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Allentown school
directors question charter school applicant's ties to Gülen Movement
Board members are concerned that
engineering academy's applicants have ties to Gülen Movement. Hearing set for
Tuesday.
After three misfires, a
group of charter school
advocates is seeking a fourth shot at
getting approval for a publicly funded school in Allentown
advocates is seeking a fourth shot at
getting approval for a publicly funded school in
They say they have new
trustees, a new name and a new, better curriculum. So the Allentown School
Board should not reject the application for Allentown Engineering Academy
Charter School as it did in 2005-06, 2009-10 and last school year.
Corbett scoops Scarnati
on Senate Ed committee announcement
In the words of one
popular modern-day songstress: "Oops. I did it again."
Gov. Corbett on Friday
scooped Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R., Jefferson) on a key
committee chairman announcement. Corbett
sent a congratulatory tweet to Sen. Mike Folmer (R., Lebanon), a school voucher
supporter, who apparently is at least in line to replace retiring Sen.
Jeff Piccola (R., Dauphin) as chairman of the powerful education
committee.
It seems the Pennsylvania
Manufacturers Association broke the news first, according to the online news
service Capitolwire with Corbett retweeting them.
The only problem was,
Scarnati had not yet made any announcement of committee chairs for the
2013-2014 session.
More questions for Hite at second forum on school closings
Submitted by thenotebook on
Mon, 12/17/2012
- 23:21 By Connie Langland
More students, teachers and community members
found their voices Monday night at the District’s second
of four community forums on the looming school closings. They
challenged Superintendent William Hite on whether the plan makes sense,
questioning whether it assures student success and safety and supports programs
that are working, even flourishing.
Teacher Heroes
I didn’t want to send
my kids to school this morning. After the shootings on Friday at Sandy Hook elementary, I suspect like many parents across
the country I just wanted to keep my kids by my side and not let them out of my
sight. With the horrifying news all over the media this weekend, I talked to
our boys a little about what happened, mostly to assure them that they would be
OK in their own school.
“Mr. Sikorski keeps
your school very safe,” I told them. That’s their principal, and as I said it,
I had to fight back tears thinking about the Sandy Hook
principal who literally gave her life for her students. “Your teachers care
about you and will keep you safe,” I reassured them.
School security articles
available at American School Board Journal
NSBA School Board News
Today by Kathleen Vail December 17th, 2012
In her 2006 article, “A
Measured Approach,” which was written after several school shootings by
individuals with no connection to the schools,American
School Board Journal editor
Naomi Dillon wrote: “From fostering a positive and inviting school climate, to
teaching and modeling good behavior, to encouraging students and staff to be
the eyes and ears of the building, schools can do a lot to make themselves
unsuitable targets for unstable individuals.”
The horrific events in Newtown , Conn.
Obama,
Boehner move closer to ‘cliff’ deal
Washington
President Obama and
House Speaker John A. Boehner moved close to agreement Monday on a plan to
avert the year-end “fiscal cliff,” but they had yet to clear several
critical hurdles, including winning the support of wary House Republicans.
Obama and Boehner (R-Ohio)
huddled at the White House for 45 minutes Monday morning for their third
conversation in the past five days. Later, Boehner met for an hour at the
Capitol with his leadership team in advance of a briefing Tuesday morning for
the entire House GOP that could be a crucial test of Boehner’s ability to sell
the deal.
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