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For February 14, 2013 :
Work group recommends converting York
City School District to 100% charters; Obama outlines early ed expansion; more
K12, Inc. controversy
SPECIAL EDITION EPLC Education Notebook Monday, February 11, 2013
EPLC: Summary of
Governor Corbett's Proposed 2013-2014 Education Budget
“The Workgroup concludes that the solution that meets the test is to
convert the School District of the City of York
Annotated document: YorkCounts
recommends converting York
City School
District
An education work group of YorkCounts, an initiative of the
York County Community Foundation, presented its findings to the advisory
committee working on a financial recovery plan for the York City School District Leadership Center
After the work group began meeting,
the city school district was declared in "financial recovery" by the
state, and David Meckley was appointed as chief recovery officer to craft a
plan for turning district finances around.
(includes viewer for the work group’s 18 page report “A New Education
Model for York
At K12, Inc. Tennessee
The mission of a business is to make
a profit. Read the email yourself.....
Berks schools chiefs call liquor
store sale benefits limited
Reading Eagle by David Mekeel Originally Published: 2/13/2013
How to not close 37 Philly schools:
a summary of alternate proposals
by thenotebook on Feb 13 2013 by Bill Hangley
Jr.
The School District ’s deadline for
alternative community proposals for its closure plan has now passed, and all 38
proposals received have been posted on the District’s website.
Together, the alternative
plans represent a wide range of responses to the District’s
recommendations. Some are highly detailed blueprints endorsed by powerful
officeholders and complex proposals citing multiple partners, while others are
brief plans from community groups and individuals. One consistent theme: Many schools propose
addressing under-utilization by expanding their program offerings or grade
spans. Some suggest bringing in new schools to share their buildings. In a few
cases, schools offer alternative plans that they believe are cost-neutral and
will meet the District’s overall goal of saving money.
RFA’s Kate Shaw Testifying before
Phila. City Council
Research for Action website Posted by Alison Murawski on Feb 12, 2013
RFA’s executive director, Kate Shaw, will deliver testimony to
Philadelphia City Council today. The City Council hearing focuses on the School District of Philadelphia
You can read RFA’s testimony here
Dear Philadelphia
Parents United for Public Education Posted
on February 14, 2013
If there’s any question about what’s at stake regarding the lobbying
complaint filed last month by Parents United, the Philadelphia Home &
School Council, and the Philadelphia
Recovery officer asks 11 districts to take Duquesne students
By Mary Niederberger / Pittsburgh February 13, 2013 11:34 am
Superintendents of 11
area school districts have received an email from Duquesne Chief Recovery
Officer Paul B. Long notifying them they will be asked to consider voluntarily
taking some of the Duquesne students in grades K-6 for the 2013-14 school year
and beyond.
School safety hearing focuses on
needs for preparedeness training and funding
By Charles
Thompson | cthompson@pennlive.com on February 13, 2013
Here's where we know Pennsylvania
That concept was roundly panned by law enforcement officials and other
safety experts today in a Capitol hearing on how to make schools more secure in
the wake of the
December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT.
PSBA urges General Assembly to
consider initiatives to address school safety
PSBA NEWS RELEASE 2/13/2013
Joseph Zupancic, a school director in the Canon-McMillan School
District
Joseph Zupancic, a school director in the Canon-McMillan School District
(Washington Co.) and a member of the Pennsylvania School Board Associations'
Board of Directors, told a panel of state Senate members that PSBA firmly
believes school districts are vastly different throughout Pennsylvania in their
security needs and, therefore, the best approaches to school safety must often
be determined at the local school district level.
What a Rally!
Over 320 people came out to Rally for Public Education on Sunday. After
last year’s rally outside in a snowstorm, this year’s event was warm and dry at
the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty .
With rousing performances and speakers, loud chanting and singing, the crowd
sent a strong message to the many legislators in attendance that public
education is a public good. The media was also there and we had radio and
television coverage, as well as an excellent article above the fold on the
front page of the Post-Gazette local section, with two large
photos. [Post-Gazette,
2-11-13
Casey appointed to Senate Finance Committee
By Tracie
Mauriello / Pittsburgh February
13, 2013 9:12 pm
WASHINGTON -- U.S.
Meanwhile Tuesday,
Mr. Casey also was given a key role on the Senate Health Education Labor and
Pensions Committee, known by the acronym HELP. He will serve as chairman of the
subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/casey-appointed-to-senate-finance-committee-675192/#ixzz2KriKC8RQ
Chicago Public Schools chief releases list of 129 schools that
could close — most on South and West sides
Chicago SunTimes By
Lauren FitzPatrick Education Reporter lfitzpatrick@suntimes.com February
13, 2013 5:32PM
And then there were
129. Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara
Byrd-Bennett will choose from among a pool of 129 schools when she decides this
spring which ones will close in June. Most are on Chicago
READ: Obama’s pre-K plan (released
at 6:00 a.m. today)
President Obama used his State of the Union address to launch
a push for massively expanding pre-K and other early childhood
education programs. But he was pretty vague about it. Not anymore. At 6 a.m.
today, the administration released its detailed plan for early childhood
education. Its three main components are……
Obama Urges Big Preschool Expansion
in State of the Union Speech
Education Week Politics K-12 Blog By Alyson Klein on February
12, 2013 10:11 PM
President Barack Obama called on Congress in his State of the Union
address to significantly expand access to preschool to all 4-year-olds from
moderate- and low-income families, and to create a new spin-off of his Race to
the Top program aimed at pushing high schools to adopt curricula that better
prepare students for the jobs of the future.
He framed both proposals as part of a broader strategy to invest in the
nation's economic future and bolster the middle class—the overaching theme of
his first State of the Union speech since winning re-election. The president
told the nation his ideas wouldn't add to the federal deficit, as Washington District
of Columbia
“According to W. Steven Barnett, director of
the institute, which is based at Rutgers University, only five states,
including Oklahoma and Georgia, have a stated objective of offering preschool
slots to all 4-year-olds. “
Few States Look to Extend Preschool to All 4-Year-Olds
New York Times By MOTOKO RICH
Published: February 13, 2013
President
Obama’s call in his State of the Union address to “make high-quality preschool
available to every single child in America
Details of the
president’s proposal are expected to be unveiled on Thursday when Mr. Obama
visits a Head Start program in Decatur ,
Ga.
The Leading Edge - American Association of School Administrators February 13, 2013
State of the Union 2013 &
Education
Last night, President Obama gave the annual State of the
Union address. (Full transcript here.) The
President's speech centered on eight topics: reduce the debt; tax code
overhaul, create jobs, climate change, immigration reform, EDUCATION,
defense/foreign trade, and gun control. The
eight topics all supported the broader theme of the speech, calling to invest
in the nation's economic future and bolster the middle class.
For obvious reasons, this post focuses on the education components of the
speech. His education comments focused on the entire PreK-college spectrum,
with a proposal for early education, K-12 and higher education.
HDNET Published on Feb 11, 2013 YouTube video runtime 4:18
Saying it's a waste of time, teachers in Seattle 8pm ET on AXS
TV. "Teaching to the Test" airs February 12, 2013 .
““Reform” has become the educational word of
our time, and reformers like Arne Duncan are making profound changes in how
schools operate, away from those that are built on relationships and genuinely
challenging intellectual thinking and toward reductive multiple-choice tests as
the primary measure of school effectiveness. Too much evidence is mounting,
however, that reforming schools in this manner is leading to schools that truly
fail. They fail kids by taking all that’s worth learning in school and reducing
it to trivial assessments.”
Why is the image of public education
distorted by media?
Here is an interesting essay by University of Georgia
N.Y. Mayor Donates $1 Million to
Slate of L.A. School
Education Week District Dossier Blog By Lesli A.
Maxwell on February 13, 2013 10:55 AM
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has raised the stakes in an
already pitched battle for control
of the Los Angeles school board by giving $1 million to an education
reform group that is backing a slate of three candidates in the March 5
election.
According to The Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg's eye-popping
contribution was brokered in part by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,
who, along with Los Angeles-area billionaire and philanthropist Eli Broad, is
keen to ensure that the policies of Superintendent John Deasy won't be
dismantled by candidates who are backed by United Teachers Los Angeles.
Milwaukee Public Schools Outperform
Voucher Schools in Program, Report Says
Education Week Charters and Choice Blog By Katie Ash on February
13, 2013 4:41 PM
A new
report from the Public Policy Forum in Milwaukee found that the
Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, which enrolls about 25,000 students in
private schools through the state's voucher program, has similar demographics
and poverty levels as Milwaukee Public Schools, but students there perform
slightly worse on standardized tests in math and reading.
Education Policy and Leadership
Center
SUBJECT: Governor Corbett's Proposed
Education Budget for 2013-2014
"Western PA Breakfast
Series" Thursday, February 14, 2013
Continental Breakfast - 8:00 a.m. Program - 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
SPEAKERS: An Overview of the Proposed 2013-2014 State Budget
and Education Issues Will Be Provided By:
Sharon Ward, The Pennsylvania Budget and
Policy Center
Ron Cowell, The Education Policy and Leadership
Center
State and Regional
Perspectives Will Be Provided By:
Dr. Joseph Clapper, Superintendent,Quaker Valley
School District
Dr. Joseph Clapper, Superintendent,
Michelle Figlar, Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young
Children
Brett Lago, Business Manager, Penn-Trafford School District
Brett Lago, Business Manager, Penn-Trafford School District
Kenneth P. Service, Executive Director, Pittsburgh
While there is no
registration fee, seating is limited and an RSVP is required.
Education Policy and Leadership
Center
SUBJECT: Governor Corbett's Proposed
Education Budget for 2013-2014
"Southeastern Region Breakfast Series" Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Continental Breakfast - 8:00 a.m. Program - 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel - 201 North 17th St. , Philadelphia ,
PA 19103
SPEAKERS: An Overview of the Proposed 2013-2014 State Budget
and Education Issues Will Be Provided By:
Sharon Ward, The Pennsylvania Budget and
Policy Center
Ron Cowell, The Education Policy and Leadership
Center
State and Regional
Perspectives Will Be Provided By:
Mark B. Miller, School Director,Centennial School District
Mark B. Miller, School Director,
Joe Otto, Chief Operations Officer, William Penn
School District
Michael Churchill, Of Counsel, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
Dr. Stephen D. Butz , Superintendent, Southeast Delco
School District
Dr. Stephen D. Butz
While there is no
registration fee, seating is limited and an RSVP is required.
SAVE THE DATE: 2013 Pennsylvania
Budget Summit
Many Pennsylvanians have
sent a clear message to Harrisburg Policy Center
for an in-depth look at the Governor's proposal and an update on the federal
budget -- and what they mean for communities and families across Pennsylvania
2013 Pennsylvania
Budget Summit
Thursday, February 21, 2013 ,
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
HiltonHarrisburg , 1 North Second Street, Harrisburg , PA
Hilton
EPLC 2013 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS
FOR SCHOOL
The Education Policy and Leadership Center, with the Cooperation
of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) and Pennsylvania
Association of School Business Officials (PASBO), will conduct A Series of Regional Full-Day
Workshops for 2013
Pennsylvania School Board Candidates. Registration is $45 and includes
coffee/donuts, lunch, and materials.
Pittsburgh Region Saturday, February 23, 2013 – 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh/Monroeville, 101 Mall Blvd., Monroeville, PA 15146
Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh/Monroeville, 101 Mall Blvd., Monroeville, PA 15146
2013 PSBA Leadership Symposium on
Advocacy and Issues
April 6, 2013 The Penn Stater Convention Center Hotel; State College, PA
Strategic leadership, school budgeting and advocacy are key issues facing today's school district leaders. For your school district to truly thrive, leaders must maintain a solid understanding of these three functions. Attend the 2013 PSBA Leadership Symposium on Advocacy and Issues to ensure you have the skills you need to take your district to the next level.
April 6, 2013 The Penn Stater Convention Center Hotel; State College, PA
Strategic leadership, school budgeting and advocacy are key issues facing today's school district leaders. For your school district to truly thrive, leaders must maintain a solid understanding of these three functions. Attend the 2013 PSBA Leadership Symposium on Advocacy and Issues to ensure you have the skills you need to take your district to the next level.
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