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Education Voters PA TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012
The fiscal year is over and a new
budget has been passed for FY 2012-13, which includes some victories and some
defeats for education issues.
PSBA
encouraged by restoration of some funds but warns of future impact
PSBA NEWS RELEASE- Steve Robinson, director of Publications and
PR 7/2/12
The Pennsylvania School Boards
Association is pleased to see some of the funding cuts originally proposed by
Gov. Tom Corbett in February restored by the General Assembly in the final
approved 2012-13 state budget, including reinstatement of the Accountability
Block Grant (ABG) at $100 million, and an additional $49 million to help
distressed schools.
However, these increases come on
the heels of last year's huge cuts to public education. The association
cautions that public education cannot continue to sustain the funding cuts it
has seen in the last several budgets and be expected to continue the positive
gains schools have been making in regards to student achievement.
Budget enacted: A mixed bag of spending meets the deadline
OP/ED Pittsburgh July
3, 2012 12:08 am
It could have been
worse. That's the best that can be said with certainty about Pennsylvania midnight on June 30
was $500 million larger, at $27.66 billion, due to higher-than-expected revenue
collections this spring.
New
Pa.
WHYY Newsworks By Mary Wilson
July 2, 2012
Teachers in most of Pennsylvania
The new scoring rubric is intended
to weed out teachers who aren't pulling their weight. The revised evaluations
use a wider range of scores. At least half of a teacher's rating will be based
in part on student performance under the new system.
But they will apply only to
traditional public schools, not charter schools.
Posted: Wed, Jul. 4, 2012 , 3:01 AM
Pa.
plans to shut down online charter school Frontier
By Martha Woodall Inquirer
Staff Writer
In documents filed Monday,
Secretary Ronald Tomalis said he intended to yank the Philadelphia-based
school's charter for failing to follow its operating agreement, violating the
state charter-school law, and failing to maintain the finances necessary to
provide services to students.
Posted: Wed, Jul. 4, 2012 , 3:01 AM
By Dan Hardy Inquirer Staff
Writer
Michael Churchill, with the Public
Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, which represents parents and students in
the district, said Tuesday that the deal also included $9.7 million in extra
state aid for Chester Upland that the just-approved state budget allocated.
The
Heron's Nest: Upper Darby to use $2.7M to
bring back teachers
Published: Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Delco Times Opinion By PHIL HERON,
Editor editor@delcotimes.com
@philheron
The Upper Darby School District
They are bringing back another 25 teachers.
They are not bringing back the “special” classes in arts and music for elementary students, and tech and language for middle schoolers.
They are bringing back another 25 teachers.
They are not bringing back the “special” classes in arts and music for elementary students, and tech and language for middle schoolers.
Philly:
The '20% less' solution is the problem, not the answer
The Notebook by Guest
blogger on Jul
03 2012
This guest blog post comes from
Michael Churchill of the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia.
Nationally renowned
cyber charter school pioneer Nick Trombetta officially steps down
By PA
Cyber Published: Monday, Jul. 2, 2012 - 1:03 pm
MIDLAND, Pa., July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- As The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School officially said farewell yesterday
to its only CEO since opening its doors in 2000, Dr. Nick Trombetta took the
opportunity to reaffirm his commitment to the school he founded and reflect
upon important milestones that not only help to define the school, but the now
burgeoning cyber charter school movement in Pennsylvania and across the
country.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/02/4605723/nationally-renowned-cyber-charter.html#storylink=cpy
1,100
college professors oppose K-12 standardized testing saying exams have failed to
improve schools over the last 10 years
Resolution against
exams set to be introduced in City Council. Professors say public school
graduates woefull ill-prepared for college-level work
BY RACHEL
MONAHAN / NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2012 , 11:29 PM
College professors are mobilizing
against high-stakes K-12 testing.
Alarmed by the number of public
school grads who are woefully ill-prepared to do college-level work, more than
1,100 college professors across the state are mobilizing against K-12
standardized testing. The academics have
all signed a letter opposing the proliferation of the high-stakes tests and
arguing that the exams have failed to improve schools over the last 10 years.
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