High school Career and Technical Education programs are a critical pathway for states to prepare for and meet current and future workforce needs. Pennsylvania’s career and technical educator licensure requirements for the Instructor II certificate are out of step with...
WAVING THE WHITE FLAG Earlier this week, the Trump Administration signaled its new purpose for the only federal agency focused on children, the Office of Children and Families. Their revised vision is framed as “…embracing the fundamental principle that the best...
WHY ARE SO MANY STUDENTS FAILING MATH AND SCIENCE ASSESSMENTS? It’s beyond depressing that two thirds of American high school seniors cannot do high school level math or science and a majority struggle with high school level English skills. Also...
HANGING BY A THREAD “I returned last year as a librarian to reopen five elementary school libraries, all of which were closed and basically turned into offices and other uses, and the students were not using the resources that were there. Then we got...
CYBER CHARTER REFORM IS NO GAME Today’s state budget negotiations feel like a game of UNO – find a match, skip, reverse, lose a turn. It’s not a fun game for the schools and vital programs that have been dealt a financially losing hand with the budget delay....
Students Going Back to School But PA Senate Still Stalling State Budget Negotiations With 447,330 PA students returning to classrooms in just two weeks, education advocates demand that the Senate GOP fulfill their constitutional obligation to adequately fund...
