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  2. Inset day - Wikipedia

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    In education, an inset day (an abbreviation of in-service training day; alternatively INSET day) [1] is a school day on which teaching sessions are not conducted and students do not attend school, but teachers are required to attend for training or to complete administrative tasks. Inset days allow teachers to catch up on work (such as marking ...

  3. List of school districts in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Circa the late 1960s the number of school districts was 2,277. The state government had passed laws encouraging these districts to merge with one another, so the figure fell to 669, and then 501, in the 1970s and then in 1981. [1] There are approximately 500 public school districts in Pennsylvania as of 2023.

  4. Pa - Wikipedia

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    Parental Advisory, abbreviated PAL or PA, a warning label placed on audio recordings P.A. (group) , a southern hip hop band in Atlanta, Georgia, United States Penny Arcade , a webcomic

  5. Education in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    There are 500 public school districts in Pennsylvania, consisting of 3,287 schools and 120 charter schools. Three school districts do not operate high schools: Midland Borough School District, Duquesne City School District and Saint Clair Area School District due to low enrollment coupled with financial constraints. As of the 2005-2006 school ...

  6. Intermediate units in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    In Pennsylvania, intermediate units are regional educational service agencies, established by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.Intermediate units are public entities and serve a given geographic area's educational needs and function as a step of organization above that of a public school district, but below that of the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

  7. Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania (/ ˌ p ɛ n s ɪ l ˈ v eɪ n i ə / ⓘ PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə, lit. ' Penn's forest country '), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [b] (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsilfaani), [7] is a U.S. state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

  8. Academic year - Wikipedia

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    Each term consists of ten school weeks. Term 1 starts the day immediately after New Year's Day. If the first school day is a Thursday or a Friday, it is not counted as a school week. After term 1, there is a break of a week, called the March Holidays. Thereafter, term 2 commences and is followed by a break of four weeks, the June Holidays.

  9. Pennsylvania System of School Assessment - Wikipedia

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    Since 2013, high school students have taken the Keystone Exam in place of the PSSA for their standardized testing. [1] The PSSA's were made by a company in New Jersey. [2] [3] The PSSA is written, owned and administered by Pearson Education. [4] There are reporting categories for each subject which list eligible content to be tested in each grade.