Friday, September 1, 2017

PA Ed Policy Roundup Sept. 1: The Founding Fathers made our schools public. We should keep them that way.

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PA Ed Policy Roundup Sept. 1, 2017:


The Founding Fathers made our schools public. We should keep them that way.
They believed public schools were the foundation of a virtuous republic.
Washington Post By Johann N. Neem August 20 
Johann N. Neem is a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and a professor of history at Western Washington University. He is author of Democracy’s Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been a loyal proponent of school choice. In her home state of Michigan, DeVos advocated both public school choice and vouchers to empower parents to send their children to private and religious schools. As secretary, she argues that “parents no longer believe that a one-size-fits-all model of learning meets the needs of every child.” They “know other options exist, whether magnet, virtual, charter, home, faith-based or any other combination.”  Now President Trump is proposing devoting unprecedented amounts of federal money to expand school choice nationally. Both Trump and DeVos argue that families, not the public, should choose their schools. As DeVos recently proclaimed, “School choice is about recognizing parents’ inherent right to choose what is best for their children. That’s the manifestation of expanding human liberty in America.”  But this conception of public education ignores our collective interests as a society. America’s public schools developed because after the Revolution, Americans realized that leaving education to parental whims and pocketbooks created vast inequalities and could not ensure an educated citizenry. A return to this type of system threatens to exacerbate educational inequality, which already plagues modern America and weakens our democracy. The Founding Fathers saw freedom as the cornerstone of the nation and public schools as essential vehicles to secure it. Guided by their vision, we should work to fix America’s public schools, not abandon them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/08/20/early-america-had-school-choice-the-founders-rejected-it/?utm_term=.6adfbd195bae

PA. GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ITS LEADERS SEEK DELAY IN PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING LAWSUIT
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia Website
Contact: Barb Grimaldi, Public Interest Law Center, bgrimaldi@pubintlaw.org
Darryl Van Duch, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, darryl.vanduch@apks.com

Harrisburg, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s congressional district map is one of the most extreme partisan gerrymanders in the country but state legislators are asking Pennsylvania Courts to do nothing about it except delay. In June the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and individual voters challenged the district map as unconstitutionally partisan, alleging it was made with the purpose and effect of rigging elections in violation of the Pennsylvania Constitution. Rather than defend this challenge, lawyers for the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Pennsylvania House Speaker Michael Turzai and Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati have asked the Commonwealth Court to halt all court proceedings until the U.S. Supreme Court decides a gerrymandering case out of Wisconsin, Gill v. Whitford. The Gill case, which may not be decided until spring 2018, involves only issues under the federal Constitution. The Pennsylvania gerrymandering lawsuit challenges the state’s U.S. Congressional map under the Pennsylvania Constitution which has different and broader protections than the federal constitution.
On Monday, the League and voters, through their attorneys from the Public Interest Law Center and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, opposed the requested delay, stating it would seriously interfere with voters’ ability to have fair and constitutional congressional districts.
https://www.pubintlaw.org/cases-and-projects/pa-general-assembly-and-its-leaders-seek-delay-in-partisan-gerrymandering-lawsuit/

Pa. budget needs to be shaken up
Philly Daily News by John Baer, STAFF COLUMNIST  baerj@phillynews.com Updated: SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 — 5:00 AM EDT
Two ideas — one from the right, one from the left — to fix Pennsylvania’s budget woes just might (if put together) get state finances back on track. It’d take some doing and compromise. So right away you figure, eh, no chance. But what passes for fiscal management in Harrisburg is so astoundingly pathetic, it’s time to try something different, even if it takes some time. We’re entering the third month since a balanced budget was due, and what we’ve got is a $32 billion spending plan with a $2.2 billion hole and no way to fill it. A Senate-passed measure, supported by Gov. Wolf, has a modest tax on the natural gas industry, $1.3 billion in borrowing, and $400 million in new or increased taxes on consumers’ natural gas, electric and telecommunications bills. Maybe not entirely horrible, but since Senate and House leaders don’t get along, cynics suggest it passed as a way to stick it to the House (which, of course, hates it), making House leaders look obstructionist. The House reportedly is working on an alternative. And that’s where we stand. But what if we married something from the left that the right hates to something from the right that the left hates, even if it’s a shotgun wedding?
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/baer-pa-budget-shake-up-20170901.html

Change state budget process
Trib Live LETTER TO THE EDITOR by PAM SNYDER, Waynesburg Aug. 31, 2017, 8:55 p.m.
The writer, a Democrat, represents the 50th District in the state House.
Another year, another state budget battle that pits extremists against each other without giving regular working folks a voice. Something has to change, and it has to change now. The final plan is negotiated by a few lawmakers behind closed doors and the rest of us will be handed a thousand-page document and told, “No time to read it, just vote.” We can't let a few lawmakers make all the decisions in secret — I believe every citizen should get a voice. I'm proposing all standing House committees take 60 days after the governor announces his state budget and closely examine each agency to present changes and improvements to be voted on by each committee. Instead of legislative leaders throwing a budget at our feet and hoping to have 102 members agree to support it, we all should review the budget. We'd all own it and, by extension, citizens would know they've had a voice the entire time. When I was a Greene County commissioner, we'd study each department to keep our annual budgets in line. The end result was no wasteful spending. Like you, I'm tired of the endless drama every year. Like you, I know we can and should do better. I think this plan will help get the job done on time and get it done right.
http://triblive.com/opinion/letters/12673439-74/change-state-budget-process

“The state is supposed to have its budget wrapped up by July 1. Public school districts - one of the largest expenses for the state - need to have their budgets done by that same date.”
David Mekeel: Saner timelines for Pa. budgeting
Reading Eagle Written by David Mekeel Friday September 1, 2017 12:01 AM
I've written this column before. I don't remember when, exactly, but I know I have. Perhaps I've done it more than once. That's because the situation I'm lamenting hasn't changed a bit. And it probably won't anytime soon (so look forward to reading this again in 2025). The issue on my mind is the state budget. More specifically, the budget timeline. The state is supposed to have its budget wrapped up by July 1. Public school districts - one of the largest expenses for the state - need to have their budgets done by that same date. That doesn't make any sense. School districts, to a widely varying extent, rely on state funding. For some, it's a matter of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars. For a district such as Reading, it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 percent of its budget. Knowing what state funding will look like can impact everything from having to cut teachers or programs to, in extreme cases, having to borrow money just to keep schools' doors open. Local school district administrators are forced to craft their own spending plans in the dark, sifting through rumors and promises to make a best guess at what their state dollars will look like.
http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/david-mekeel-saner-timelines-for-pa-budgeting

Guest Column: Too much testing, not enough results for Pa. students
Delco Times By Sen. Andy Dinniman, Times Guest Columnist POSTED: 08/31/17, 8:56 PM EDT | UPDATED: 5 HRS AGO
I know that when one challenges the policy of an administration, especially of one’s own party, you risk entering the danger zone. But for 12 years in the Senate, I have fought tooth and nail against standardized testing regardless of whether the administration has been Republican or Democratic. And I’m not about to stop now. It’s just too important of an issue. Harrisburg always revolves around spin and the recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan was spin at its finest. Gov. Tom Wolf and Education Secretary Pedro Rivera only focused on one part of the ESSA plan and patted themselves on the back for ending the “test culture.” Here are a few questions about the whole ESSA plan that reveal the lack of candor in their claims:
Does subjecting students as young as 8 and 9 years old to six and a half days of testing, instead of eight, really end test culture?
Does making eighth grade students take both the PSSA and the Keystone Exam end test culture?
Does continuing the Keystones as a high school graduation requirement and forcing students to take the equivalent of 10 days of testing end test culture?
Does maintaining a policy of teacher evaluation and school performance that still depends on test scores end the emphasis on teaching to the test?
http://www.delcotimes.com/opinion/20170831/guest-column-too-much-testing-not-enough-results-for-pa-students

New Chester Charter School for the Arts is called a beacon
Inquirer by Kathy Boccella, Staff Writer  @Kathy_Boccella |  kboccella@phillynews.com Updated: SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 — 3:01 AM EDT
The Chester Charter School for the Arts has finally said goodbye to the days of students’ getting exercise by running around the parking lot, to the gym with the giant pillar in the middle, and to tiny windowless classrooms carved out of a converted warehouse. This month’s opening of a gleaming, $30 million campus on Highland Avenue for the nine-year-old arts-focused charter school not only brings CCSA into the heart ofChester, where the bulk of its nearly 600 students live, but has teachers, students, and school leaders celebrating a flood of natural light after five years in its dingy Aston home. “It’s amazing. I burst into tears when I first walked in here two weeks ago,” reading and writing teacher Tara Park said of her first look at the 92,000-square-foot building, where sunshine pours in from every angle – cascading into two dance studios, an art studio, two science labs, classrooms, a sleek cafetorium, and, at long last, a real gym. The new building with its crimson-red facade advertises CCSA to motorists on nearby I-95 and anchors a redeveloping corner of the economically disadvantaged Delaware County river city. It is one of Chester’s three main charters, which critics say suck up students and funds from the struggling school district. Charter tuition accounts for $52 million of Chester Upland’s $130 million budget this year. To those in the surrounding community, however, the school is a beacon.
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/new-chester-charter-school-for-the-arts-a-beacon-20170901.html

Blogger note: Although not mentioned in this letter, Teresa Mull is the managing editor for The Heartland Institute’s School Reform News.  Perhaps, if charter schools were not funded entirely with public tax dollars, they could have the level of independence and lack of public oversight that she would like.
LETTER: Keep charter schools independent
York Dispatch Letter by TERESA MULL Philipsburg, Centre County 12:00 p.m. ET Aug. 31, 2017
Our state lawmakers' recent letter to the editor, "Charter school bill will remain a priority," confused me. I thought the point of charter schools was that they were granted greater independence? The bill these lawmakers describe sounds an awful lot like increased government oversight to me. Everything they want to do to make charters "perform better" — increased oversight and accountability measures developed by the state board of education — is what they've been doing to our traditional public schools for years and with what result? Parents should be the ones to determine if charter, public or any other school is performing adequately. Keep charter schools independent and the government out of the raising of children.
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/2017/08/31/letter-keep-charter-schools-independent/105141130/

Communities in Schools founder Bill Milliken promotes civic engagement in schools
York Dispatch by Junior Gonzalez, 505-5439/@JuniorG_YD 11:06 a.m. ET Aug. 31, 2017
Anti-dropout advocate Bill Milliken brought around 300 people to the Appell Center Tuesday night, sharing his message of the impact of community involvement in schools. Milliken is the founder of the national nonprofit organization Communities in Schools, which helps connect students and parents to resources to foster achievement and success in each individual. Communities in Schools assists more than 1.2 million children in 28 states in attaining connections to remain in school, according to the organization.  “We put a relational router in that school much like a hospital has a person doing triage when you go into the emergency room,” Milliken said of the organization he led until 2004. He was brought to speak at the Appell Center by the United Way of York, which has a similar mission statement for its 2017 kick-off campaign season: “Build bridges between the people in need and the programs that can help.”
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/education/2017/08/31/communities-schools-founder-bill-milliken-promotes-civic-engagement-schools/615328001/

Philadelphia district ready for the new school year
WHYY Newsworks BY JENNIFER LYNN SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
Philadelphia public schools open Tuesday, the day after Labor Day. To set the stage, Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn caught up with Superintendent of Schools William Hite. From his office on Broad Street, Hite described a school district that is on a roll, making progress that staff and students are sure to notice on day one. As part of a $1.1 billion capital-improvement campaign, he said, pre-K through second-grade classrooms will include smart technology; some refurbishing has taken place; and all computer labs in elementary, middle, and high schools have been upgraded. "We are making very good progress with new technology as we prepare to roll out a new student information system," he said. This is a far cry from recent leaner times, when schools functioned without nurses and counselors. Last year, the district got the ball rolling on a hiring program to bring back nurses and counselors and to hire hundreds of teachers. This year social workers will be stationed in 22 schools. "It's really hard to educate a child who is dealing with trauma," the superintendent said.
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/homepage-feature/item/106711-philadelphia-district-ready-for-the-new-school-year?linktype=hp_impact

Soda, pre-K, beer, and the latest in the fight over Philly beverage tax
Inquirer by Laura McCrystal, Staff Writer  @LMcCrystal |  lmccrystal@phillynews.com Updated: SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 — 5:00 AM EDT
One shows children in graduation caps holding hands and smiling. The other targets the fact that soda is now taxed at a higher rate than beer in Philadelphia. Those advertisements represent the latest round of the battle over Philadelphia’s tax on sweetened beverages, which has assumed some of the ugliness of an election campaign. Eight months after the tax went into effect, and as both sides wait to hear whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will take up the issue, money continues to pour into attempts to win over the court of public opinion. As television and radio spots hit the airwaves this summer, the beverage tax fell short of initial projections for its first six months. And it raised $6.5 million in July, according to Mayor Kenney’s office — less than the $7.7 million monthly average needed to reach a projected $92 million in fiscal year 2018.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/soda-pre-k-beer-and-the-latest-in-the-fight-over-philly-beverage-tax-20170901.html


With Charter Schools, A Step Back to Segregation
Cloaking Inequity Blog Posted on August 31, 2017 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 
 Considering the rapid growth of charter schools, it’s important for the public conversations about school choice to distinguish fact from rhetoric and sloganeering. For instance, proponents of charter schools, such as Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, claim charter schools advance racial integration of children and give parents options for “voluntary integration.” Is this true?
More than sixty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in the Brown vs. Board of Education decision to abolish the separate but equal legal doctrine and Jim Crow segregation by race. The ruling was a watershed moment for the United States because it contradicted the prevailing wisdom and popular opinion in many quarters. In sum, the Supreme Court sought to change an inherently racist society by ruling that segregation in schools violated students’ right to equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Members of the civil rights community have expressed that charters have turned back the clock on segregation to pre-Brown levels. At the 2017 NAACP national convention, more than 2,000 delegates passed a new resolution entitled Public and Charter Schools Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board that decries the segregation of African American students into under-resourced public schools and charters. The intensification of segregation in charters is especially important for the African American community because a new report by the NAACP’s Task Force on Quality Education found that one in eight African American students in the United States now attends a charter school.
https://cloakinginequity.com/2017/08/31/with-charter-schools-a-step-back-to-segregation/

Opposition Rallies Against Plan to Put Unqualified People in Classrooms
Huffington Post by Alan Singer, Contributor Social studies educator, Hofstra University, 08/31/2017 06:38 am ET
Politically influential charter school operators in the State of New York are on the verge of pushing through an administrative ruling that eliminates the requirement that children attending their schools be taught by certified teachers. This is happening at the same time that support for charter schools across the nation is in steep decline, probably because of Donald Trump’s endorsement of charter schools and private-school vouchers. According to a recent public opinion poll the growing opposition to charter schools is bipartisan. Support among Republicans declined by 13%. Democratic support for charter schools dropped by 11%. The Network for Public Education and New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) are organizing parents, teachers, and the public to flood the SUNY Trustees and the SUNY Charter Schools Institute with protests against the certification waiver proposal. Their opposition to the waiver is supported by the Deans of Schools of Education at eighteen colleges in the State University of New York system.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59a7e480e4b00ed1aec9a5d3

“Most of the folks on these lists have been there before, and the rankings don’t change much. And yet again, a 70-something-year-old grandmother is crushing all of us. Good show, Diane. Good show.”
Top Education Policy People and Organizations on Social Media 2017
EducationNext By Michael J. Petrilli 08/31/2017
After taking last year off, we’re back with our (mostly) annual look at who is dominating Twitter and other forms of social media in the education policy world. This exercise is inevitably unscientific and subjective, so please take it with a grain of salt. Still, the trends are always interesting and telling. And who doesn’t love a good list? First, let’s cover the fine print: Keep in mind that these lists are limited to people who mostly comment on K-12 education policy (so not pre-school, and not higher ed). See our sidebar, “Other educators to follow,” for folks who mostly share ideas about teaching or ed tech, or mostly opine on politics. And see here for an explanation of Klout scores, which measure social media influence across a wide range of platforms. Klout scores and Twitter followers are as of August 20. Thanks to the Fordham Institute’s Anthony Nguyen for his heroic efforts in gathering all of the data. Any mistakes or omissions are my own.
http://educationnext.org/top-education-policy-people-organizations-social-media-2017/#.Wahho_bWzRM.facebook

Wisconsin District Denies Some Students Enrollment in Virtual Schools
Education Week Digital Education Blog By Benjamin Herold on August 31, 2017 11:35 AM
A Wisconsin school district is under fire from virtual-school proponents for not allowing its students to enroll in full-time online schools outside the open-enrollment window required by state law. The spat involves only a small number of children in the 5,100-student Manitowoc school district, about an hour and  half north of Milwaukee on the shores of Lake Michigan. But it highlights some of the regulatory and philosophical debates that are roiling the oft-criticized virtual-school sector. Wisconsin law requires that traditional public school districts inform parents of the full range of educational options available to them, including the state's nearly three dozen full-time online schools. Districts must also allow students to enroll in those other schools during an open-enrollment period that runs from February through April each year. But Wisconsin districts have leeway in how they handle transfer requests outside of that window. Superintendent Mark Holzman cited two main reasons for the Manitowoc district's decision to deny students who seek to enroll in virtual schools through an alternative process. "We're not a huge district, and we've already hired teachers and made plans for these students to attend," Holzman said. "We've also found that students who were applying to virtual schools outside the open-enrollment window were not having success," he said. "The virtual school sends them back to us four or six months later without having accumulated any credits, and we have to find a program that works for them."
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2017/08/wisconsin_district_denies_virtual_schools.html?cmp=soc-twitter-shr


CONSIDER IT: SCHOOL CHOICE AND THE CASES FOR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION AND CHARTER SCHOOLS
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
Jonathan Cetel: Founding executive director of PennCAN
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.

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.
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/PASCD-Conference-Registration-is-Now-Open.html?soid=1101415141682&aid=5F-ceLtbZDs

Save the Date! NSBA 2018 Advocacy Institute February 4-6, 2018 Marriott Marquis, Washington D.C.
Registration Opens Tuesday, September 26, 2017


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