The Offical Website of the PJSTA

The PJSTA wants to make sure we do our part in being counted in the 2020 Census! Being counted can determines how many congressional seats New York Stat has and school funding from the federal government. Please make sure to fill out your census form. Here are some links explaining the benefits of your participation …

Our own Mrs. Reduto of Terryville Elementary School was honored with the ASSET Bright Light Award at the BOE meeting Monday night for incorporating technology to strengthen the language skills of her ELL learners. This past year Mrs. Reduto utilized Spheros robots for block based programming and STEAM skills, Kahoot to provide quick and fun …

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Audrey Amrein Beardsley is one of the leading experts in the nation in the field of value-added assessment and also one of the nation’s leading skeptics of the claim that teacher “effectiveness” can be measured by the test scores of their students. Recently, a study was published by…

Saturday we co-hosted the Public Education Forum 2020, and I want to know what you thought.We had an incredible day, with seven of the major presidential candidates discussing public education and taking questions in front of an audience of nearly 1,500 people, including American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association members, parents, students and …

Originally posted on janresseger:
Before I drove to Pittsburgh on Saturday for the Public Education Forum 2020—where all of the leading Democrats running for President would explain live on MSNBC their plans for supporting public education—I considered what I hoped would happen at this day-long event. After all, not once in any of the televised…