Carol Yeagy

The state House has passed three bills aimed at addressing teacher shortages and improving student outcomes through a new tutoring program. These bills will now be reviewed by the Senate. Here are the details: House Bill 100 proposes a “Tutoring Program” where junior and senior students can tutor younger students in grades 1-6 and receive academic […]

Last week the PA Independent Regulatory Review Commission approved new charter school regulations aimed to ensure accountability and transparency in the state’s charter and cyber schools. Some key provisions of the new regulations include: Charter schools must adhere to a standardized application process. Charter schools must publicly post non-discriminatory enrollment policies. Charter schools must offer

Pennsylvania educators and school staff have done an incredible, inspiring job pivoting to remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and then back again, and then a hybrid version of both. These transitions have been challenging. You are grappling with new technology, uncertainty about the future, and experiencing stress like never before.   The Keystone Teachers Association is offering

Happy New Year! As we hit the halfway mark in this school year, we understand the continuous and everchanging challenges you are facing.  Even before COVID-19 came into our lives almost two years ago, teachers were experiencing high levels of stress. Often these triggers can come from outside the workplace, however, now more than ever, teachers are

Happy 4th of July and thank you to all of those brave individuals who sacrificed for our freedom, then and now.  It has been three years since the Mark Janus U.S. Supreme Court Ruling, which freed public school employees from being forced to pay fair share union fees as a condition of employment.  Since that ruling,