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*** APRIL FOOLS EDITION ***
Thanks and
a tip of the hat to Mr. Scaife and his Pittsburgh
Trib - We just couldn’t find a better
actual in-print lead for this Keystone
State
State wants manure
management plans
"I have to tell them when, where and how often I apply
manure."
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_788664.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_788664.html
PDE considering
application from Perzel, Fumo, DeWeese, Veon, Feese, Mellow, Orie to open new Keystone
Leadership Cyber Charter
In an interview last month, K12’s Chief Executive Officer Ronald J.
Packard said, “For reasons I don’t fully understand, there are a lot of people
who don’t like for-profit companies in education.”
Americans becoming increasingly alarmed about “Green
Slime” associated with school reform movement.
After 20
years of pervasive school reform efforts, Americans are expressing growing
concerns that school reform is not helping kids, but just concentrating and moving
money to different adults.
Duncan steps down to take Head Coaching Job at Faber
College; Obama appoints Darling-Hammond to Secretary of Ed Post
Signals an
end to 10 year Federal “March to the Sea” program for public education
Charter and Cyber Funding Reform tied to “Limited”
Voucher Pilot Program in Omnibus
School
Keep an eye
on this one, it might not be a joke.
Does School Choice Really Reduce Erectile
Dysfunction?
Researchers
at University of Arkansas
and University of
Wisconsin
New
ALEC-sponsored school improvement measure would only apply to teachers out in
public; Ohio , Michigan ,
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania
PSERs Executive Director
Jeff Clay says “gee – this is great, I’m going to Disneyland !”
Gureghian reportedly offers proposal to completely eliminate
PSERs pension tsunami
It is rumored
that Corbett campaign donor and charter school magnate Vahan Gureghian has
proposed to cover the cost of projected PSERs spike through 2025 in exchange
for assuming control of 10 failing school districts and the Philadelphia
Inquirer dropping its right-to-know request for his salary.
Walton and Gates announce 10 year $100 Billion
National Effort to Fund Early Childhood Literacy Programs
Saying that
kids can’t learn if they can’t read, they acknowledge that 20 years of “School
Reform” spending has not been successful; they intend to spend money on
something that actually works
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