While substitute teachers provide a turnkey solution when already-thin ranks of educators need time away from work, they’re harder than ever for school districts to come by. Click here for… Read More
More than a month out from the June 30 budget deadline, top Pennsylvania lawmakers are beginning a new round of negotiations with few specific points of agreement. Click here for… Read More
As of October 2023, school districts across Pennsylvania reported 2,000 teacher vacancies and another 6,500 are teaching on emergency certificates. An added concern is that the teacher attrition rate is… Read More
Pennsylvania House leaders are planning to introduce legislation intended to close funding gaps between the commonwealth’s poorest and wealthiest school districts over seven years. Click here for full article. Source:… Read More
The Morning Call took a look at some numbers from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the U.S. Census Bureau to get an idea of how many teachers there are,… Read More
According to the 2024 Pennsylvania School Board Association’s State of Education report, student mental health concerns are a top priority for school districts and there’s no indication from the data that… Read More
Eleven leaders from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are co-sponsoring legislation that will increase state funding for 371 underfunded school districts by $5.1 billion over the span of seven years…. Read More
Note: Dr. Eric Eshbach, Executive Director, PA Principals Association, was quoted in this article. Tricia Fusco stood in the brightly colored hallway of McAnnulty Elementary School one day last month,… Read More
Michael Fedisson, Principal of Bellefonte Area High School in the Bellefonte Area School District, was named Pennsylvania’s 2024 Principal of the Year by the Pennsylvania Principals Association. Click here for… Read More
Mumin made his first appearance Monday before the Pennsylvania Press Club on Monday at the Hilton Harrisburg to discuss several front-burner issues in this year’s budget discussions. Click here for… Read More