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If you have a couple minutes to spare take a look
at the conclusions section on pages 47 – 51 of this December 2010 report
conducted by the Joint State Government Commission of the General Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
WHAT WORKS:
High-Performing and
Low-Spending Pennsylvania School Districts: Best Practices and Other Factors
A Report Pursuant to Senate Resolution 243 of
2010, December 2010
On March 22, 2010 , the Senate
of Pennsylvania adopted Senate Resolution 243 “[d]irecting the Joint State
Government Commission to conduct a study of efficiency in public school
funding….” More specifically, the Senate directed “the Joint State Government
Commission to conduct a study of the 82 school districts found to be successful
schools in the APA costing-out study and to issue a report … of their best
practices and other factors that are believed to help contribute to this
recognized efficiency and success.”
Whose children have been
left behind? Framing the 2012 ed debate
The battles over
education policy that marked 2011 will continue, ever more heated, in the new
year. As a starting point, and in honor of this Sunday’s 10th anniversary of
the day when president George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind into law,
here is a speech written by education
historian Diane Ravitch that
addresses what is really at stake in the fight over how to fix troubled public
schools.
Three quick reads
This was written by George Wood,
superintendent and secondary school principal at the Federal
Hocking Local
School District in Stewart , Ohio
By George Wood
When I left the
university ranks some20 years ago to become principal, one of the first things
I missed about my old job was having the time to read. Now, as both
superintendent and principal, reading time seems even more precious but even
more important. So I find myself grabbing quick reads, and three of them hit my
desk over the holiday break.
No, The School Nurse Is Not
In
NPR.org by Michael Tomsic January 3, 2012
More than half of American public schools don't
have a full-time nurse, and the situation is getting worse as school systems
further cut budgets. This year, 51 were laid off in Philadelphia 's
public schools, 20 in a Houston suburb, 15 in San Diego
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