PSSC Member Publications

PSSC members receive several publications each year, most on a quarterly basis.  Please visit the links listed below to access back issues and for subscription information for future issues.  If you are interested in submitting a manuscript for publication to The Beacon, please contact Stephanie Cardona

Perspectives

Perspectives is the quarterly newsletter of the Pennsylvania School Study Council.  Each issue provides an update on PSSC activities and professional development opportunities, information on current events in the field of education that affect our membership, and relevant news from Penn State.

Janaury/February 2008
April/May 2008
September/October 2008
Winter 2008
Spring 2009
Summer 2009
December 2009 / January 2010
Spring 2010

The Beacon

The Beacon is PSSC's peer-reviewed research publication with emphasis on practitioner appeal regarding themes related to K-12 teaching, school leadership, and district administration.

Volume 2, Number 1
Volume 2, Number 2
Volume 3, Number 1
Volume 3, Number 2
Volume 3, Number 3
Volume 4, Number 1
Volume 4, Number 2
Volume 4, Number 3
Volume 4, Number 4
Volume 5, Number 1
Volume 5, Number 2
Volume 5, Number 3
Volume 5, Number 4
Volume 6, Number 1

Volume 7, Number 1

The Andrews & Beard Education Law Report

The Education Law Report is an education law newsletter published by the Andrews and Beard Law Offices in cooperation with the Pennsylvania School Study Council.  As solicitors, labor counsel and special council, Andrews and Beard represent more than 50 school districts in Pennsylvania. The Firm has successfully negotiated hundreds of teacher and support staff contracts. The firm also represents a large area of the State for coverage of school board directors through their insurance carrier.

Volume II, Number 1
Volume II, Number 2
Volume II, Number 3
Volume II, Number 4
Volume III, Number 1
Volume III, Number 2
Volume III, Number 3

Values & Ethics in Educational Administration

Values and Ethics in Educational Administration (VEEA) is a refereed journal established in September 2002. This journal is published quarterly both in traditional paper format as well as online. VEEA is a project operated by the D.J. Willower Center for the Study of Leadership and Ethics of UCEA, which was established as a University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Program Center in June 1996.  In 2003, the Rock Ethics Institute at The Pennsylvania State University became affiliated with the journal.

VEEA is dedicated to promoting and disseminating a broad range of scholarly inquiry relating to the areas of values and ethics, and their relationship to theory and practice in educational administration. The editor believes that the areas of values and ethics represent a promising direction for research into the practice of educational administration, and is prepared to consider a wide range of disciplined empirical and conceptual works of interest to both scholars in the field as well as practicing administrators.  Please visit the link below to access both current and back issues of the journal:

Values & Ethics in Educational Administration

Catalyst for Change

Catalyst for Change is a non-profit educational journal and is the official professional publication of the National School Development Council.  Its mission is to serve the diverse needs of school leaders including superintendents, principals, central office personnel, teachers, and professors who have an interest in schools and school improvement.  The content emphasis primarily focuses on research articles and book reviews that pertain to issues impacting the quality of K-12 schools. Published twice each year, the Catalyst publishes original, peer-reviewed manuscripts that report innovative approaches to school improvement, educational change, school policy, and professional development. Contributing authors are encouraged to express their judgment freely in professional matters.


Catalyst for Change

Journal of Research in Rural Education

The Journal of Research in Rural Education is a peer-reviewed, open access e-journal publishing original pieces of scholarly research of demonstrable relevance to educational issues within rural settings. JRRE was established in 1982 by the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. In 2008, JRRE moved to the Center on Rural Education and Communities, located within the Penn State University's College of Education, and is edited by Kai A. Schafft with associate editors Jacqueline Edmonson and Thomas Farmer. Please visit the link below to access both current and back issues of the journal:

Journal of Research in Rural Education