The PA Department of Public Welfare and PDE have issued this joint statement regarding the recently enacted Uninterrupted Scholars Act (P.L. 112-278). On Jan. 14, 2013, the Uninterrupted Scholars Act… Read More
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Today, Governor Tom Corbett delivered his proposed budget for 2013-14 using the words, “we spend no more than we have,” and increasing basic education funding by $90 million, which includes… Read More
The Pennsylvania Senate amended and passed Senate Resolution 6, which directs the Joint State Government Commission to study the issue of violence prevention, to establish an advisory committee to conduct… Read More
Gov. Tom Corbett recently unveiled his plan for the privatization of liquor and wine sales, with the revenue from the auction of liquor licenses to be used for a proposed… Read More
While there has been great progress made with the implementation of the Pennsylvania Common Core in the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has also received feedback from educators… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) will conduct training sessions on the administration of the 2013 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) on February 11,… Read More
Available via the United States Department of Education’ss web site is a set of materials that provide a substantive overview of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility process—also… Read More
The number of charter schools hitting testing benchmarks plummeted after the federal government said the state Education Department graded them too leniently. At first, nearly half of the state’s 156… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’ss (PDE) Division of Performance Analysis and Reporting, along with the PSSA testing contractor, Data Recognition Corporation, are offering an important webinar for LEAs via GoToMeeting™ concerning… Read More