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Join our panel of experts to make sense of it all. The webinar will
feature Jim Buckheit, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
Association of School Administrators; Beth Olanoff, Director of the
Pennsylvania League of Urban Schools; Kelli Thompson, Government
Relations Director for Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children; and Michael
Wood, Research Director for the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
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By Sara K.
Satullo | The Express-Times on May 27, 2013 at 7:45 PM
Eddiomar Ayala drew a person with spiky hair on the smartboard and turned
around to see which one of his classmates wanted a turn next. "Who wants to erase it?" Eddiomar
asked.
The other students sat in pint-sized chairs, eagerly raising their hands
asking Eddiomar to please pick them. He selected a classmate, together they
erased the board and then Eddiomar handed off the stylus. This sort of leadership in children, ages 3
to 5, is one of the many benefits Community
Services for Children Inc. educators say they're seeing in their two
literacy labs for their Head Start and Pre-K Counts Preschool.
“Taylor
Philly state rep says Nutter
proposals for school funding in trouble
WHYY Newsworks By Tom MacDonald @tmacdonaldwhyy May 27, 2013
Nutter is backing the school district's request for an additional $120
million in direct school funding, and he wants legislation enabling the city to
levy a $2 a pack tax on cigarettes and raise the liquor-by-the-drink tax from
10 to 15 percent.
"It's not something our caucus is not going to look forward to or
the governor, to tax more," Taylor Harrisburg
Analysis: Philadelphia School
District’s Budget Crisis
CBSPhilly Reporting Larry Kane
May 26, 2013
9:11 AM
Audio runtime: 25 minutes
By Special Contributor Larry Kane
AP: Some states push back on common
core standards
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 , 2:50 AM
Of the 45 states that adopted the Common Core reading, math and writing
standards, nine are having second thoughts.
Some states are seeking to slow implementation, while others are trying
to repeal the standards altogether. Legislation pending in some states would
prevent adoption of standards in other subjects, such as social studies or
science.
“…the Education Department should give states
the flexibility to refrain from penalizing schools or teachers based on the
test data for at least a year, until an evaluation system for the Common Core
is validated. This would only be common sense.”
NYT Editorial: Caution and the
Common Core
New York Times By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Published:
May 27, 2013
The rigorous Common Core
learning standards that have been adopted by 45 states represent a
once-in-a-generation opportunity for the United States
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/opinion/caution-and-the-common-core-state-education-standards.html
“The student newspaper has long been a
cherished tradition at many of the nation’s top high schools, one that allowed
students to take initiative and hone their writing skills while absorbing
lessons in ethics and responsibility. It provided a public forum for debating
civics with intellect and passion and, as a bonus, added a scholarly note on
college applications.
But the decline of these newspapers in recent
years is not a loss only for schools, but also for an industry that is fighting
for survival. Students raised on a diet of Internet posts and instant messages
may be unlikely to be future newspaper readers.”
At School Papers, the Ink Is Drying
Up
New York Times By WINNIE HU Published: May 27, 2013
The Clinton News used to be the source for everything that mattered to
its readers in the northwest Bronx . It
published 10,000 copies every other week in the 1930s and even circulated
overseas among Bronx residents fighting in
World War II.
It, like newspapers everywhere, has struggled to adapt as print costs
soared, and Facebook and Twitter became the media of choice among younger
generations.
The difference is that The Clinton News is a high school newspaper,
written and read by the students ofDeWitt Clinton
High School. Now, as it marks its 100th year as one of New York City
What Obama said back then (May 2008)
about standardized tests
“The tests our children take should support learning, not just
accounting.”
That’s what then-Sen. Barack Obamasaid back in May 2008 when
he was running for president and stopped by to talk to students Mapleton Expeditionary
School for the Arts in Thornton , Colo.
Here’s part of the speech he delivered at the school, which he refers to
as MESA
“What’s the least bad option going forward?
Who should bear the brunt of this legacy of fiscal irresponsibility? Current
retirees? Today’s teachers? New teachers? School districts? Taxpayers? The
students themselves?”
Live
or Webinar June 6, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EDT
The
Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 1016
16th Street NW
America’s teacher-pension systems (with up to a trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities according to some estimates) present a raging public-policy dilemma. Career teachers absolutely deserve a secure retirement, but lawmakers promised them benefits that the system cannot afford, as those promises were based on short-term political considerations and bad math. Now the bill is coming due, and someone’s going to get soaked.
America’s teacher-pension systems (with up to a trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities according to some estimates) present a raging public-policy dilemma. Career teachers absolutely deserve a secure retirement, but lawmakers promised them benefits that the system cannot afford, as those promises were based on short-term political considerations and bad math. Now the bill is coming due, and someone’s going to get soaked.
Panelists:
- Sandi Jacobs, vice president
and managing director of state policy, National Council on Teacher Quality
- Josh B. McGee, vice president
of public accountability, Laura and John Arnold Foundation
- Charles Zogby, secretary of
the budget,
- Leo Casey, executive director,
Albert Shanker Institute
Moderator:
Chester
This event will be webcast.
Visit our website,www.edexcellence.net, at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday,
June 6, to watch the proceedings live.
Register
now to join the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the National Council on
Teacher Quality for a timely look at the teacher-pension crisis and various
state efforts to address it.
Info
and registration: http://www.edexcellence.net/events/no-way-out.html
EPLC Education Policy Fellowship Program –
Apply Now
Applications are
available now for the 2013-2014 Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP). The Education Policy
Fellowship Program is sponsored in Pennsylvania
With more than 350
graduates in its first fourteen years, this Program is a premier professional
development opportunity for educators, state and local policymakers, advocates,
and community leaders. State Board of Accountancy (SBA) credits are
available to certified public accountants.
Past participants
include state policymakers, district superintendents and principals, school
business officers, school board members, education deans/chairs, statewide
association leaders, parent leaders, education advocates, and other education
and community leaders. Fellows are typically sponsored by their employer
or another organization.
The Fellowship Program
begins with a two-day retreat on September 12-13, 2013 and
continues to graduation in June 2014.
Search underway for PSBA Executive Director
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA)
is a nonprofit statewide association of public school boards, pledged to the
highest ideals of local lay leadership for the public schools of the
commonwealth. Founded in 1895, PSBA has a rich history as the first
school boards' association established in the United States Pennsylvania
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by Diversified Search, 1990 M St NW, Suite 570Washington , DC
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Today for PILCOP Special Ed CLE Trainings
Spots are filling up for the
final two trainings in our 2012-2013 Know Your Child’s Rights series with
seminars on ADAAA, Pro Se Parents and Settlement Agreements.
For seminar details and
registration: http://pilcop.org/sign-up-today-for-special-ed-cle-trainings/
Turning the Page for Change
celebration, June
11, 2013
Please join us for the Notebook’s annual Turning the Page for
Change celebration on June 11, 2013 , from 4:30 - 7 p.m. at the University of The Arts 320 S. Broad Street
Building One America 2013 National Summit July 18-19, 2013 Washington , DC
Brookings Institution to present
findings of their “Confronting Suburban Poverty” report
Building One America’s Second National Summit for
Inclusive Suburbs and Sustainable Regions will involve local leaders and
federal policy makers to seek bipartisan solutions to the unique but common
challenges around housing, schools and infrastructure facing America America
Information and registration: https://buildingoneamerica.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1
PA Charter Schools: $4 billion taxpayer dollars with no real
oversight Keystone State May 2,
2013 )
Charter schools - public funding without public scrutiny; Proposed
statewide authorization and direct payment would further diminish
accountability and oversight for public tax dollars
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