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PA Ed Policy Roundup for
January 20, 2015:
Wolf appoints
Lancaster Supt. Pedro Rivera as Sec'y of Education
Please take 5 minutes
tomorrow to let our elected officials know 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.
PA
Statewide Call-to-Action Day for Public Education Jan 21
Save the date/heads-up; details/confirmation
on this as they become available...
The next
Basic Education Funding Commission hearing will be held on January
29 in Greenville , Mercer County .#FairFundingPA
Tweet from Circuit Rider Pam
Lenz January 16, 2015
EDUCATION: Smucker, Chair, Folmer, Vice
Chair, Browne, Eichelberger, Pileggi,Tomlinson
APPROPRIATIONS: Browne, Chair, Ward, Vice
Chair, Argall, Baker, Eichelberger, Greenleaf, Mensch, Rafferty, Scavello, Smucker,
Vance, Vogel, Vulakovich, Wagner, Corman, ex officio
Scarnati Announces Senate Republican
Standing Committee Memberships for 2015 -2016
Senator Scarnati's website January 19, 2015
(HARRISBURG ) – Senate President Pro
Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-25) today announced the Republican members for each of
the 22 Senate Standing Committees for the 2015-2016 legislative session. “Senate Committees provide a strong and
experienced environment for legislation to be vetted and shaped before moving
on to the full Senate,” Scarnati said. “We are fortunate to have members from
diverse backgrounds who will offer insightful perspective as issues advance and
policies are formed.”
Wolf to become 47th governor
amid budget crisis
By Steve
Esack Morning Call Harrisburg
Bureau January 19, 2015
"The poll of 434 registered voters found
solid majorities of voters expressed confidence in the incoming Democratic
governor's ability to lead the state and solve the problems it faces. The poll conducted between Jan. 7 and Friday
showed 69 percent of voters were very or somewhat confident in Wolf's abilities
to successfully lead the state, while 24 percent said they were only somewhat
confident or not at all confident in his ability to do so."
Gov.-elect Tom Wolf nervous
about new job, but poll shows most Pennsylvanians aren’t
By Jan Murphy |
jmurphy@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on
January 19, 2015 at 7:16 PM, updated January 19, 2015 at 7:51 PM
Gov-elect Tom Wolf starts a new job on Tuesday and he admits
he's nervous.
"It's a new job so I'm a little nervous about that but I'm
really proud about the team I've put together who's going to work with me and
help move the state forward," he said on Monday during a visit to Downey School in Harrisburg. He also let on that it's not unusual that his
nerves are on end. "I've always felt nervous before a new job," he
said. Perhaps the results of a poll released on Monday by Mercyhurst Center
for Applied Politics will help settle his nerves.
It's inauguration day for Tom
Wolf
ANGELA COULOUMBIS AND AMY WORDEN, INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS POSTED: Tuesday,
January 20, 2015, 6:22 AM
Berks County-area lawmakers
put their priorities at Wolf’s door
Reading Eagle By Liam
Migdail-Smith Tuesday January 20, 2015 12:01 AM
If Tom Wolf wants to start his governorship on good footing
with Berks County-area lawmakers, he'd do well to target pensions, property
taxes and school funding. Those issues
topped local legislators' wish lists for York County Democrat's attention after
he's inaugurated as Pennsylvania 's
47th governor today. The November
elections set up a divided state government. Voters picked Wolf, a businessman,
over Republican Gov. Tom Corbett. But Republican lawmakers saw big wins and
grew their majorities in the House and Senate.
Tom Wolf will be sworn in as governor Tuesday afternoon,
restoring two-party rule to Harrisburg
after four years of Republican dominance.
Lancaster County ’s delegation of lawmakers know
they will need to work with the Democrat to balance a budget with an estimated
$2.3 billion shortfall. This means Wolf
will go head-to-head with a Republican majority that has grown in size and
become more conservative since the election.
And since Wolf has virtually no record to help legislators map out the
next four years, uncertainty is running high in the state Capitol. Lancaster
County lawmakers shared with LNP their
expectations and priorities for the new legislative session and where they can
work with the new governor to solve the problems facing Pennsylvania .
Wolf appoints SDoL
superintendent to top education post
Gov.-elect Tom Wolf on Monday named Pedro Rivera —
superintendent of 11,500-student School District of Lancaster since 2008 — to
be the state’s top education official.
As secretary of education, Rivera will have a wide-ranging role
in helping to oversee education policy at all levels — from prekindergarten to
college. He takes over at a time of
uncertainty, as districts across the commonwealth struggle to meet growing
pension obligations and the state moves to a new curriculum standard. "Pedro Rivera is nationally recognized
for his efforts to improve urban education, and he will work with me to build a
strong public education system and get Pennsylvania
back on track," Wolf said in a press release Monday.
PA-Gov: Wolf Announces
Education and Labor Secretaries
PoliticsPA Written by
Nick Field, Managing Editor January 19, 2015
Tom Wolf’s proposed cabinet is complete.
The Governor-Elect announced his final two choices: Pedro
Rivera for Secretary of the Department of Education and Kathy Manderino for
Secretary of the Department of Labor & Industry. “Pennsylvania
schools are struggling. My top priority is making sure our schools have the
resources to teach our children the skills they need to succeed,” said
Governor-elect Tom Wolf. “Pedro Rivera is nationally recognized for his
efforts to improve urban education, and he will work with me to build a strong
public education system and get Pennsylvania
back on track.”
Lancaster schools head tapped
to join Cabinet
By Karen Langley / Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau January 19, 2015 11:57 PM
Under his leadership, the school district of approximately
11,500 students, 17 percent of whom are learning English, has strengthened its
graduation rates and reading proficiency scores, Mr. Wolf’s transition team
said in a statement Monday. Education
funding was a prominent issue in the gubernatorial campaign, with Democrats and
education advocates blaming Gov. Tom Corbett for losses schools received in his
first budget, when money from the federal stimulus ran out.
Mr. Rivera said in an interview that “what’s most exciting
about this opportunity” is knowing Mr. Wolf has identified education funding as
a priority.
Wolf names picks for
education, labor and industry
Delco Times by AP POSTED: 01/19/15, 3:12 PM EST |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has named Lancaster
school Superintendent Pedro Rivera as his choice for secretary of the
Department of Education and former state lawmaker Kathy Manderino to become
secretary of the Department of Labor and Industry.
Rivera “has greatly improved student performances and college
readiness, as well as the district’s finances,” Wolf said Monday. He said
Rivera is nationally recognized for his work on urban education and implemented
a community schools model that breaks down barriers to students’ success.
JOINT STATEMENT: Education
Leaders believe selection of Rivera signals fairness, equity
PSBA website January 19, 2015 by PASA, PSBA, PASBO, PAESSP,
PARSS
“We believe the selection of Pedro Rivera as Secretary of
Education indicates Governor-elect Wolf is committed to ensuring equity in
education throughout the state, and adequate support for all public school
students and the educators who help them reach their potential. Every child
deserves a chance to succeed regardless of where they live in the Commonwealth.
We look forward to working with Secretary Rivera as he leads a transformation
in the way the state supports its schools. Pennsylvania’s top priority must be
to re-establish a fair, sustainable and predictable process for funding all
public schools that recognizes our shared responsibility.
Former Philly principal named
state Education Secretary
SOLOMON LEACH, DAILY
NEWS STAFF WRITER LEACHS@PHILLYNEWS.COM,
215-854-5903 POSTED: Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 3:01 AM
GOV.-ELECT Tom Wolf yesterday tapped former Philadelphia School
District administrator Pedro Rivera as the
state's next education secretary, a move that advocates hope will help the
city's beleaguered public schools. Rivera,
superintendent of the 11,500-student School
District of Lancaster ,
brings a diverse education background to the position. As the superintendent in
Lancaster since
2008, Rivera has overseen a district in which 17 percent of students are
learning English, graduation rates and assessment scores have steadily improved
and the fund balance has more than doubled.
In September, Rivera was recognized at the White House as one of 10
Hispanic leaders around the country.
"When explaining why he chose Rivera
for the position, Wolf cited increased graduation rates and state test scores
under Rivera’s leadership in Lancaster ,
as well as implementation of a “community schools” model that provides free
breakfast and lunch as well as medical services, according to the release.
“Pedro Rivera is nationally recognized for
his efforts to improve urban education, and he will work with me to build a
strong public education system and get Pennsylvania back on track,” Wolf said
in a statement Monday."
Penn GSE student chosen for
PA Secretary of Education
Daily Pennsylvanian By JENNIFER WRIGHT January
19, 2015
Pennsylvania Governor-elect Tom Wolf selected Penn
Graduate School of Education student Pedro Rivera as the Secretary of
Education on Monday. The announcement concludes Wolf’s picks for his cabinet. Rivera has served as the superintendent of
the 11,500-student School
District of Lancaster for
the past six years. He is a Philadelphia native
and former teacher and principal in the School District of Philadelphia .
Currently, he is a student in the Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational
Leadership, a 36-month GSE degree program for working professionals.
Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has tapped the superintendent of an urban
school district in neighboring Lancaster
County to serve as Pennsylvania 's top education official. York
City officials said they hope Pedro
Rivera's experience on the other side of the Susquehanna
River at a school district with similar challenges and
demographics will inform his tenure as education secretary.
This introductory profile of PA's new
first lady did not mention her previous service on the
York Academy Regional Charter School Board
First lady Frances Wolf will
be her own woman
By Mackenzie Carpenter / Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette January 18, 2015 12:00 AM
She looks into the camera with a steady gaze and tells the
viewers in a soft, low voice that Tom Wolf, our next governor of Pennsylvania , has a
close relationship with his two daughters. That she is very proud to be his
spouse. That the notion of fairness is very important to him. It’s not much, but these are glimpses, at
least, of Frances Wolf, in ads that aired last year early in her husband’s
campaign for governor. She comes across as a woman who is serious, obviously
intelligent, somewhat enigmatic. The new
first lady of Pennsylvania
will have to remain an enigma until at least Tuesday because she has declined
all requests for interviews before the Inaugural.
Martin Luther King’s
prophetic comments about education reform
Here, as I have published before on
Martin Luther King Jr., Day, are some of his writings related to education. You
will see that King was prescient on a lot of things, including education
reform.
Here’s an excerpt from “The
Purpose of Education,” a piece he wrote in the February 1947 edition
of the Morehouse College student
newspaper, the Maroon Tiger:
Arne Duncan: Improving
American education is not optional
Arne Duncan is U.S. education secretary.
On consecutive days this week, the United States
was introduced to two very different visions for its most important education
law. Quite soon, Congress will choose between them, and while the legislation
could move fast enough to escape wide public notice, its consequences will be
profound. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (ESEA) stands as a statement that a high-quality education for
every single child is a national interest and a civil right. The law has
boosted funding for schools in low-income neighborhoods, put books in libraries
and helped ensure that minorities, students with disabilities, those learning
English, those living in poverty and others who have struggled would not slip
through the cracks. Since then, and
especially over the past 15 years, amid bipartisan agreement to focus strongly
on students’ learning, progress has been significant. Since 2000, high school
graduation rates, once stagnant, rose almost 10
percentage points, to an all-time high. A young Hispanic person is now half
as likely to
drop out of high school compared with 15 years ago and twice as likely
to be in college. A
million more black and Hispanic students are in college than were in
2008.
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.
Register
Now! EPLC 2015 Regional Workshops for School Board Candidates and Others
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 2015
Pennsylvania School Board Candidates. Incumbents,
non-incumbents, campaign supporters and all interested voters are invited to
participate in these workshops.
Pittsburgh Region Saturday, February 21, 2015 – 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
Allegheny Intermediate Unit, 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
Harrisburg Region Saturday, March 7, 2015– 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania School Boards Association Headquarters, 400 Bent Creek Boulevard, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Pennsylvania School Boards Association Headquarters, 400 Bent Creek Boulevard, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Philadelphia Region Saturday, March 14, 2015 – 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, 2 W. Lafayette Street, Norristown, PA 19401
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, 2 W. Lafayette Street, Norristown, PA 19401
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
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.
NPE 2015 Annual Conference – Chicago April 24 - 26 –
Early Bird Special Registration Open!
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
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Lily Eskelsen Garcia, NEA President and
§
Randi Weingarten, AFT President
§
Karen Lewis, President, Chicago
Teachers Union
Excellent information. thank you for that.
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