WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, May 8 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: ASTM International presented its top annual award - the 2024 Award of Merit - to Nicholas Paulter for his contributions to ASTM's security systems and equipment committee (F12). The prestigious   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 9 -- The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers issued the following news: POWER Interfaith and more than a dozen labor and community partners are intensifying its call on PA House leadership to make public education their highest priority by passing legislation this year that enacts a full plan to adequately fund every school district in the Commonwealth, starting with eliminating the Commonwealth's $5.1 billion adequacy gap. In a joint letter the groups expresse  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 9 -- The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers issued the following statement on May 8, 2024: * * * Following the murder of Ondria Glaze, a special education teacher and SPECM at Olney High School, PFT President Jerry T. Jordan issued the following statement: "I am deeply saddened by the murder of Ondria Glaze, a special education teacher and SPECM (Special Education Compliance Monitor) at Olney High School. On behalf of all of our members, we mourn for Ms. Glaze  more