Key changes include: Changes decision of whether a student will graduate was from a state to a local decision, with the chief school administrators, rather than the Secretary, having authorization… Read More
Dr. Paul Healey, PA Principals Association’s executive director-elect, attended today’s State Board of Education meeting where a vote took place on the revisions to Chapter 4 or the Pennsylvania Core… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Standards Aligned System (SAS) Institute, Pathways to Student Achievement: Resources for Improving School Effectiveness, is scheduled for December 8, 2013, through December 11, 2013…. Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has posted the Electronic Worksheet for the Classroom Teacher Rating Form on the PDE website at: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/educator_effectiveness_project/20903 The purpose of this electronic worksheet is… Read More
Carolyn Dumaresq agreed to become the state Department of Education’s third administrator in four months — but with an end date in mind, she said. Dumaresq, 66, a lifelong educator… Read More
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Dr. Paul M. Healey, PA Principals Association executive director-elect, attended the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee hearing on Common Core held on Thursday, August 29, 2013. The Senate Education Committee held… Read More
After Gov. Tom Corbett requested and received acting Education Secretary William Harner’s resignation, he named a one-time state teachers union executive director as Harner’s replacement. Corbett chose Carolyn Dumaresq, Ed.D.,… Read More
Less than three months after being named as acting state Education Secretary, two sources have confirmed that William Harner is being forced out of the post in Gov. Tom Corbett’s… Read More
The 45th edition of the PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools has been released. Conducted annually by PDK International in conjunction with Gallup, the poll is… Read More