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PA Ed Policy Roundup for
January 13, 2015:
Program on PA school
funding; Chambersburg Jan 15th 6:30 pm
Education, spending roles
finally being cast
WITF Written by Mary
Wilson, Capitol Bureau Chief | Jan 12, 2015 5:43 PM
The pieces are starting to fall into place for one of the
hottest parts of state government for the incoming administration. The state House and Senate GOP leaders have
named the chairs of their education committees. Lawmakers expect the panels to
see a lot of action in the coming legislative session, since Governor-elect Tom
Wolf has underlined education funding as his top priority upon entering office. In the House, the education chairman is Rep.
Stan Saylor (R-York), who said he hopes to work on a new funding formula for
schools. "Nobody understands the
current funding formula," said Saylor. "That's part of the
problem." The Basic Education
Funding Commission is winding down its work of studying the state's method for
divvying up education money. A report is due to the Legislature in June. Sen. Lloyd Smucker (R-Lancaster), picked to
chair the Senate Education Committee, is already on the funding commission. He
said he's encouraged by the work he's seen so far and eager to see it
implemented with legislation.
Judge denies request to toss York City
School District
York County Judge Stephen Linebaugh today issued an order
denying the state education department's request to throw out the York City
School District
Read the documents
York Daily Record By
Angie Masonamason@ydr.com @angiemason1
on Twitter 01/12/2015 10:18:15 PM
EST
The York City School Board's president said she was pleased
with a Monday court ruling that allows the school district to appeal the
appointment of a receiver and keeps the board's powers intact for now. "Until things are actually settled ...
we move on. The board still will conduct meetings," Margie Orr said after
a board meeting Monday evening, adding that unless she hears otherwise, the
board is still in charge. Control of the
school district won't be turned over to David Meckley just yet, after York
County Judge Stephen Linebaugh ruled that the district can move forward with
its appeal of the December court decision to name Meckley receiver. Linebaugh
denied motions from the state and Meckley that asked for the appeal to be
tossed and an automatic stay lifted.
Judge: York City School District
York Dispatch by ERIN
JAMES 505-5439 @ydcity POSTED: 01/12/2015 03:06:27 PM EST
A York County judge has rejected the state Department of
Education's attempt to thwart the York
City School
District Commonwealth Court . In response, the state filed a motion asking
Linebaugh to strike the district's appeal on the grounds that the school board
lost the authority to appeal when Meckley was appointed. Meckley has served as the district's chief
recovery officer for about two years. For several months, he's advocated for a
full conversion of the district's eight schools to operation by Charter Schools USA
Penn Live By Candy Woodall |
cwoodall@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on
January 12, 2015 at 3:10 PM, updated January 12, 2015 at 4:09 PM
A York County judge on Monday gave the York City School District York
County President Judge Stephen P. Linebaugh said the district is permitted to
appeal his ruling last month that granted the state's petition for receivership. His decision Monday also granted the
district's request for a stay on receivership until the appeals process is
complete. That means the city
school board will remain in control of the district's fate, and David Meckley
won't be able to exercise the power of receivership.
Penn Live By Candy Woodall |
cwoodall@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on
January 12, 2015 at 6:00 PM, updated January 12, 2015 at 6:15 PM
Soon after a judge cleared the way for the York City School district
"This is absolutely, positively good news for the
district," Marc Tarlow, attorney for York City
Attorneys: York City
ERIN
JAMES 505-5439 @ydcityPOSTED: 01/12/2015 03:06:27 PM EST
A judge's order has cleared the way for a potentially lengthy
courtroom showdown between the York
City School
District Commonwealth Court . Attorneys for both
the district and two employees' unions have filed appeals of Linebaugh's Dec.
26 ruling. Tom Scott, the attorney
representing the unions, said the appeal could take as many as nine months to
resolve.
"I would say the clock pretty much starts now," Scott
said.
Jeff Gettle, an attorney representing the district, estimated a
timetable of at least six months.
In the meantime, the district is likely to operate as it always
has - with the school board in charge.
However, Scott said, the education department could file a
motion with Commonwealth Court seeking to lift the stay of Linebaugh's Dec. 26
order appointing Meckley as receiver.
"To some extent, the ball is in the secretary of
education's court," Scott said. "Realistically, the issue is, what
hat is David Meckley wearing at the moment? Right now he's still the (chief
recovery officer)."
Wolf: Perhaps even more significant to the ultimate
outcome of this process is Gov.-elect Tom Wolf's inauguration next week.
"Meanwhile, school district
spokesman Fernando Gallard says there’s not much the district can do: “The
Walter Palmer organization — the school — owes us (the school district) over $1
million at this point, and a number of things that they failed to pay.”
Staffers at Defunct Phila. Charter School
Appeal to School District for Back Pay
CBS Philly By Mike
DeNardo January 12, 2015 2:21 PM
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Staffers at the Walter D. Palmer charter
school, which shut down precipitously last month, are turning to the School District of Philadelphia
“People are losing their homes, they’re losing their vehicles,
they’re not able to take care of their children,” says former Palmer staffer
Sultan Ashley. “They don’t have medical coverage.”
Ashley says his group of 87 staffers is considering legal
action. Meanwhile, school district
spokesman Fernando Gallard says there’s not much the district can do:
“The Walter Palmer organization — the school — owes us (the
school district) over $1 million at this point, and a number of things that
they failed to pay.” School founder
Walter D. Palmer says the school is being liquidated to cover payroll and other
liabilities. “We intend to meet every
obligation we possibly can,” he told KYW Newsradio late this
afternoon.
Smucker tapped to lead Senate
education committee
Lloyd Smucker has a new job in the state Legislature. The Republican state senator will lead the
high-profile Education Committee for the two-year legislative session that
started last week. The West Lampeter Township
lawmaker is taking over the position previously held by Sen. Mike Folmer of Lebanon County
In Politics First Impressions
Don't Always Matter
Politically
Uncorrected by G. Terry Madonna & Michael L.Young January 12, 2015
Bet on it!
Governor-elect Tom Wolf is going to have a rough first year in office. He faces enormous fiscal and policy challenges, is only the second governor in modern times to have both legislative chambers controlled by the opposition party, and has to work with a legislature more ideologically conservative than any of his predecessors. Indeed, a tough first year simply reflects modernPennsylvania political
history. Since Milton Shapp in the 1970’s, every governor but one has struggled
in year one. That is the bad news for
Wolf and state Democrats--the storm clouds are gathering. And during 2015 that
bad news may seem very bad indeed. The good news, however, is also very
good: while every governor but one in modern times has had a difficult first
year, every governor but Tom Corbett has recovered and went on to a second
term.
Modern gubernatorial history suggests the initial year doesn't matter much in predicting a governor's ultimate fate. In fact, there is even some evidence that un-mixed success in the initial year may auger re-election problems.
Governor-elect Tom Wolf is going to have a rough first year in office. He faces enormous fiscal and policy challenges, is only the second governor in modern times to have both legislative chambers controlled by the opposition party, and has to work with a legislature more ideologically conservative than any of his predecessors. Indeed, a tough first year simply reflects modern
Modern gubernatorial history suggests the initial year doesn't matter much in predicting a governor's ultimate fate. In fact, there is even some evidence that un-mixed success in the initial year may auger re-election problems.
Tom Wolf takes office next week: What Philly teachers
want from the new governor
BillyPenn.com By Mark Dent January 12, 2015 at 9:10 am
Tom Wolf takes over as governor next week, and he’ll replace
a man who presided over substantial budget cuts to state education from
elementary schools all the way to colleges. The total amount of money for
public education in Pennsylvania fell by $1 billion during Tom Corbett’s
tenure. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s
education crisis is particularly acute, with shortfall after shortfall the last
several years and the closing of over 30 schools since 2012. In 2014, weeks
before the gubernatorial election, the government-appointed SRC canceled its
contract with Philly teachers, ending their health care plans. Teachers and
students responded with protests in Philly and Harrisburg. Wolf has said he wants to abolish the SRC and
wants a fair-funding formula that would increase state aid to schools from 32
percent to 50 percent of their budgets, but mainly battered Corbett’s education
cuts during his campaign. What will the
future hold? What will Wolf do? Billy Penn talked to several area teachers and
gathered a wish list for the new governor’s consideration.
All-day kindergarten in Bethlehem Area
School District
By Jacqueline
PalochkoOf The Morning Call January 12, 2015
If the Bethlehem Area School Board agrees with the
district's plan to expand full-day kindergarten to all children, it would have
to find $900,000 in the 2015-16 budget. At
a committee meeting Monday, Superintendent Joseph Roy and Chief Academic
Officer Jack Silva presented a plan to provide full-day kindergarten for all
students at its 16 elementary schools. The
switch would cost around $900,000 to hire 12 teachers. Teachers also would be
moved from other classes to help teach the additional sessions. The district would like to make the change to
better prepare children academically, administrators said, especially with the
state's Common Core standards.
Hazleton Area, Scranton
A decade ago, only one of 23 school districts in the
Luzerne/Lackawanna/Wyoming tri-county area had more than half its children
eligible for the federal free and reduced lunch program — the gold standard in
gauging low-income enrollment. In 2013,
it was 7 districts.
Using the same yardstick with schools is slightly
problematic because districts close, open and realign buildings, but it’s still
grim. In 2005, 40 area schools had 50 percent or more students eligible for
subsidized lunches; in 2013, 60 schools hit that unwelcome benchmark. But here’s the number that may matter most:
In 2005, public schools in the three counties had 27,765 students eligible for
federally subsidized lunches; In 2013, it was 37,530 — a 35 percent increase.
DN Editorial: 17TH &
LUCKY TO BE THERE
Obama's college-tuition proposal will show
how committed to education we are as a nation
Philly Daily News Editorial POSTED: Monday, January
12, 2015, 12:16 AM
THERE'S LITTLE not to like in President Obama's idea to
provide free tuition for community-college students, which he announced last
week.
The idea, which would require Congressional approval, would
provide a free two-year tuition ride for students meeting certain criteria,
including keeping a 2.5 grade-point average. Obama touted it as a plan that
would help students finance the first half of a bachelor's degree. He intends
to address the proposal further in his State of the Union address next week. We have to admit there's a boldness to this idea that makes
us wonder if Obama is coming down with the flu and possibly suffering from
fever and delirium. For one thing, Congress would have to see the wisdom of
spending the $60 billion over 10 years that such a plan is expected to cost.
And that's just for three-quarters of the cost; the states would be required to
kick in a share of the cost as well. This at a time when many states -
Pennsylvania among them - are having a hard time providing money to adequately
fund the primary schools, let alone secondary education.
Five Philly schools make Pa.
WHYY Newsworks BY LAURA BENSHOFF JANUARY 12, 2015
Five schools in Philadelphia
made the cut for a "high progress" designation, based on increases in
achievement in math and reading across all student in the schools.
Four Philadelphia district
schools – Lankenau High School , Philadelphia
Military Academy
at Elverson, Juniata Park Academy
and Eliza B.
Kirkbride School
– earned spots along with one charter school, Freire
Charter School
in Center City Juniata Park Academy
Session is set for West Chester school board candidates
Philly.com by Justine McDaniel LAST
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 1:08 AM
WEST CHESTER The West Chester Area School District will hold
an information session Jan. 22 for residents interested in running for the
school board. Five of the nine board seats
are up for election. The primary election will be held in May. Board members
serve four-year terms and are divided between three voter regions within the
district. At the meeting, Superintendent
Jim Scanlon and other speakers will discuss board member responsibilities,
candidacy, and the election process, according to a statement from the school
district.
Plan calls for closing all Butler
Trib Live By Rick Wills Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, 5:27 p.m.
Butler city's three public elementary schools would close
under options presented by a consultant to consolidate schools in the Butler
Area School District, some of which operate at 55 percent capacity. “If the district closes all three schools,
the city is going to die. At least one school needs to stay open in the city,”
said Bill Halle, a school board member who lives in the city. The plan, submitted by Allegheny County-based
Thomas & Williamson Program Management, recommends that either six or seven
of the district's elementary schools close.
Leaders fired, board resigns
at troubled Delaware
WHYY Newsworks BY AVI
WOLFMAN-ARENT JANUARY 13, 2015
The co-leaders of an embattled Delaware charter school have been fired for
cause, and the school's board has resigned, according to a source familiar with
the situation. The move comes one month
after Family Foundations Academy
"Pennsylvania Keystone
State
With an Eye on the Future
Huffington Post by Rep. Mark Takano
Representing CA's 41st District -- Member of the House Veterans' Affairs
Committee & House Education and Workforce Committee. Posted: 01/12/2015 12:16 pm EST
With a new year upon us and the midterms now firmly in the
rear-view mirror, Democrats are moving past all of the ink, tweets and
hand-wringing that dominated the last few months. Yes, the map favored
Republicans, with most key races in red or purple states. Yes, this was a
midterm in the president's second term. And yes, this was the lowest turnout
since the middle of World War II. For all those reasons, the deck was already
stacked against Democrats' favor from the jump. But, it's clear that more could have been done. Even in the
face of such overwhelming odds, ultimately successful candidates are the ones
who talk about issues that matter -- both to them and their constituents. This
is true no matter the year and no matter the office. It's simple: when you
speak to topics that resonate with real people and their families, you put
yourself in the best position to succeed at the ballot box. It's all about
connecting with voters. Support for public education is one issue that fits this bill,
as it impacts almost every American. Yet, sadly, the subject wasn't addressed
nearly enough on the campaign trail last year.
Testing: PSSA testing contract
extended, at a cost of $50 million, to align with Keystones, other practical
reasons, PDE says.
Capitolwire.com — Under The Dome™ Monday, January 12, 2015
PSSA test development will remain in the hands of Data
Recognition Corp. through 2015, despite the state Department of Education's
plans to dissolve its standing contract with the vendor by the end of last
year. In September 2014, department spokesman Tim Eller said the state canceled
a $210 million five-year contract with Measured Progress — a New
Hampshire-based test development company who worked closely with Massachusetts
officials to administer new Common Core-aligned assessments in 2013 — to take
over the development, production and distribution of the Pennsylvania's
multiple assessments, including the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
(PSSA), the Keystone Exams, End of Course (EOC) exams and the Classroom
Diagnostic Tool, among others, in 2015. Eller said the state backed out of the
contract — a mere four weeks after it was first awarded — due to practical
reasons: there was not enough time before the 2015 testing cycle to
appropriately develop the assessments before the delivery deadlines of March 30
for the PSSAs, and April 28, for the Keystones. For more about the decision to
extend the contract, Click
here (paywall) to read Capitolwire Staff Writer Christen Smith’s report.
Testing: Education Secretary Says Administration Is
Committed to Testing
New York Times By MOTOKO RICH JAN. 12, 2015
Arne Duncan, the education secretary. Annual testing has
become a point of contention in the often-bitter discussions about how best to
improve public education. Credit Cliff Owen/Associated
With debates about the appropriate role for the federal
government in public education increasingly polarized, the secretary of
education, Arne Duncan, insisted on Monday that the administration would not
back away from annual testing for students and performance evaluations of
teachers based in part on the results of the tests. In remarks prepared for a speech on Monday to
outline the administration’s priorities for a revision of No Child Left Behind,
the signature Bush-era education law, Mr. Duncan indicated that “parents,
teachers and students have both the right and the need to know how much
progress all students are making each year towards college- and
career-readiness. Annual testing has
become a point of contention in the often-bitter discussions about how best to
improve public education.
'If you have any thoughts you'd like to
share with the Education Department about this proposed policy, they're accepting public comments until February 2,
2015."
Testing: Duncan
Education Week Teacher
Road Trips in Education Blog By David B. Cohen on December
4, 2014 2:14 PM
It has been observed that when
the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail... And that the hammer shapes the hand...
"If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer
in the evening, all over this land."
Of course, that last example, in the lyrics by Pete Seeger
and Lee Hays, turns out to be a hammer of justice. Arne Duncan has a
hammer, and it's a hammer of testing. The basic premise of so many policies
from the Education Department is that test scores are important and threats are
an appropriate motivation to raise test scores. If you (teacher, school,
disrict) don't get those test scores up, the hammer comes down. I'm simplifying the Obama-Duncan policy
agenda a bit, but in almost everything they've proposed we find the use test
scores as a measure of success, and the basis upon which to employ threats as
the lever of change. Of course, they don't say "test scores" every time they
refer to test scores. The preferable terms are learning, growth,
outcomes, and achievement. Because who could be
against that?
Testing: Jason Stanford: What
is the Point of Testing?
Diane Ravitch's Blog By dianeravitch January 12,
2015 //
Jason Stanford
of Austin asks, what is the point of testing? The answer, he supposes, is
to collect data. What is the point of data? Stop and think about it.
“To many, the answer is more testing. And because they’re
testing darn near every child in America in most core subjects, now
education reformers are going after the K in K-12. The Education Commission of
the States says kindergarteners are now being given standardized tests in 25
states as well as the District of
Columbia to measure whether they are ready for the
rigor of crayons, naptime, and singing the alphabet song.
Testing: The 2015 Education Beat: Common Core,
Testing, School Choice
Education Writer's Association Educated Reporter Blog by
Emily Richmond JANUARY 12, 2015
There’s a busy year ahead on the schools beat – I talked to
reporters, policy analysts and educators to put together a cheat sheet to a few
of the stories you can expect to be on the front burner in the coming months:
Testing: Few NY parents seeking
teacher evaluation scores
Education Week Published Online: January 12, 2015
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — After battles in Albany over who should
have access to results of state-mandated teacher evaluations, the group given
the right to see them — parents — appears to be showing little interest. Associated Press queries to districts around
the state revealed that few, if any, parents have asked for their child's
teacher's rating since New York began requiring teachers to be classified every
year as "highly effective," ''effective," ''developing" or
"ineffective."
"Here in Syracuse
we did not have a single request from a parent for this information,"
district spokesman Michael Henesey said. The same was true to the west in Rochester , Batavia and Amherst and east in Hudson
Falls , and Amagansett on Long Island .
The Albany and Binghamton districts each have received one
request since the rankings began with the 2012-13 school year.
Testing: Obama administration
doubling down on K-12 priorities, Duncan
By Alyson Klein for Education Week on Jan 12, 2015 03:02 PM
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is using a speech in
Washington on Monday to assert that the Obama administration is not backing off
on K-12 policies it has pushed for the past six years, even as Republicans in
Congress are poised to release proposals to rewrite the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act that would significantly scale back the federal
footprint in education. Instead,
according to prepared remarks circulated before the speech, Duncan is calling for an additional $2.7
billion for education. He also wants any ESEA rewrite to continue teacher
evaluations through student outcomes, the targeting of resources to the
lowest-performing schools, and — most relevant to the current
debate over updating the law — the law's current system of annual,
statewide assessments. Duncan is making
it clear he doesn't think that Republicans in Congress — who could introduce
draft proposals that make significant changes to federal testing mandates as
early as this week — are on the right track.
Home Schooling Grows as Parents Rebel
Education Week Reality Check Blog By Walt Gardner on January
9, 2015 7:25 AM
Once thought of largely as appealing to religious families,
home schooling is finding increasing favor among parents who seek to escape
from the Common Core and standardized testing. The change is seen in the growth
of the movement, which reached close to 1.8 million students in 2011-12, compared with 1.5 million five
years earlier ("Home Schooling: More Pupils, Less Regulation," The
New York Times, Jan. 5). Despite its
newfound popularity, home schooling is still broadly unregulated. Eleven states do not require registration
with any school district or state agency. Fourteen states do not enumerate any
required subjects, and only nine states demand that parents possess at least a
high-school diploma or equivalent. Half of the states do not require
administration of a standardized test or assessment by any formal outside body.
Why Charters Cause Fiscal Havoc in Local Districts.
EdTraveler Blog by Noel Hammett TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014
Copyright 2014, all
rights reserved by Noel Hammatt. Permission is granted to share this entire
post in written or digital form as long as this copyright notice is included.
Charter proponents such as the Thomas Fordham Institute and
others often cite rhetoric about charters being less expensive. The facts
presented in this report suggest something quite different. The reality is that total costs to a
community for the same total number of students rises, quite substantially,
when charter schools open. When charter
proponents try to argue that charter schools cost less, they are using very
selective figures concerning where the costs lie. This report will take you
step-by-step through the impact of charter schools on the fiscal health of a
school system.
Education Voters Statewide
Call to Action for Public Education Day, Wed. Jan 21st
Education Voters of PA Facebook page
We want to kick off this legislative session right and make
sure the phones in the Capitol are ringing off the hook all day with calls from
voters throughout the Commonwealth! Join
thousands of Pennsylvanians as we take 5-10 minutes on January 21st to call our
new governor and our legislators to send a message that Harrisburg ’s top priority this year must be
implementing a fair and adequate education funding formula for our public
schools that provides all children with an opportunity to learn.
NPE 2015 Annual Conference – Chicago
January 4, 2015 NPE 2015 Annual Conference, NPE National Conference
Early-bird discounted Registration for the Network for
Public Education’s Second Annual Conference is now available at this address:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/network-for-public-education-2015-annual-conference-tickets-15118560020
These low rates will last for the month of January.
The event is being held at the Drake Hotel in downtown
Chicago, and there is a link on the registration page for special hotel
registration rates. Here are some of the event details.
There will be a welcoming social event 7 pm Friday night,
at or near the Drake Hotel — details coming soon. Featured speakers will be:
§
Jitu Brown, National Director – Journey
for Justice, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, Network for Public Education
Board of Directors
§
Tanaisa Brown, High School Senior, with
the Newark Student Union
§
Yong Zhao, Author, “Who’s Afraid of
the Big Bad Dragon?“
§
Diane Ravitch in conversation with
§
Lily Eskelsen Garcia, NEA President and
§
Randi Weingarten, AFT President
§
Karen Lewis, President, Chicago Teachers
Union
Join a Community
Conversation about Public School Funding in Franklin County; January 15, 6:30
pm Chambersburg
Confirmed Guests of Honor:
Senator Richard Alloway Senator John Eichelberger Representative-Elect Paul
Schemel
Join a Community Conversation about Public School Funding in
Franklin County on Thursday, January 15 at 6:30 at the First Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Chambersburg, 43 West Washington Street, Chambersburg, PA
Local school district leaders will discuss how state funding issues are
impacting our children’s educational opportunities, our local taxes, and our
communities and area legislators will be in attendance to learn about voters'
concerns. Ask questions. Share your stories, your concerns, and your
suggestions. Learn how you can support fair and adequate state funding for our
area schools
Panelists:
Dr. Joe Bard, Executive
Director, PA Association of Rural and Small Schools
Dr. Joe Padasak, Superintendent,
Chambersburg Area School District
Mr. Jim Duffey, Superintendent,
Fannett-Metal School District
Dr. Gregory Hoover,
Superintendent, Greencastle-Antrim School District
Mrs. Beth Bender,
Superintendent, Shippensburg Area School District
Dr. Charles Prijatelj,
Superintendent, Tuscarora Area School District
More info:. Franklin_County_Flyer_Final_PDF.pdf
Mark Your Calendars. The next Twitter Chat on PA School Funding is
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.
Join us #paedfunding
Tweet from Circuit Rider Kathleen Kelley
Adams Co. PSBA Basic
Education Funding Listening Tour Breakfast
JAN 14, 2015 • 8:30
AM - 10:30 AM
Jan. 14, 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Gettysburg Area Middle School,
37 Lefever St., Gettysburg, PA
PSBA Members Register online: https://psba.wufoo.com/forms/p97bly31fs5ecs/
PILCOP Special Education
Seminar: Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities
United Way Building 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia,
19103
Tickets: Attorneys $200
General Public $100 Webinar
$50
"Pay What You Can" tickets are also
available
Speakers: Sonja Kerr; Kathleen Carlsen (Children’s
Dyslexia Center of Philadelphia)
This session is designed to provide the audience with
information about how to address 1) eligibility issues for children with
learning disabilities, including dyslexia and ADHD, 2) encourage self-advocacy
and 3) write and implement meaningful IEPS (what does Orton-Gillingham really
look like?) This session is
co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania School of Policy and Practice.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice is a
Pre-approved Provider of Continuing Education for Pennsylvania licensed social workers.
Questions? Email jfortenberry@pilcop.org or call 267-546-1316.
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.
PSBA Master School Board
Director Recognition: Applications begin in January
PSBA website December 23, 2014
The Master School Board Director (MSBD) Recognition is for
individuals who have demonstrated significant contributions as members of their
governance teams. It is one way PSBA salutes your hard work and exceptional
dedication to ethics and standards, student success and achievement,
professional development, community engagement, communications, stewardship of
resources, and advocacy for public education.
School directors who are consistently dedicated to the
aforementioned characteristics should apply or be encouraged to apply by fellow
school directors. The MSBD Recognition demonstrates your commitment to
excellence and serves to encourage best practices by all school directors.
The application will be posted Jan. 15, 2015,
with a deadline to apply of June 30. Recipients will be notified by the MSBD
Recognition Committee by Aug. 31 and will be honored at the PASA-PSBA School
Leadership Conference in October.
If you are interested in learning more about the MSBD
Recognition, contact Janel
Biery, conference/events coordinator, at (800) 932-0588, ext. 3332.
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