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Statewide Calendar of Events
Pa.
lawmakers caving on cyber charter reform | Guest column
By Express-Times
guest columnist By Mark Spengler
Updated on July 18, 2017 at 10:30 AM Posted on July 18, 2017 at 10:19 AM
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene Depasquale recently
reminded the public that we have the worst
charter school system in the country. Easily the worst part of
the Pennsylvania charter school embarrassment has to do with cyber charter
schools, which have shown deplorable results in terms of graduation and student
performance and have wasted a ton of taxpayer money. Here are some of the most
recent numbers:Average graduation rates for 2015-16:
·
Pennsylvania public schools, 86.1 percent.
·
Pennsylvania cyber charter schools, 47.7 percent.
Average school
performance profile results, 2015-16 (70 is considered passing)"
·
Public schools, 70.3 percent.
·
Cyber charter schools, 50.9 percent (nine out of 14 scored below
50).
Total local Pennsylvania taxpayer money spent on cyber charter
tuition, 2013-15:
·
$1.2 billion
Perhaps the saddest part of our cyber charter system is the
funding method. Cyber charters are funded at the same per diem rate as
bricks-and-mortar charter schools. This of course makes no sense, because
cybers do not have anywhere near the same level of expenses as bricks and
mortar schools. Going all the way back to 2012, it was reported by the Auditor
General's office that Pennsylvania taxpayers were being overcharged
$365 million a year. Clearly, much of this has to do with overspending for cyber
charters.
School
Performance Profile Scores for PA Cyber Charters 2013 - 2016
Source:
PA Department of Education website
A
score of 70 is considered passing
Total
cyber charter tuition paid by PA taxpayers from 500 school districts for 2013,
2014 and 2015 was over $1.2 billion; $393.5 million, $398.8 million and $436.1
million respectively.
Not one of
Pennsylvania’s cyber charters has achieved a passing SPP score of 70 in any of
the four years that the SPP has been in effect.
|
School Name
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
|
21st Century CS
|
66.5
|
66.0
|
69.2
|
62.2
|
|
Achievement House CS
|
39.7
|
37.5
|
44.8
|
54.5
|
|
ACT Academy Cyber CS
|
30.6
|
28.9
|
36.1
|
40.7
|
|
Agora Cyber CS
|
48.3
|
42.4
|
46.4
|
37.6
|
|
ASPIRA Bilingual CS
|
29.0
|
39.0
|
38.4
|
41.9
|
|
Central PA Digital Learning
Fdn CS
|
31.7
|
48.8
|
39.3
|
46.7
|
|
Commonwealth Connections
Academy CS
|
54.6
|
52.2
|
48.8
|
47.5
|
|
Education Plus Academy Cyber
CS
|
59.0
|
50.0
|
|
67.9
|
|
Esperanza Cyber CS
|
32.7
|
47.7
|
31.7
|
50.7
|
|
PA Cyber CS
|
59.4
|
55.5
|
65.3
|
51.0
|
|
PA Distance Learning CS
|
54.7
|
50.9
|
49.2
|
53.9
|
|
PA Leadership CS
|
64.7
|
59.3
|
54.7
|
57.5
|
|
PA Virtual CS
|
67.9
|
63.4
|
64.6
|
49.7
|
|
Solomon CS
|
36.9
|
|
|
|
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Susq-Cyber CS
|
46.4
|
42.4
|
45.5
|
49.3
|
David
Weissman and Junior
Gonzalez , York Dispatch Published 4:03 p.m. ET July 18, 2017 | Updated 4:25 p.m. ET July 18, 2017
The future of York City’s Helen Thackston Charter School is in
doubt, in part, due to allegations of self-dealing by the school's former board
president. The York City School District
alleges Thackston and its board members violated the state's Ethics Act in 2013
by approving a contract with a company started by the former board member. In a June resolution moving to start
revocation proceedings for Thackston’s charter, the district school board
stated a charter school board member failed to disclose his ownership stake in
GeoSource Capital LLC, which Thackston contracted with during the 2013-14
school year to provide homeland security curriculum services. Minutes of a special meeting by the Thackston board on Aug. 19,
2013, show it unanimously approved a one-year contract with GeoSource Capital.
The minutes do not indicate what services the company was supposed to provide
or how much the company was to be paid.
PAPrep Live by Matthew
De George POSTED ON JULY 18, 2017
This is Part 3 of a four-part series looking at the public-vs-private
schools debate in the PIAA. Part 1 covers the disproportionate share of PIAA titles won by
private schools, while Part 2 recaps the complex entanglements
between the legislature and the PIAA. Check back Wednesday for the
final installment.Upon the first step into the Midland Gym, the history of the place confronts you, just as the vivid mural of a leopard punching its fore claws through a stylized brick wall purports to.
Besides the fresh coats of paint and fastidious adherence to color scheme, the gym is incongruous to the modern building that stands next door. And the history it depicts — of championships won in sports the current occupant has never sponsored — reinforces that juxtaposition. It’s understandable to wonder for a moment whose gym this is, a contrast that only heightens its unique character. Painted on the walls along the sidelines, in big blue letters outlined in gold, are the words “Midland Leopards”. Plastered at midcourt is a gargantuan “M” in the opposite color scheme. Half of the inscription remains true, but the team that calls this floor home is Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, which inherited this facility, the old public Lincoln High School that served the Midland School District until 1986. The relationship between the school and this former steel town, with a population about a quarter of its industrial-boom heights, is complex and historically rich, a microcosm that intersects countless dimensions of national significance. But as students, culled from some 80 school districts and eight counties spanning a wide swathe of southwestern Pennsylvania, file in to cheer on the newest incarnation of the Leopards, the school’s trajectory epitomizes much more. And the salient symbolism of the 2011 and 2014 Class A boys basketball finals — pitting Lincoln Park against Philadelphia Math, Civics and Sciences in all-charter PIAA championships — could be snapshot of growth in a sector of evolving prominence.
Tweet from Speaker Mike Turzai @RepTurzai July 17, 2017
Pa.
state budget update: House Republicans offer new no-taxes plan to raise revenue
Penn Live By Charles Thompson cthompson@pennlive.com Updated on July 18, 2017 at
11:44 PM Posted on July 18, 2017 at 9:10 PM
The state budget talks slipped back a step Tuesday.
What remains to be seen, however, is whether that's true slippage,
or just a search for firmer footing from which the final climb to completion
can launch. The main development Tuesday
was delivery by top House Republican leaders to their Senate counterparts of a
fresh take on how to raise roughly $800 million in revenue all sides feel is
needed to complete the 2017-18 package. The package was described as a no-new-taxes plan that relies
heavily on expanded legalization of gambling - including video slots at bars
and taverns; further liberalization of state alcohol sales laws, and a bevy of
fund transfers. "We think that we
can close this with non-tax revenues," House Speaker Mike Turzai,
R-Allegheny County. "But it's a work in progress and we're not there
yet." The plan itself didn't
inspire giddy optimism about quick closure on a revenue package estimated at
$2.2 billion to cover a deficit from 2016-17 and balance new spending for the $32 billion state budget for the year that started July 1. Senate Republicans balked at VGTs earlier
this summer after an intense lobbying effort, and Senate Majority Leader
Jake Corman, R-Centre County, said his team reiterated slots in bars and
restaurants is still "a vote problem" for them.
Pa.
Dems: House Republicans are holdouts in budget stalemate
Inquirer by Angela
Couloumbis & Liz
Navratil, HARRISBURG BUREAUS Updated: JULY
18, 2017 — 7:40 PM EDT
HARRISBURG — As the state’s budget impasse drags on, House
Republican leaders appear to be emerging as the holdouts in talks. Top legislative Democrats said Tuesday that
House GOP leaders presented a counterproposal Tuesday that doesn’t contain many
of the items that had been under consideration just days ago. Specifically, they said Republicans have
retreated from talks over finding reliable sources of revenue as part of a
package to pay for the nearly $32 billion spending plan the legislature passed
hours before the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. Instead, they’re back to
insisting on raising new dollars solely through a mix of borrowing,
gambling expansion, liquor privatization, and onetime revenue sources. “Now there are no recurring revenues,” Senate
Minority Leader Jay Costa (D., Allegheny) said of the House Republican
proposal, calling it a drastic drop from the roughly $300 million in recurring
revenue discussed in talks as recently as last week. “I view that as a retreat
from where they were previously.” Costa
and House Minority Leader Frank Dermody (D., Allegheny) said four out of the
five parties involved in budget negotiations have been close to an agreement on
the revenue package, but that House Republicans have refused to sign off on it.
Lawmakers
continue talks about funding Pa. budget
By Kathleen
E. Carey, Delaware County Daily Times POSTED: 07/18/17, 9:25 PM EDT | UPDATED: 38 SECS
AGO
State senators from Delaware County said Tuesday budget
discussions among their leaders continue while elected and industry officials
debate the optimum way to fund this year’s financial package. The $32 billion spending package became law
after it was passed by the House and Senate and not vetoed by Gov. Tom Wolf.
However, there is no mechanism yet in the budget to outline how those billions
will be raised. Senators said leaders
were working on that Tuesday. “The leaders of both chambers are in negotiations today and have
also been meeting with administration,” state Sen. Tom Killion, R-9 of
Middletown, said. “The governor has insisted on a certain level of recurring
revenue. The leaders are working with members of the General Assembly to find
the best way to fund the compromise budget that the governor agreed to in
June.” State Sen. Tom McGarrigle, R-26
of Springfield, had similar news, confirming that the GOP leadership from both
the House and the Senate met Tuesday morning.
“I think they’re just trying to come up with some recurring revenue that
will be ok with the governor,” he said, adding that legislators are on a
six-hour callback. He said some of the
measures being considered to fund the budget are Internet gaming and changes to
liquor provisions. At this time,
McGarrigle said, a shale tax is not being evaluated. Both he and Killion are supporters of a shale
tax. “I continue to advocate for a severance tax as one possibility to
help finish the process and address the concerns expressed by the rating
agencies,” Killion said.
“No.
10 in Education, increasing 11 spots from 2016”
Pennsylvania
Recognized for Business Ranking Improvement after Advances in Business
Development and Education
Governor Wolf’s Website July 12,
2017
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf
announced today that Pennsylvania has earned national recognition on the
state’s economic climate, jumping 10 spots overall from the year prior, most
notably earning recognition for the commonwealth’s advancements in education. “Working with the legislature, over the last
few years I have prioritized and secured historic increases at all levels of
education and Pennsylvania’s rankings underscore the importance of the
significant advancements we’ve made in education,” said Governor Wolf.
“Businesses are looking for an educated workforce to draw from and a location
that offers its employees a great place to educate their children, and we are
doing just that in the commonwealth.” Pennsylvania
rose 10 spots overall in CNBC’s America’s Top State for Business 2017, with the
significant advancements in categories of Education, Technology and Innovation,
and Business Friendliness.
THE
DILEMMA OF SHRINKING SCHOOLS
In rural Pennsylvania, school districts are shedding students.
Could consolidation save them?
Public Source BY STEPHANIE HACKE JULY 11, 2017
Valerie Brooks remembers a time when Greene County was thriving
and teens had plenty to do not far from home.
In her native Waynesburg, the youth once had their choice of places to
go for food or enjoy an evening with friends. There was an arcade, pizza shops
and a bowling alley. Many of those hangouts have disappeared. “It’s sad. Everything’s gone. It’s not
charming anymore,” said Brooks, 51, a mother of three who has watched people
abandon her rural neighborhood during the last decade for more populated areas
— like Pittsburgh or Morgantown — in search of jobs. Public schools across Greene County have felt
the blow from a loss of students. In the last 12 years, enrollment in publicly
funded schools in Greene County has dropped by more than 1,000 students, from
6,076 in 2004-05 to 4,977 in 2015-16, according to the Pennsylvania Department
of Education [PDE] data. Greene County’s
public schools are not alone; many other districts in the state are shedding
students from their rolls. Enrollment in
publicly funded schools across Pennsylvania has dropped by more than 96,000
students between 2004-05 and 2015-16, to about 1.7 million, PDE data shows. There are many contributing factors,
including students leaving public schools for charter and private schools, or
moving out of the region. Steve Robinson of the Pennsylvania School Boards
Association [PSBA] said population decline is a major culprit. “There’s less people; therefore, there’s less
students attending the schools,” he said.
Pat
Toomey is a 'yes' on Obamacare repeal-only: statement
Penn Live By John L. Micek jmicek@pennlive.com Updated on July 18, 2017 at
12:18 PMPosted on July 18, 2017 at 11:56 AM
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey says he'll back a push to
repeal Obamcare without having a replacement in hand. On Tuesday, as Republicans inspected the
ruins of yet another repeal-and-reform push, Toomey issued this statement:"Obamacare is failing. In Pennsylvania, Obamacare premiums are up 120 percent and 40 percent of our residents are limited to one insurer on the exchange. Families are still in dire need of relief. Meanwhile, Medicaid is fiscally unsustainable as its costs continue to grow faster than our economy. "I intend to vote to proceed to a full Obamacare repeal bill that would take effect in two years so that Congress can use this time to craft a legislative replacement and move toward a consumer-driven health care system. "I am disappointed with the failure of the draft Senate bill. History will look back on this moment and harshly judge this Congress for not beginning the process of replacing Obamacare and for failing to put Medicaid on a sustainable trajectory when we had the opportunity to do so."
The statement puts Toomey in opposition to at least one senator from
a Medicaid-expansion state.
“Toomey's
claim that the Senate bill wouldn't result in anyone being thrown off Medicaid
was preposterous on its face. The bill ratcheted back federal funding to the
states, leaving cash-strapped governments with three choices: Slashing the
rolls, cutting benefits or reducing provider-reimbursements.”
Score
one for the resistance - TrumpCare's latest collapse is a rebuke to Pat Toomey:
John L. Micek
Penn Live By John L. Micek jmicek@pennlive.com Updated on July 18, 2017 at
11:59 AM Posted on July 18, 2017 at 11:20 AM
As their latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act
collapsed, Capitol Hill Republicans found themselves in a familiar place on
Tuesday: In a state of disarray and wondering what to do next. On Monday, amid deep public opposition, two more Republican senators
declared their opposition to the latest rewrite of a healthcare reform plan
backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, seemingly
torpedoing a 2016 campaign promise to drive a stake through the heart of
Obamcare. If there's one odd man out in
all this, it's U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., an architect and chief public
defender of one of the bill's most offensive provisions. That's language rolling back a Medicaid expansion that had granted
coverage to hundreds of thousands of his fellow Pennsylvanians and millions of
people nationwide. Toomey was a vocal
defender, making the case at a televised town hall a couple of weeks ago
sponsored by ABC-27 in Harrisburg. Even
as Toomey held forth for the cameras, dozens of citizens, many of them in
wheelchairs, spoke out in protest. While they were loud, they were never
violent. Even still, six were still arrested.
This
is why we can't give up the fight to end school property taxes: Opinion
Penn Live Guest Editorial By Mike Folmer Posted on July 19, 2017 at 8:30 AM
State Sen. Mike Folmer, a
Republican, represents the 48th Senate District, which includes parts of Dauphin,
Lebanon and York counties.
I'm proud to support legislation sponsored by Sen. David Argall,
R-Schuylkill, eliminating school property taxes. That's because no tax should
have the power to leave you homeless. Opponents
of Argall's bill (SB76) claim that very few people
actually lose their homes because of not being able to pay property
taxes. Yet, I often see newspapers' legal notices about sheriff's sales
of properties. If just one person's home is lost due to property taxes,
it's one too many. That's why I joined
with Argall and other Senators to advance the one measure that allows for the
total elimination school property taxes: Senate Bill 76. Unfortunately, I've been down this road
before. In the beginning of my efforts
to bring medical cannabis to Pennsylvania, I was ignored, ridiculed, and told
"Mike, this is a lost cause; you'll never be able to bring medical cannabis
to Pennsylvania."
Trib Live by DEBRA
ERDLEY | Monday, July 17, 2017, 12:48 p.m.
Where is Betsy DeVos today?
The U.S. Department of Education tells the Trib's education team that
DeVos on Monday called out special education leaders gathered in Arlington,
Va., at the Office of Special Education's Leadership Conference. DeVos, who has been a champion of charter
schools and alternatives to traditional public classrooms, continued to tout
school choice to the group. She referred to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
requiring a public school district to pay private school tuition for a special
education student as a major victory for children with disabilities. The education secretary commended the U.S.
Supreme Court's March ruling in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. In the 8-0 ruling this spring, the
court found in favor of a Colorado family that sued to force a public school to pay
their child's private school tuition after the child, who had autism, left the
public school and achieved better progress in the private school.
Researchers
Push Back As Betsy DeVos, ALEC Advance Virtual School Expansion
Ed Surge By Jenny Abamu Jul 18, 2017
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos could have lines out the door for
her upcoming appearance at the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) annual meeting—but not for
reasons she may like. In preparation for the gathering in Denver, Colo., a
stream of protesters
are getting readyto object her ties with ALEC, a conservative organization with
plans to grow the virtual school industry.
Technology is just a piece of a much more broad effort to individualize
the education system and create more pathways for students and their unique
needs. It is a part of the larger opening up of the system to choice. In addition to health, criminal justice,
agriculture and several other fields, ALEC works with legislators, nonprofits
and corporations to introduce legislation that affects education. The expansion
of virtual schools has been one of the group’s primary goals for education.
Their work has already been picked up at the state level: Representatives
from Tennessee to Alabamahave introduced ALEC-backed
virtual school legislation in their states closely modeling after policy
blueprints listed on ALEC’s website. In an EdSurge interview, ALEC’s Director of Education and
Workforce Development Task Force, Inez Stepman, explained that the organization
doesn’t support the expansion of edtech, but they do support more choice and
education individualization—a vision they say DeVos aligns with.
Why Betsy DeVos and ALEC Are Natural Allies on School Choice
Education Week By Arianna Prothero July 18, 2017
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos—an ardent school choice supporter who has turned out to be among the Trump administration’s most polarizing cabinet picks—will deliver a speech this week to members of a controversial organization that some argue is her best shot at advancing an aggressive school choice agenda. The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is known for drafting conservative model legislation in states on a range of issues including gun rights, tax reform, and education. DeVos will appear at ALEC’s annual meeting Thursday in Denver. Ask a conservative, and they’re likely to describe ALEC as a membership organization that brings together private industry leaders and Republican state lawmakers to draft soundly conservative policies. Ask a liberal, and they’re likely to say ALEC is a shadowy group of corporate types pushing a destructive, far-right agenda. But regardless of political persuasion, there are two points most would agree on: ALEC is successful at influencing policy in statehouses, and its focus on private school choice dovetails perfectly with DeVos’ education priorities. “There are lots of groups that do model legislation, but nobody as successfully as ALEC,” said Gary Miron, a professor at Western Michigan University and a member of the left-leaning National Education Policy Center, which has also started writing its own model legislation.
As
Congress Probes the Shift to ESSA Under DeVos, Here's What to Watch For
Education Week Politics K12 Blog By Andrew Ujifusa on July 17, 2017 2:06
PM
On Tuesday, the House education committee will hold a hearing on
how the Every Student Succeeds Act is unfolding in states and districts. On
this general issue, much of the focus (rightly) has been on how Republicans
like Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the Senate education committee
chairman, are reacting to what U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her
team are doing on ESSA oversight. Importantly, Alexander isn't happy, and says the
department seems to be ignoring the law.
And a GOP aide said Monday that Rep. Virginia Foxx., R-N.C., the
chairwoman of the House committee, has put DeVos' department "on
notice" about concerns lawmakers have as far as federal feedback to
states' plans. "Department of Education overreach will play a role in the
hearing, not just [coming] from the chairwoman but from other members,"
the GOP aide said. But what about
Democrats? How will they talk about ESSA at the hearing? Does that fact
that Alexander and other conservatives are annoyed mean that, using simple
political logic, that Democrats are thrilled?
The
deep irony in Betsy DeVos’s first speech on special education
Washington Post Answer Sheet Blog By Valerie
Strauss July 18 at 2:37 PM
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy
DeVos just gave her first major speech about special education — and it
raised new questions about her understanding of the issues that students with
disabilities face. Again, exactly six months after the first ones. DeVos, a Michigan billionaire who has called
traditional public schools a “dead end,” has had something of a troubled past
in talking about this issue. At her confirmation hearing on Jan. 17, before the
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, she answered a
question about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
indicating that she didn’t know it was a federal law that all states had to
enforce. IDEA requires public schools to
provide a free and appropriate education to all students with disabilities, and
in her response, she said that she thought it was up to the states to decide on
IDEA enforcement. She was later asked if she was unaware that IDEA was a
federal law, and she conceded, “I may have confused it.”
The
deadline to submit cover letter,
resume and application is August 25, 2017.
PSBA seeking experienced education
leaders: Become an Advocacy Ambassador
POSTED ON JUL 17, 2017 IN PSBA NEWS
PSBA is seeking applications for six Advocacy Ambassadors who
have been involved in day-to-day functions of a school district, on the school
board, or in a school leadership position. The purpose of the PSBA Advocacy
Ambassador program is to facilitate the education and engagement of local
school directors and public education stakeholders through the advocacy
leadership of the ambassadors. Each Advocacy Ambassador will be an active
leader in an assigned section of the state, and is kept up to date on current
legislation and PSBA position based on PSBA priorities to accomplish advocacy
goals. PSBA Advocacy Ambassadors are
independent contractors representing PSBA, and serve as liaisons between PSBA
and their local and federal elected officials. Advocacy Ambassadors also commit
to building strong relationships with PSBA members with the purpose of engaging
the designated members to be active and committed grassroots advocates for
PSBA’s legislative priorities. This is a
9-month independent contractor position with a monthly stipend and potential
renewal for a second year. Successful candidates must commit to the full
9-month contract, agree to fulfill assigned Advocacy Ambassador duties and
responsibilities, and actively participate in conference calls and in-person meetings
September 19 @ 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Hilton Reading
Berks County Community Foundation
Panelists:
Carol Corbett Burris: Executive
Director of the Network
for Public Education
Alyson Miles: Deputy Director of Government
Affairs for the American
Federation for Children
James Paul: Senior Policy Analyst at
the Commonwealth Foundation
Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig: Professor
of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and the Director of the Doctorate
in Educational Leadership at California State University Sacramento
Karin Mallett: The WFMZ TV anchor and reporter
returns as the moderator
School choice has been a hot topic in Berks County, in part due to
a lengthy and costly dispute between the Reading School
District and I-LEAD Charter School. The topic has also been in the
national spotlight as President Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy
DeVos have focused on expanding education choice.
With this in mind, a discussion on school choice is being organized as
part of Berks County Community Foundation’s Consider It initiative. State Sen.
Judy Schwank and Berks County Commissioners Chairman Christian Leinbach are
co-chairs of this nonpartisan program, which is designed to promote thoughtful
discussion of divisive local and national issues while maintaining a level of
civility among participants. The next
Consider It Dinner will take place Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at 5 p.m. at
the DoubleTree by Hilton Reading, 701 Penn St., Reading, Pa. Tickets are available
here. For $10 each, tickets
include dinner, the panel discussion, reading material, and an opportunity to
participate in the conversation.
Apply Now for EPLC's 2017-2018 PA Education Policy Fellowship
Program!
Education Policy and Leadership Center
Applications are available now for the 2017-2018
Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP). The
Education Policy Fellowship Program is sponsored in Pennsylvania by The
Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC). Click here for the program calendar of sessions. With more than 500 graduates in its
first eighteen 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 14-15, 2017 and continues to graduation
in June 2018.
Pennsylvania Education Leadership Summit July 23-25, 2017 Blair
County Convention Center - Altoona
A three-day event providing an excellent opportunity for
school district administrative teams and instructional leaders to learn, share
and plan together
co-sponsored by PASA, the Pennsylvania Principals
Association, PASCD and the PA Association for Middle Level Education
**REGISTRATION IS OPEN**Early Bird Registration Ends
after April 30!
Keynote speakers, high quality breakout sessions, table
talks on hot topics, and district team planning and job-alike sessions will
provide practical ideas that can be immediately reviewed and discussed at the
summit and utilized at the district level.
Keynote Speakers:
Thomas Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education
Kristen Swanson, Director of Learning at Slack and one of the founding members of the Edcamp movement
Thomas Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education
Kristen Swanson, Director of Learning at Slack and one of the founding members of the Edcamp movement
Breakout session strands:
*Strategic/Cultural Leadership
*Systems Leadership
*Leadership for Learning
*Professional and Community Leadership
*Strategic/Cultural Leadership
*Systems Leadership
*Leadership for Learning
*Professional and Community Leadership
CLICK HERE to access the Summit website for
program, hotel and registration information.
Using Minecraft to Imagine a Better World
and Build It Together.
Saturday, September 16, 2017 or Sunday,
September 17, 2017 at the University of the Sciences, 43rd & Woodland
Avenue, Philadelphia
PCCY, the region’s most
influential advocacy organization for children, leverages the world’s greatest
video game for the year’s most engaging fundraising event for kids. Join us
on Saturday, September 16, 2017 or Sunday,
September 17, 2017 at the University of the Sciences, 43rd & Woodland
Avenue for a fun, creative and unique gaming opportunity.
Education Law Center’s 2017
Annual Celebration
ELC invites you to join us
for our Annual Celebration on September 27 in Philadelphia.
The Annual Celebration will take place this year on September
27, 2017 at The Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia. The
event begins at 5:30 PM. We anticipate more than 300 legal,
corporate, and community supporters joining us for a cocktail reception, silent
auction, and dinner presentation. Our
annual celebrations honor outstanding champions of public education. This proud
tradition continues at this year’s event, when together we will salute these
deserving honorees:
·
PNC Bank: for the signature philanthropic cause of the PNC Foundation, PNC
Grow Up Great, a bilingual $350 million, multi-year early education initiative
to help prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life;
and its support of the Equal Justice Works Fellowship, which
enables new lawyers to pursue careers in public interest law;
·
Joan Mazzotti: for her 16 years of outstanding leadership as the Executive
Director of Philadelphia Futures, a college access and success program serving
Philadelphia’s low-income, first-generation-to-college students;
·
Dr. Bruce Campbell Jr., PhD: for his invaluable service to ELC, as he rotates out of
the chairman position on our Board of Directors. Dr. Campbell is an Arcadia
University Associate Professor in the School of Education; and
·
ELC Pro Bono Awardee Richard Shephard of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
LLP: for his exceptional work as pro bono counsel, making lasting contributions
to the lives of many vulnerable families.Questions? Contact Tracy Callahan
tcallahan@elc-pa.org or 215-238-6970 ext. 308.
STAY WOKE: THE INAUGURAL
NATIONAL BLACK MALE EDUCATORS CONVENING; Philadelphia Fri, Oct 13, 2017 4:00 pm
Sun, Oct 15, 2017 7:00pm
TEACHER DIVERSITY WORKS. Increasing the number of Black
male educators in our nation’s teacher corps will improve education for all our
students, especially for African-American boys.
Today Black men represent only two percent of teachers nationwide. This
is a national problem that demands a national response. Come participate in the inaugural National
Black Male Educators Convening to advance policy solutions, learn from one
another, and fight for social justice. All are welcome.
Save the Date 2017 PA Principals Association State Conference
October 14. 15, 16, 2017 Doubletree Hotel Cranberry Township, PA
Save the Date: PASA-PSBA
School Leadership Conference October 18-20, Hershey PA
Registration now open for the
67th Annual PASCD Conference Nov. 12-13
Harrisburg: Sparking Innovation: Personalized Learning, STEM, 4C's
This year's conference will begin on Sunday, November 12th
and end on Monday, November 13th. There will also be a free pre-conference on
Saturday, November 11th. You can
register for this year's conference online with a credit card payment or have
an invoice sent to you. Click here to register for the conference.
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