the burden… Read More