EASD Connections
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External influences including state and federal legislation, as well as educational trends across the Commonwealth and nation, can have impacts on the Elizabethtown Area School District. The EASD Connections section of our website is designed to keep you up-to-date on these issues regardless of whether the impact is good, bad, or indifferent. By nature, it is intended to be non-partisan. Keeping our community informed about key issues and the possible impacts on our school district is what is most important to us. With that in mind, the Elizabethtown Area School District is pleased to share this information with you as we hope it will allow you to better understand the multitude of external events, decisions, and legislation affecting our school school system.
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More than half of teachers are looking for the exits, a poll says
SOURCE: NPR (February 1, 2022)
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This is not sustainable’: Pa. educators detail staffing shortage, urge legislative relief
SOURCE: Pennsylvania Capital-Star (February 2, 2022)
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Cyberattacks increasingly hobble pandemic-weary US schools
SOURCE: Associated Press (January 31, 2022)
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Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online
SOURCE: NPR (January 25, 2022)
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With K-12 cyberattacks expected to worsen in 2022, what can districts do?
SOURCE: K-12 Dive (January 25, 2022)
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Pennsylvania's substitute teacher shortage is now a crisis as the pandemic drags on
SOURCE: York Daily Record (January 20, 2022)
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Meeting Students' Needs: School social workers break down barriers and bridge gaps
SOURCE: The Sentinel (November 24, 2021)
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Injunction hearing rescheduled in Warren County School District mask case amid settlement talks
SOURCE: Go Erie (October 11, 2021)
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Federal Court Rules Pennsylvania’s School Mask Mandate Constitutional, Rejecting Challenge
SOURCE: Fox Rothschild LLP (October 4, 2021)
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Federal Court Rejects Exemption Request In One Of PA’s First Mask Mandate Cases
SOURCE: Fox Rothschild LLP (September 29, 2021)
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Pa. school choice advocates use desire for in-person instruction to press their agenda
SOURCE: Penn Live (September 24, 2021)
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COVID-19 creates dire U.S. shortage of teachers, school staff
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (September 22, 2021)
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TikTok 'Devious Licks Challenge' Pushes Schools To Brink
SOURCE: Patch.com (September 22, 2021)
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Lawsuit over education funding in Pennsylvania heads to trial in Harrisburg
SOURCE: ABC 27 News (September 9, 2021)
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Where is my kid’s school bus? Driver shortage has schools around the country scrambling
SOURCE: Associated Press (August 23, 2021)
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Districts struggle to find balance in online instruction
SOURCE: Education Drive (September 16, 2020)
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Pandemic overshadows long-stalled overhaul of PA science standards
SOURCE: York Dispatch (September 11, 2020)
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Getting schools back open could take distancing, disinfecting and a lot of handwashing
SOURCE: CNN (April 27, 2020)
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Youth Homelessness On The Rise In PA, Numbers Increasing Faster Than U.S. Average
SOURCE: WESA (February 24, 2020)
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Parents: Teens Are Still Vaping, Despite Flavor Ban. Here's What They're Using
SOURCE: NPR (February 17, 2020)
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School officials welcome Wolf's charter reform plan
SOURCE: The Daily Item (February 6, 2020)
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Schools struggle to help students return to class after a mental health crisis More kids are missin
SOURCE: The Hechinger Report (February 5, 2020)
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School officials from across PA push for state to address special education, charter school funding
SOURCE: The Center Square (January 30, 2020)
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Report: States enacted more than 200 CTE policies in 2019
SOURCE: Education Drive (January 30, 2020)