Krashen & Ohanian:protect children from poverty before we discuss pedagogy/PTR: PSBA to oppose school choice measure/Inky: NJ Voucher Plan/CAP Report: Return on Educational Investment

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SchoolsMatter Blog 1/21/11

Policy: protect children from poverty before we discuss pedagogy

The NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) invited suggestions for its policy platform for 2011.

Suggestion for NCTE Policy Platform

Submitted by Stephen Krashen and Susan Ohanian, January 18, 2011

Single sentence summary: The NCTE platform should focus on removing the overwhelming barriers to student learning: food insecurity, lack of health care, toxins, and of special interest to us, access to books.

http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2011/01/policy-protect-children-from-poverty.html

Related Links: http://keystonestateeducationcoalition.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-on-pisa-results.html

State school board group to oppose school choice measure

By Jodi Weigand
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW, Friday, January 21, 2011

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association is prepared to challenge a proposal to use taxpayer dollars to pay for private school education.

Read more: State school board group to oppose school choice measure - Pittsburgh Tribune-Reviewhttp://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_719184.html#ixzz1BfMis2tq

Posted on Fri, Jan. 21, 2011

N.J. school-voucher plan clears Senate panel

By Adrienne Lu

Inquirer Trenton Bureau

TRENTON - A pilot program for school vouchers moved one step closer to reality Thursday, after a New Jersey Senate committee released the bill following hours of heated debate.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/education/20110121_N_J__school-voucher_plan_clears_Senate_panel.html#ixzz1BfNWLOMA 

FYI, CAP is where Donna Cooper ended up……

Center for American Progress

Return on Educational Investment

A District-by-District Evaluation of U.S. Educational Productivity

By Ulrich Boser | January 19, 2011

This report is the culmination of a yearlong effort to study the efficiency of the nation’s public education system and includes the first-ever attempt to evaluate the productivity of almost every major school district in the country. 

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/01/educational_productivity/report.html

Related Link: http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/courier_times/courier_times_news_details/article/28/2011/january/20/little-bang-for-local-school-district-bucks.html