Daily postings
from the Keystone State Education Coalition now reach more than 1000
Pennsylvania education policymakers – school directors, administrators,
legislators and members of the press via emails, website, Facebook and Twitter.
Follow us
on Twitter at @lfeinberg
In grave fiscal trouble, Philly SRC
introduces big changes
Thomas Knudsen is going
to be new "chief recovery officer" - chief financial officer and
superintendent in one
Facing
a fiscal crisis of previously unimagined proportions — it must cut $61 million
by June and isn’t sure how to get there — the Philadelphia School District’s
governing body on Thursday moved to tear up its leadership structure and name a
“chief recovery officer” to get the battered organization through the next six
months.
In
plainer, starker terms than it has ever used before, the School Reform Commission
laid out the district’s financial woes to the public in a meeting Thursday
night.
Tomalis Briefs Education
Committee Members on Initatives for 2012
The House Education
Committee held an informational meeting this morning to hear from Secretary of
the Department of Education, Ron Tomalis, on education initiatives. Tomalis said the governor’s main priorities
for 2012 remain reforming charter schools, school choice, EITC and an enhanced
teacher evaluation system.
Ongoing Commentary and Coverage of Chester Upland Financial
Crisis updated January 20th
Secretary
Tomalis on YouTube, Senator Dinniman Press Release, Delco Times Editorial, Huffington
Post by Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association
Huffington
Post by Timothy D. Slekar, Associate professor of teacher education
“That is why I will not vote for even limited
vouchers or any other types of vouchers when SB 1 or any other voucher
legislation is returned from the House to the Senate. While I might have been fooled once I will
not be fooled again after reviewing what I believe to be the true implications
of the Corbett Administration’s approach to the Chester-Upland and Duquesne
City School Districts and by implication all the other poor and fiscally
distressed districts.”
Implications of the Corbett Administration’s Actions in the
Chester Upland School District
Press
Release WEST CHESTER (January 18) – Senator Dinniman issued the following statement on
financial crisis in the Chester
Upland School
District
“After
months of asking the Department of Education and the Corbett Administration for
their plan to address the precarious financial situation facing many of our
Commonwealth’s school districts, I was surprised and taken aback by the recent
actions of the Department in relation to the Chester-Upland School
District
PA
Department of Education Press Release January 19, 2012
Department of Education Awards $64.4 Million to Promote Academic Achievement and Assist At-Risk Students in High-Poverty Schools
Harrisburg – Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis today announced the 57 schools and organizations that will receive a total of $64.4 million as part of the 21st Century Community Learning Challenge Grant.
Department of Education Awards $64.4 Million to Promote Academic Achievement and Assist At-Risk Students in High-Poverty Schools
Harrisburg – Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis today announced the 57 schools and organizations that will receive a total of $64.4 million as part of the 21st Century Community Learning Challenge Grant.
“The purpose of these
grants is to fund the establishment and sustainability of community learning
centers that provide educational services to students in high-poverty and
low-performing schools,” Tomalis said. “The entities which were selected to
receive funding from the 21st Century Community Learning Challenge provide
educational experiences that complement, supplement and fill-in the gaps of the
work being done in the classroom.”
Another
pro-education candidate announces……
Engineer to run for Democratic
nomination for the 105th District state House seat
Published:
Thursday, January
19, 2012 , 12:17
Kelly Jean
McEntee of Lower Paxton Twp. is announcing her candidacy
for the Democratic nomination of the 105th state House seat, potentially
pitting her in the fall against veteran lawmaker Ron Marsico who is seeking re-election to his 12th two-year
term.
"If elected, I will work from day one to improve the economy ofDauphin County
"If elected, I will work from day one to improve the economy of
“Our
failing public schools…..”
Thursday, January 19, 2012
All 12 North
Allegheny schools made adequate yearly progress for two
consecutive years, so representatives of those schools received Keystone
Achievement Awards at the school board meeting Wednesday.
In California
In his State of the
State address, Brown calls for limits on standardized tests and wants reduced
roles for the U.S.
By
Howard Blume, Los Angeles January
20, 2012
Deviating sharply from education reform policies
championed by President Obama,
California Gov. Jerry Brown is
calling for limits on standardized testing and reduced roles for federal and
state government in local schools.
Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced
Look at American Charter Schools in 2011
Center
on Reinventing Public Education January 2012
By
Robin Lake
Charter
schools are public schools. Historically, however, the relationship between
school districts and charters has been nonexistent at best, antagonistic at
worst. As the charter sector continues to grow steadily, an analysis of the
national landscape explores how that relationship needs to start changing—and
where it already has.
This
year's 6th annual edition of Hopes, Fears, & Reality provides a clear
roadmap for school districts and charter schools interested in working together
to improve education options. The report explains the risks and technical
challenges behind charter-district collaboration and provides powerful examples
of how they can be overcome.
10
reasons to support public education
From the NSEA.org; from the Illinois
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.