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PA Ed Policy Roundup for
September 30, 2014:
'Circuit Riders' begin
campaign to change PA school funding
KEYSTONE EXAMS: Not Just Another Standardized Test
What You Need to Know
About Pennsylvania’s NEW High School Graduation Requirement
Join the Radnor, Haverford, Chester
County , Lower
Merion & Narberth Leagues of Women Voters October 7 @ 7:00 pm
in Radnor
More than 850 superintendents, school
business managers and school directors have registered to attend tonight's
virtual town hall on basic education funding at statewide intermediate
units. Are you one of them?
"The group says about 34 percent of
school funds come from the state, down from a high of 54 percent in 1974. The
national average is 44 percent."
…."Hopefully, the folks in Harrisburg who are responsible for going through this budget exercise every year will see that enough people are interested in this, and a broad enough array of people are advocating for this, that we'll actually be able to see it happen"
'Circuit Riders' begin campaign to change school funding
…."Hopefully, the folks in Harrisburg who are responsible for going through this budget exercise every year will see that enough people are interested in this, and a broad enough array of people are advocating for this, that we'll actually be able to see it happen"
'Circuit Riders' begin campaign to change school funding
KATHY BOCCELLA, INQUIRER STAFF WRITERTuesday, September 30, 2014, 1:08 AM
With school funding a hot issue in the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race, an alliance
of state education leaders is starting a campaign to build support for changing
the way the state pays its school bills.
During the yearlong campaign, which begins with a televised meeting
Tuesday night at 29 intermediate units, 11 "circuit riders" - mostly
retired superintendents - will attempt to build support among current
superintendents, business managers, and school board members for a movement for
education-funding changes, said Jim Buckheit, executive director of the
Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators.
PA BASIC EDUCATION FUNDING
COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
11:00 AM
(public hearing on funding issues related to rural school
districts)
"A new funding formula that responds to student needs and ensures
adequacy in every community would be a good start. A lawsuit is imminent and
may force the state’s hand. ….That’s not
just a Pennsylvania United States
Editorial: Pa.
By the Notebook on Sep 29, 2014 11:28 AM
It’s hard to overstate the deplorable conditions facing Philadelphia school
children again this fall: another year of bare-bones education, overcrowded
classrooms, and gaps in essential services like counseling and nursing. But Philadelphia
is by no means the only Pennsylvania
district to see budgets slashed and the jobs of teachers, librarians, nurses,
and counselors eliminated. Districts across the state are reeling from four
years of austerity. Here’s how some were responding this summer:
SB76: Pa.
"As a requirement of the grant,
awardees must offer students a variety of enrichment opportunities that they
might not receive at school or at home. Grantees are permitted to provide
cultural, social or artistic activities to students, and services to their
families. The 64 grantees represent
eight geographical areas of Pennsylvania
Governor Corbett and First
Lady Susan Corbett Announce $23.1 Million in Funding to Enhance Academic
Opportunities for At-Risk Students
PDE Press Release September 29, 2014
Harrisburg – Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett today announced that $23.1 million in funding has been awarded to 64 school districts and community-based organizations in 29 counties across the state. This funding will support educational resources in local communities to increase student academic achievement – a cornerstone of what the Governor believes will ensure students are prepared for postsecondary success. Through the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant program, the organizations will use these funds to establish or expand community learning centers to provide students, who attend high-poverty, low-performing schools, with additional high-quality academic opportunities. “These grants will provide educational opportunities that are focused on complementing, supplementing and enhancing the work being done in the classroom by teachers and students,” Gov. Corbett said. “We know that at-risk students need additional educational resources to be academically successful and this funding will support these efforts.”
PDE Press Release September 29, 2014
Harrisburg – Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett today announced that $23.1 million in funding has been awarded to 64 school districts and community-based organizations in 29 counties across the state. This funding will support educational resources in local communities to increase student academic achievement – a cornerstone of what the Governor believes will ensure students are prepared for postsecondary success. Through the federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant program, the organizations will use these funds to establish or expand community learning centers to provide students, who attend high-poverty, low-performing schools, with additional high-quality academic opportunities. “These grants will provide educational opportunities that are focused on complementing, supplementing and enhancing the work being done in the classroom by teachers and students,” Gov. Corbett said. “We know that at-risk students need additional educational resources to be academically successful and this funding will support these efforts.”
23 grantees are from Philadelphia
the notebook By David
Limm on Sep 29, 2014 06:13 PM
The Pennsylvania
recipients of a major federal grant program aimed at supporting at-risk youth
were announced today by Gov. Corbett and his wife, Susan.
Sixty-four school districts and community-based organizations
across the state will receive $23 million in three-year 21st Century Community
Learning Centers grants. The grants will help support out-of-school time
programs that give academic support to students from underperfoming schools and
high-poverty areas, who are at risk of dropping out or disengaging from
school.
More than a third of that money will go to 23 grantees based in
Philadelphia , a
mix of community organizations and charter schools. (See the list of Philadelphia grantees
below.)
Corbett announces funding for
programs for at-risk students
Trib Live By Megan
Harris Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Gov. Tom Corbett announced $23.1 million in state funding for social and artistic activities in high-poverty, low-performing schools on Monday, including nine inWestern Pennsylvania . Among the 64 winners were the Boys and Girls
Club of Western Pennsylvania, the Consortium for Public Education, Youth
Places, the Private Industry Council and school districts serving McKeesport
Area, Penn Hills, Pittsburgh, United and Jeanette City. The funding supports educational resources in
local communities to increase student academic achievement through the federal
21st Century Community.
Gov. Tom Corbett announced $23.1 million in state funding for social and artistic activities in high-poverty, low-performing schools on Monday, including nine in
Read more:http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/6882034-74/pennsylvania-organizations-corbett#ixzz3EmuCxj1M
Wolf must lead on York
York Daily Record
editorial UPDATED: 09/29/2014 11:41:22 PM EDT
When Tom Wolf visited the YDR editorial board back in March, we
asked him what he thought of the possibility that the York city school district could be taken over
by charter school operators if the district's internal reform plan failed. "I don't know how you do that," he
said, "I'm not saying that's wrong. I just don't know how you do
that." In the ensuing months, we've
seen how you go about doing that. You put out a request for proposals. You
interview the charter school operators that put in bids. You narrow it down to
a couple. And you visit schools the finalists operate.
All that has happened in recent weeks.
Corbett trails Wolf in yet
another poll: Monday Morning Coffee
Penn Live By John L. Micek |
jmicek@pennlive.com on September 29, 2014 at 9:09 AM, updated September
29, 2014 at 10:06 AM
Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers.
If there's one great surprise to come out of this year's race for the state's top spot, it's learning that just about everyone and their dog runs a polling operation. From Franklin & Marshall to Muhlenberg and Harper, from PPP to Magellan, you can't swing a dead cat around here without someone bothering a registered or likely voter for his or her opinion.
If there's one great surprise to come out of this year's race for the state's top spot, it's learning that just about everyone and their dog runs a polling operation. From Franklin & Marshall to Muhlenberg and Harper, from PPP to Magellan, you can't swing a dead cat around here without someone bothering a registered or likely voter for his or her opinion.
So let's throw one more onto the heap, shall we? A Mercyhurst University poll of 479 registered voters conducted
from Sept. 15 through Sept. 24 gives Democrat Tom Wolf a 43
percent to 28 percent lead over Republican Gov. Tom Corbett with 22
percent undecided.
DN Editorial: Nicotine patch
Philly Daily News Editorial POSTED: Monday, September 29,
2014, 3:01 AM
THERE WAS celebration locally last week when Gov. Corbett
signed the bill allowing Philadelphia
to increase the tax on cigarettes by $2 a pack.
Mayor Nutter praised the governor and the Legislature for finally taking
action. Schools Superintendent William Hite added his thanks. No one did
high-fives, but there was a sense of satisfaction over a mission accomplished. The situation reminds us of the title of the
1960s novel Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me.
By Sara K.
Satullo | The Express-Times on September 28, 2014 at 10:00 AM
Three years ago, the Bethlehem
Area Vocational Technical School shut down its precision machining
program. Enrollment was at an all-time
low, the instructor had retired and the program was facing costly modernization
upgrades. The vo-tech shut down the
program for a year, brought in a new instructor and began replacing its
equipment. "We gutted the
program," said Brian Williams, the school's executive director. Now in its second year after the overhaul,
the reset seems to have worked: the program is expected to have almost 50
students enrolled come November. "I'm
happy to see (Bethlehem 's
lab) reopen again," said Robert Heffentrager, a precision machining
instructor at Lehigh
Career and Technical Institute. "Manufacturing needs more
people."
"One condition stated that the school
cannot teach anything that opposes the teachings of the Catholic Church. "That's unacceptable from this board's
standpoint," President Michael Faccinetto said."
By Adam Clark,Of
The Morning Call September 29, 2014
Losing students by the week because it doesn't have enough
space, the Lehigh Valley Dual Language Charter
School made another plea to the Bethlehem Area School District
Palmer: Private donors
pushing to maintain current enrollment
SOLOMON LEACH, DAILY
NEWS STAFF WRITER LEACHS@PHILLYNEWS.COM,
215-854-5903 POSTED: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 3:01 AM
THE FOUNDER of Walter
D. Palmer
Leadership Learning
Partners Charter
School
By Kurt
Bresswein | The Express-Times on September 29, 2014 at 9:24 PM,
updated September 29, 2014 at 9:26 PM
The Easton
Area School District agreed in a settlement to pay attorneys' fees in
the "I
(heart) Boobies!" case, according to the American Civil Liberties
Union of Pennsylvania. The district will
pay $385,000 in three installments, due in 30 days, Jan. 1 and July 1, Mary
Catherine Roper, senior staff attorney for the ACLU branch, said Monday night. The
U.S. Supreme Court in March rejected the district's appeal in its
effort to prevent students from wearing the breast-cancer awareness bracelets. In deciding not to hear the case, the
justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling from August 2013 striking
down a ban on the bracelets.
The precedent set by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit -- that the bracelets worn by students represent a protected form of
free speech -- applies to the states the court covers: Pennsylvania ,
New Jersey and Delaware .
"Districts serving more needy
student populations
require smaller classes and more intensive supports if their students are
expected to close the gap with their more advantaged peers – or strive
for common outcome goals. Even recruiting similarly qualified teachers in
higher need settings requires higher, not the same or lower compensation.
Districts serving high need populations require a) more staff – more
specialized, more diverse and even more of the same (core classroom teacher)
staff, of b) at least equal qualifications. That means they need more money
(than their more advantaged neighbors) to get the job done. If they so happen
to have substantially less money, it’s not a matter of simply trading off those
lower class sizes for higher salaries or vice versa. If you have neither, you
can’t do the tradeoff."
Anatomy of Educational Inequality & Why School
School Finance 101 by
Bruce Baker Posted on September 13, 2014
There continues to be much bluster out there in ed reformy land
that money really isn’t all that important – especially for traditional public
school districts. That local public schools and districts already have way too
much money but use it so inefficiently that any additional dollar would
necessarily be wasted. An extension of this line of reasoning is that therefore
differences in spending across districts are also inconsequential. It really
doesn’t matter – the reformy line of thinking goes – if the suburbs around
Philly, Chicago or New York dramatically outspend them, as long as some a-contextual, poorly
documented and often flat out wrong, blustery statement can be made
about a seemingly
large aggregate or per pupil spending figure that the average person
on the street should simply find offensive.
Much of this bluster about the irrelevance of funding is
strangely juxtaposed with arguments that
inequity of teacher quality and the adequacy of the quality of the
teacher workforce are the major threats to our education system. But of course,
these threats have little or nothing to do with money? Right? As I’ve explained
previously – equitable distribution of quality teaching requires equitable (not
necessarily equal) distribution of resources.
…..Well, here’s what actual research and data show:
"Question: What will be different five
years from now if the current plans go forward?
Yong
Zhao: It’s always dangerous to predict the
future. But if history is any indication, judging from the accomplishment of
NCLB and Race-to-the Top, I would say that five years from now, American
education will still be said to be broken and obsolete. We will find out that
the Common Core Standards, after billions of dollars, millions of hours of
teacher time, and numerous PD sessions, alignment task forces, is not the cure
to American’s education ill. Worse yet, we will likely have most of nation’s schools
teaching to the common tests aligned with the Common Core. As a result, we will
see a further narrowing of the curriculum and educational experiences. Whatever
innovative teaching that has not been completely lost in the schools may
finally be gone. And then we will have a nation of students, teachers, and
schools who are compliant with the Common Core Standards, but we may not have
much else left."
Yong Zhao: Will the Common
Core Create World-Class Learners?
“We’re calling on Harvard to support and
provide the resources for people who want want to have lifelong careers in
public education, not people who want to teach for a couple of years and then
go to law school or business school,” said Blake A. McGhghy ’17, a SLAM member
who spearheaded the Harvard branch of the campaign."
Harvard Student Activist
Group Calls on University President Faust To Sever Ties with Teach For America
Harvard Crimson By MARIEL
A. KLEIN 2 days ago
A dozen members of the Student Labor Action Movement assembled
outside Massachusetts Hall on Friday afternoon to deliver a letter to
University President Drew G. Faust, imploring Harvard to cut ties with Teach
For America if it does not make several key changes to its program by Oct. 8.
The effort is part of a larger national movement started
by United Students Against Sweatshops that criticizes Teach For America, a
nation-wide program that recruits college graduates to teach in low-income
communities for at least two years, for undermining the quality of public
education.
Chanting "education not privatization," Gabriel H.
Bayard '15 and Hannah L. McShea '18 protest Teach For America on Friday, Sept.
26 outside Massachusetts Hall.
Education Writers Association Educated Reporter Blog by Emily
Richmond SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
In Atlanta
this week, opening arguments are underway in a racketeering trial where
prosecutors will argue that public school educators engaged in a massive
conspiracy to cheat on high-stakes tests.
From the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution’s coverage of Monday’s opening arguments:
“This conspiracy was cleverly, cleverly disguised and the
purpose of the conspiracy was this – to illegally inflate test scores and
create a false, false impression of academic success for many students in the
Atlanta Public School system,” said prosecutor Fani Willis. “It was done to
those students’ detriment.”
The defense is expected to argue that a corrosive environment
where boosting test scores had become the sole priority, and that teachers and
administrators were motivated by fear –rather than personal gain – when they
changed students’ answer sheets on statewide exams.
Some of the most damning charges have been laid at the feet of
67-year-old Hall, a former national Superintendent of the Year, who is alleged
to have fostered a work environment where dishonesty was rewarded.
Education key topic in this
week’s debates
MSNBC By Michael LaRosa 09/26/14
01:32 PM
The issue of education has become a potent political weapon
during this campaign season and that was reflected in the third week of 2014
debates.
While Republicans are largely trying to make the midterm
election a referendum on President Obama, painting their Democratic opponents
as nothing more than puppets of the administration and its “failed” policies,
Democrats running for governor this year are successfully navigating the waters
of the “all politics is local” strategy.
Democratic gubernatorial candidates Tom Wolf in Pennsylvania, Paul Davis
in Kansas, and Wendy Davis in Texas are underscoring cuts to education in their
efforts to set themselves apart from their Republican opponents. Democrat
Mike Ross, in a tight race for governor of Arkansas , argues in support of Common Core
national education standards and, along with Davis of Texas, is pushing for
universal pre-kindergarten.
GOP governors are facing fierce criticism for what their
opponents call massive cuts to education over the last four years, and
Democrats are now seizing on the opportunity to hold their rivals
accountable.
How to Register to Vote -
Deadline is October 6th
PA Department of State
Once you know you are eligible
to vote, the next step is to register. In Pennsylvania , you can register in person, by
mail and at various government agencies. Below you will find information about how
to register, as well as links to voting registration forms and applications.
Upcoming PA Basic Education
Funding Commission Meetings*
PA Basic Education Funding
Commission website
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at
11 AM, Clarion University
Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 10 AM, Perkiomen Valley
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 11 AM, Pittsburgh
* meeting times and locations subject to change
Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 10 AM, Perkiomen Valley
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 11 AM, Pittsburgh
* meeting times and locations subject to change
Health Issues in Schools:
"Mom I can't find the Nurse"
October 21, 2014 1:00 -- 4:00 P.M.
United Way Building 1709
Benjamin Franklin Parkway , Philadelphia
Tickets: Attorneys $200
General Public $100 Webinar $50
"Pay What You Can" tickets are also
available
Click here to purchase tickets
Click here to purchase tickets
LWV Panel:KEYSTONE EXAMS
Not Just Another Standardized Test Oct 7th Radnor
What You Need to Know About Pennsylvania’s NEW High School Graduation
Requirement
Join the Radnor, Haverford,
Chester County, Lower Merion & Narberth Leagues of Women Voters October 7 @
7:00 pm in Radnor
In partnership with your area schools’ Parent
Organizations and supported by your area School Districts
Moderator: Susan Carty, President, League of Women Voters of PA
Panelists Will Include:
Pennsylvania State
Senator, Andy Dinniman
Lower Merion
School District Board of Directors
Member, Lori Actman
Conestoga High
School
Education Lawyer, Josh Kershenbaum, Esq.
Additional Panelists To Be Announced
Panelists Will Include:
Education Lawyer, Josh Kershenbaum, Esq.
Additional Panelists To Be Announced
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 at 7:00 PM Radnor Municipal Building, 301 Iven Ave. ,
Radnor
Questions? Please Call 610-446-8383 or e-mail katederiel@verizon.net
Questions? Please Call 610-446-8383 or e-mail katederiel@verizon.net
What About the Schools? A
Community Forum on the Next Governor's Education Agenda Oct. 15 7:00 pm WHYY
Philly
Pennsylvania's public schools, especially in Philadelphia, are
in dire straits. Many hope that the upcoming gubernatorial election will help
shine a light on the state's education issues. But how will Harrisburg politics
and financial realities limit the next governor’s agenda for education?
Join Research for Action, WHYY, and the United Way of Greater
Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey for an interactive community forum
designed to suggest an education agenda for the next administration—and to
assess the politics of achieving it. Hear
from local educators about what they see as priorities for the schools, and
from seasoned policy practitioners on the political realities of Harrisburg. Then, make your voice heard. Discuss your
thoughts and perspectives with other event guests and interact with the
panelists. You’ll come away from this spirited discussion with a more nuanced
view of the politics of education in both Philadelphia and at the state level.
Admission
This event is FREE and open to the public, but registration is
required.
When
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Doors open at
6:30 p.m.
Where
WHYY, Independence Mall West, 150 N. 6th Street, Philadelphia,
Pa 19106
Contact
Questions? Call 215-351-0511 during regular business hours,
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Save the date: Bob Herbert
book event! Pittsburgh October 9th
Save the date – you don’t want to miss this! We are hosting the
national launch of Bob Herbert’s new book, Losing Our Way: An Intimate
Portrait of a Troubled America
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014 Time: 5:30 – 6:30PM,
moderated discussion and Q&A.
Doors will open at 5 with student performances. Followed by book signing.
Doors will open at 5 with student performances. Followed by book signing.
Location: McConomy Auditorium,
Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh 15213. Free parking in the garage.
Hosted by: Yinzercation (we are
profiled in the book!)
Moderator: Tony Norman, columnist and
associate editor,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PUBLIC Education Nation October
11
The Network for Public Education will hold a historic event in one month's time.
The Network for Public Education will hold a historic event in one month's time.
PUBLIC Education Nation will deliver the
conversation the country has been waiting for. Rather than featuring
billionaires and pop singers, this event will be built around intense
conversations featuring leading educators, parents, students and community
activists. We have waited too long for that seat at someone else's table.
This time, the tables are turned, and we are the ones setting the agenda. This event will be livestreamed on the web on
the afternoon of Saturday, October 11, from the auditorium of Brooklyn New
School, a public school. There will be four panels focusing on the most
critical issues we face in our schools. The event will conclude with a
conversation between Diane Ravitch and Jitu Brown.
Please join us for a symposium
on:
“Funding
Pennsylvania's Public Schools: A Look Ahead”
This event is co-sponsored by the
University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics and the Temple University
Center
When: Friday, October 3, 2014, 8:30 am to 12 pm
Where: Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh in Green Tree, PA
Session I:
"Forecasting the Fiscal Future of Pennsylvania's Public
Schools"
A panel of legislators and public
officials will respond to a presentation by Penn State Professor William
Hartman and Tim Shrom projecting the fiscal trajectory of Pennsylvania’s 500
school districts over the next five years and by University of Pittsburgh
Professor Maureen McClure discussing the implications for school finance of an
aging tax base.
Session II: "Why Smart
Investments in Public Schools Are Critical to Pennsylvania's Economic
Future"
Following an address by Eva Tansky
Blum, Chairwoman and President of the PNC Foundation, a panel of business
and labor leaders will discuss the importance of public school funding
reform to the competitiveness of regional and state economies.
We look forward to your
participation!
Pennsylvania Arts Education
Network 2014 Arts and Education Symposium
The 2014 Arts and Education Symposium will be
held on Thursday, October 2 at the State Museum
of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, PA. Join us for a daylong convening of
arts education policy leaders and practitioners for lively discussions about
the latest news from the field.
The Symposium registration fee is $45 per person.
To register, click
here or follow the prompts at the bottom of the page. The Symposium will include the following:
Register Now – 2014 PAESSP
State Conference – October 19-21, 2014
Please join us for the 2014 PAESSP State Conference, “PRINCIPAL
EFFECTIVENESS: Leading Schools in a New Age of Accountability,” to be
held October 19-21 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel, Pittsburgh,
Pa. Featuring Keynote Speakers: Alan
November, Michael Fullan & Dr. Ray Jorgensen. This year’s conference will provided PIL
Act 45 hours, numerous workshops, exhibits, multiple resources and an
opportunity to network with fellow principals from across the state.
PASA-PSBA School Leadership
Conference (Oct. 21-24) registration forms now available online
PSBA Website
PSBA Website
Make plans today to attend the most talked about education
conference of the year. This year's PASA-PSBA
School Leadership Conference promises to be one of the best with new
ideas, innovations, networking opportunities and dynamic speakers. More details
are being added every day. Online registration will be available in the
next few weeks. If you just can't wait, registration
forms are available online now. Other important links are available
with more details on:
·
Hotel
registration (reservation deadline extended to Sept. 26)
·
Educational
Publications Contest (deadline Aug. 6)
·
Student
Celebration Showcase (deadline Sept. 19)
·
Poster
and Essay Contest (deadline Sept. 19)
Voting for PSBA officers
and at-large representatives opens Sept. 9; closes October 6th
PSBA Website 9/8/2014
The slate of candidates for 2015 PSBA officer and at-large
representatives is available online. Photos, bios and
videos also have been posted for candidates. According to recent PSBA
Bylaws changes, each member school entity casts one vote per office. Voting
will again take place online through a secure, third-party website -- Simply
Voting. Voting will open Sept. 9 and closes Oct. 6. One person from the school
entity (usually the board secretary) is authorized to register the vote on
behalf of the member school entity and each board will need to put on its
agenda discussion and voting at one of its meetings in September. Each person
authorized to cast the school entity's votes received an email on Aug. 13 and a
test ballot was sent to them on Aug. 28. In addition, a memo from PSBA
President Richard Frerichs will be mailed in the coming days to all board
secretaries and copied to school board presidents and chief school
administrators.
- See more at: http://www.psba.org/news-publications/headlines/details.asp?id=8465#sthash.faopm8Xr.dpuf
January 23rd–25th, 2015 at The Science Leadership
Academy , Philadelphia
EduCon is both a conversation and a conference.
It is an innovation conference where we can come together, both
in person and virtually, to discuss the future of schools. Every session will
be an opportunity to discuss and debate ideas — from the very practical to the
big dreams.