The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is providing the following training opportunity: GETTING READY for the 2013 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) and Keystone Exam. Assessment specialists from the… Read More
The Board of Directors of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) has named Thomas J. Gentzel as its next executive director. Gentzel is the executive director of the Pennsylvania School… Read More
According to an article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, public schools and school districts across the state got hit with a one-two punch when statewide test scores were released Friday…. Read More
Senator Al Franken (D-MN), a constant champion for principals, introduced and successfully passed on September 12, S. Res 552, a bipartisan resolution recognizing the month of October 2012 as “National… Read More
Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis will announce the results of the 2011-12 PSSA exams during a press conference at 11 a.m. today in the state Capitol Media Center. At the… Read More
According to an article in the Scranton Times, investment returns for the Public School Employees’s Retirement System (PSERS) were half of what was budgeted for the fiscal year ending in… Read More
Despite the widespread influence of the nation’s 95,000 principals on three million teachers and 55 million students — cited by the Wallace Foundation as second only to teaching among school… Read More
According to an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the way the state measures eleventh graders’ academic progress is expected to change this year. Under a plan that must be… Read More
I. Changes to Section 111 of School Code are Effective June 30, 2012 Act 82 of 2012, signed into law on June 30, 2012, amends Section 111 of the School… Read More
Dear PA Principals Association Member: As of yesterday, we have found there may have been a compromise to our web site, www.paprincipals.org. The potential illegal access in personal membership information… Read More