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from the Keystone State Education Coalition now reach more than 1500
Pennsylvania education policymakers – school directors, administrators,
legislators, members of the press and a broad array of education advocacy
organizations via emails, website, Facebook and Twitter.
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on Twitter at @lfeinberg
Follow the Voucher Money: AFC/Students
First PAC funding 2 week media blanket targeting Senator Vance who voted
against SB1
According to
their campaign
finance report, the pro-voucher Students First PAC received $1 Million during February and
March from Betsy
Devos’ American Federation for Children, and contributed $350,000 to the Citizens Alliance
for Pennsylvania PAC on Feb. 28th.
Here’s how it is apparently being used to target Republican Senator Pat
Vance who dared to vote against voucher bill SB1:
PoliticsPA
reported in their March
15th Morning Buzz:
SD-31: Conservative group
Citizens Alliance for Pa.
Senator
Vance represents the following school districts:
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Lycoming County :
Jersey Shore School board may cut 7 from staff;
raise taxes and still be looking at a $111K deficit
March 27, 2012
By JOSEPH STENDER -
jstender@sungazette.com , Williamsport
Sun-Gazette
The district also would
raise property taxes to the Act 1 index of .339 mills - a property assessed at
a value of $100,000 would pay an additional $33.90.
After all of the cuts
and tax increase recommended by Emery, the district still would be looking at a
deficit of about $111,000.
Pa.
Published: Tuesday, March
27, 2012 , 2:30 PM
The Senate Education
Committee showed how serious its opposition is to Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposal
to change the Keystone Exam state testing program.
The committee passed two
bills intended to give lawmakers some leverage in ongoing talks with the
Corbett administration, which wants to trim the number of course-specific
Keystone exams being developed from 10 to 3. It is proposing to keep the
Keystone exams in Algebra I, biology and literature, but drop the ones proposed
in social studies
Largest
charter network in U.S.: Gulen Schools tied to Turkey
This was written by Sharon Higgins, an
independent researcher and blogger based in California
By Sharon Higgins
The largest charter
school network in the United
States
“….without
regulation, transparency, and accountability, private charter schools are free
to soak up enormous public resources with stunningly poor educational results.”
Soaking the Public
Yinzercation Blog — MARCH 27, 2012
At the White House
education policy session on Friday, the Superintendent of the Lancaster School District
UPDATED DAILY –
STATEWIDE PRESS COVERAGE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
BUDGETS
The PA House Democratic Caucus has been tracking daily press coverage on
school district budgets statewide:
http://www.pahouse.com/school_funding_2011cuts.asp?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pahouse.com%2fschool_funding_2011cuts.asp&utm_campaign=Crisis+in+Public+Education
Stand Up for Public Education!
Wed., April 11, 2012 7:00 pm Town Hall Meeting on Education at Bucknell University
Meeting with legislators from Columbia
Where:
The Forum, Room 272, Elaine
Langone Center
Bucknell University Moore Avenue Lewisburg , PA 17837
7
p.m. – School directors and administrators meet with legislators (PSBA Legislative
Meeting)
7:30
p.m. – Town Hall Meeting on Education – Please invite your PTO/PTA and other
parent/ community groups to join us!
The
purpose of the 7 p.m. meeting is for school directors and administrators to
discuss the impact of the governor’s 2011-12 budget proposal on their school
districts. At 7:30 p.m., the meeting will be open to all interested parents and
other members of the community who would like to come out in support of their
public schools and ask their legislators to take their message back to Harrisburg
Please
RSVP By April 4, to Kathy Swope, PSBA Region 6 director, at (570) 523-3336 or email swope@ptd.net
Stand Up for Public Education!
Thursday April 12th,
7:00 pm Allegheny County
WHERE: North Hills Senior High School 53 Rochester
Road Pittsburgh, PA 15229
WHEN: Thursday, April
12, 2012 @ 7:00pm
REGISTER for this event: NorthernAreaLegislativeForum.eventbrite.com
All public
education stakeholders are invited to this special event, which will be
moderated by the League of Women Voters.
Join us on Thursday, April 12th at North
Hills Senior
High School at 7PM
for an evening with several key state legislators from Allegheny County
Panel: Unpacking the PA School Budget: What
Does This Mean for Me?
March 29, 2012 from 5:30pm
to 8pm at Arcadia University
Website or Map: http://www.arcadia.edu/direct…
Website or Map: http://www.arcadia.edu/direct…
Join us for a panel discussion that
will delve into details of the Commonwealth's School Budget as announced by the
Governor in February 2012. This event
will tell you how the budget will affect your schools, community, and children.
Has your board considered this draft resolution yet?
PSBA Sample Board
Resolution regarding the budget
Please consider bringing this sample resolution to
the members of your board.
http://www.psba.org/issues-advocacy/issues-research/state-budget/Budget_resolution-02212012.doc
PA Partnerships for
Children – Take action on the Governor’s Budget
The governor’s budget plan cuts funding for proven
programs like Child Care Works, Keystone STARS and the T.E.A.C.H. scholarship
program, Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts and the Head Start Supplemental Assistance
Program. These are among the most cost-effective
investments we can make in education. Gov. Corbett’s budget plan also runs counter
to a pledge he made when he ran for governor in 2010. He acknowledged the
benefits of early childhood education and promised to increase funding to
double the number of children who would benefit from early learning
opportunities.
We need your help to tell lawmakers: if you cut
these programs – you close the door to early learning! Click here to tell your state legislators to fund early childhood education programs
at the same level they approved for this year’s budget.
Education Voters PA –
Take action on the Governor’s Budget
The Governor’s proposal starts the process,
but it isn’t all decided: our legislators can play an important role in
standing up for our priorities. Last year, public outcry helped prevent
nearly $300 million in additional cuts. We heard from the Governor, and
we know where he stands. Now,
we need to ask our legislators: what is your position on supporting our
schools?
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