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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

PA Ed Policy Roundup Oct. 24: Say No to SB2, Next Generation School Vouchers in PA

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PA Ed Policy Roundup Oct. 24, 2017:


VOUCHERS: The PA Senate Education Committee Meeting scheduled for Tuesday 10/24 at 11:30 AM in Room 8E-B East Wing will include consideration of SB2,  “Education Savings Accounts” the 2017 version of vouchers, which would drain funding from our most underfunded schools.
Please consider calling your senator today, especially those who are members of the education committee.
Contact Info for All Members of the Senate:



Thanks to Senate Education Committee Chairmen John Eichelberger and Andy Dinniman for their candid discussion of pending legislative education policy topics at the PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference in Hershey last week. Here’s the video on PCN….
Video: Future of Education in PA
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PA School Boards Association program on the future of education in Pennsylvania with PA Senate Education chairs John Eichelberger and Andy Dinniman.

Say No to Next Generation School Vouchers in PA
Tell your senator to vote NO on Senate Bill 2
ActionNetowrk by PA PUBLIC ED HARRISBURG October 23, 2017
Under the bill, parents of students in low-achieving schools can receive funds in the form of Education Savings Accounts (ESA) to attend a participating nonpublic school and for other expenses. Low-achieving is defined as the lowest performing 15% of elementary and secondary public schools, based on PSSA and Keystone Exam scores. (This does not include charter schools or CTCs.) Those school districts would see their basic and special education subsidies reduced by the amount calculated for each participating student, with that money put into an ESA account for parents to use for “qualified education expenses.” Senate Bill 2 creates a program targeted to the same schools targeted by the existing EITC and OSTC scholarships that already can be used at private schools. ESA proposals have been introduced in various states across the country, and have been dubbed by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) as “the next generation of vouchers.” (http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/the-next-generation-of-school-vouchers-education-savings-accounts.aspx) Block passage of Senate Bill 2 and this latest attempt to sell vouchers. Please take a moment to contact your senators.here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/say-no-to-next-generation-school-vouchers-in-pa?source=direct_link&

URGENT: Pennsylvania Legislators Rush to Enact Vouchers, Take Money from YOUR Public Schools
By dianeravitch October 23, 2017
Peter Greene writes here about a sneaky effort in the Pennsylvania legislature to push through a voucher bill without public hearings. Republicans following the DeVos script want to raid public school funds and transfer your tax dollars to unaccountable private and religious schools and for a variety of other purposes (in one state in the west, a parent used the “education savings account voucher” to pay for an abortion, another parent bought school supplies, returned them, and bought the family a big-screen television). If you live in Pennsylvania, contact Your State Senator NOW.

PA: Urgent! Vouchers Are Back
Curmuducation Blog by Peter Greene Monday, October 23, 2017
Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, the Senate Education Committee will be once again considering a bill to promote vouchers across the state of Pennsylvania, and to pay for them by stripping money from public schools. If you're in Pennsylvania, drop what you're doing and call your Senator today. SB 2, Education Savings Accounts for Students in Underperforming Schools, sets up vouchers with  no oversight and an extremely broad criterion for how the vouchers can be spent. According to the official summary, voucher money may be spent on
1) Tuition and fees at a participating private school; 
2) Payment for a licensed or accredited tutor; 
3) Fees for nationally norm-referenced tests and similar exams; 
4) Industry certifications; 
5) Curriculum and textbooks; and 
6) Services to special education students such as occupational, speech, and behavioral therapies.
So anything from private school tuition to buying books for home schooling to sending a child to massage therapist school. 

State Senate ponders House budget plan that's short of what it wanted
Reading Eagle by The Associated Press Tuesday October 24, 2017 06:00 AM
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature on Monday began what could be a long week as lawmakers worked again to try to end a four-month budget standoff with big borrowing and gambling expansion packages to backfill a projected $2.2 billion deficit. The Senate appeared ready to submit to a House budget-balancing plan that fell well short of what Senate leaders and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf had sought. The House plan, passed last week, contains a grab bag of tax increases that is projected to yield as much as $140 million in a full year but perhaps as little as $60 million. That is a small fraction of the $500 million-plus tax package the Senate had passed in July in an effort to help wipe out Pennsylvania's entrenched post-recession deficit. Pressing the House for more concessions likely would extend the budget standoff, rather than ending it this week, said Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre. "We're not thrilled with it, but it's like everything else, you've got to look at it in its totality," Corman said Monday. "And it isn't how we would have done it, obviously, but it's what they can get 102 votes for and ... that's got to be respected and understood."

Optimism starting to build - again - around Pa. Capitol about solving state budget stalemate
Penn Live By Charles Thompson cthompson@pennlive.com Updated on October 23, 2017 at 10:54 PM Posted on October 23, 2017 at 9:04 PM
Optimism is starting to build again around the idea that Pennsylvania's state government could have a completed budget. And soon. The Senate started moving related bills Monday, and the state House announced it would return to voting session on Tuesday. "It's one of those things where if everything's moving together, we could be done Wednesday," said Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre County. The so-far elusive goal here is completion of a $2.3 billion revenue package to close a lingering deficit from the 2016-17 budget year, and cover new spending in the current state budget.

Senate Passes Fiscal Code Bill With Fund Transfers, Other Provisions; Goes Back To House
Capitol Digest Blog by Crisci Associates October 24, 2017
The Senate Monday voted 41 to 9 to send a Fiscal Code bill-- House Bill 674 (Bernstine-R- Beaver)-- back to the House with specific fund transfers, a general provision requiring the transfer of $300 million from unnamed special funds to the General Fund to balance the state budget and other provisions. The general transfer provision requires the Governor to develop the list of special funds from which to take the $300 million and then submit that list to the State Treasurer.

Court bid to block Gov. Wolf borrowing, including $1.25B against PLCB profits
A lawsuit filed Monday attempts to block Gov. Wolf’s plan to borrow $1.25 billion against future PLCB profits to help fill a $2 billion budget gap.
Inquirer by Harold Brubaker, Staff Writer  @InqBrubaker |  hbrubaker@phillynews.com Updated: OCTOBER 23, 2017 — 5:31 PM EDT
Gov. Wolf’s plan to borrow $1.25 billion against future profits of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to help fill a gaping $2 billion budget gap for fiscal 2017-18 faces a court challenge. A petition for a temporary preliminary injunction was filed Monday in Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania by Matthew J. Brouillette, president and chief executive of the Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs; Rep. Jim Christiana (R., Beaver), and Harrisburg-area small businessman Ben Lewis. The petition said Wolf’s borrowing, including loans from the state treasury, violated the Pennsylvania Constitution. “Our constitution requires that the commonwealth’s budget be balanced, meaning that expenditures cannot exceed revenues, and that money only be borrowed in the name of the people of Pennsylvania with the explicit consent of their General Assembly,” the petition said.

State Senate bill would boost Erie schools
State House to consider proposal that includes recurring funding. Language part of Senate bill meant to help end state budget stalemate.
GoErie By Ed Palattella  Posted Oct 23, 2017 at 7:51 PM Updated Oct 23, 2017 at 7:51 PM
The state Senate on Monday revived the Erie School District’s hopes for $14 million in recurring additional state funding. In a 41-9 vote, the Republican-controlled Senate passed a budget-implementation bill that, among many other things, would make the $14 million in increased aid permanent from year to year for the Erie School District. The proposal, House Bill 674, also known as a fiscal code bill, now heads to the Republican-controlled state House for a vote, possibly as early as Tuesday. The bill is separate from a budget revenue package that the Senate and House must approve to end the state budget impasse that was 115 days old on Monday. The revenue package details how the state will fund the budget. The fiscal code establishes how the state will spend the money in the budget — once the budget is final. House Speaker Mike Turzai on Monday called the members back to Harrisburg for a Tuesday session that starts at 1 p.m. His staff said the purpose of the session is “to vote on budget items.” Turzai, R-Allegheny County, earlier had canceled the House session for this week

“In a stunning magnitude of funding disparity, HB 178 proposes to increase funding for tuition subsidies at private schools in the state to a grand total of $135 million over the next school year. At the same time, the bill would appropriate an extra $500,000 to use for public school districts facing severe budget shortfalls. However, that increase would only result in a total supply of $5 million for struggling public schools — less than four percent of the funding sent toward Pennsylvania’s private schools.”
Editorial: PA Republicans’ education bill offers little choice
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The first full school year under new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is well underway and, in a bill passed last week, Pennsylvania’s state legislators are mirroring the federal administration’s school policy. House Bill 178 is this year’s iteration of the state’s annual list of proposed changes to the Pennsylvania public school code. Passing the state House of Representatives last Wednesday, the legislation deals with issues in several areas of education policy, including standardized examinations, charter school governance and teacher evaluations. Given that it covers so many individual policies, it’s hard to say whether the bill would do more harm than good as law. Because of this mix, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has yet to make up his mind whether or not he’ll sign the bill if it arrives on his desk, Wolf spokesperson J.J. Abbott told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review last Wednesday. But in one area, the bill too closely resembles the dangerous rhetoric and proposals coming out of the DeVos Education Department — “school choice” and the level of funding for private schools versus public schools.

Controversial Education Bill Both Divides, Unites Teachers & School Boards
KDKA October 23, 2017 7:27 PM By Jon Delano
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — School boards applaud a bill, they say, could help them control spending in public education by allowing teacher lay-offs when economically required. A controversial omnibus education bill was approved last week by the state House and is now in the state Senate. Why the controversy? Because it would allow school districts to lay off teachers for economic reasons — and ignore seniority in making those lay-offs. “Right now school districts are encumbered to comply with the current law which does not allow for furloughs for economic reasons — economic/financial reasons,” South Park school director Patrick Sable told KDKA political editor Jon Delano on Monday. Sable says current law ties the hands of school officials.

School districts trying to combat racism
Intelligencer By Chris English Staff Writer October 24, 2017
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From Quakertown Community School District students hurling racial slurs at Cheltenham cheerleaders after a football game, to swastikas drawn on a bathroom wall at Council Rock High School North and racist graffiti scrawled on a Neshaminy school sign, it's clear schools reflect a larger societal truth.  Racism and hatred certainly are not dead. But officials at several area school districts contacted by this news organization said they are doing their best to combat it, and have various programs in place to fight hate and intolerance. Quakertown Superintendent William Harner said he and other district officials are determined to do everything possible to combat prejudice after the incident at the football game earlier this month, saying at a recent school board meeting he's going to "drive a truck through" racism in the district. "This is an opportunity to really have a public discussion about community values," Harner added. School board member Paul Stepanoff suggested "publicly logging" racial incidents in the district to see how widespread the problem is. Among the steps Quakertown has taken is partnering with The Peace Center in Langhorne to have staffers there come in and talk to students and teachers about ways to foster tolerance. Cheltenham School District spokesman Steve Greenbaum said officials there have been generally satisfied with Quakertown's efforts to engage in a "larger conversation on the issues of racism and tolerance."

How racist incidents at local schools taught a positive lesson | Editorial
by The Inquirer Editorial Board Updated: OCTOBER 24, 2017 — 5:00 AM EDT
The most disheartening thing about recent racist incidents in the Philadelphia region was the involvement of teenagers. It was a bitter reminder that despite progress since the 1960s, children are still being brought up to hate. But the rejection of hatred by students who were outraged by their peers’ racism taught another lesson, that the future does not have to be a repeat of the past. Washington Township High School students staged an all-day sit-in Thursday to show their disgust with a spate of racist, social-media messages exchanged by other students, most of them athletes. The messages led to a scuffle Wednesday between black and white students. The protesters said they needed to get school officials’ attention because this wasn’t the first incidence of racism at the South Jersey school. “We wanted to make a statement that this is not OK. The students want change,” said Kayla Webster, a junior. Coatesville Area High School students similarly decided to show disdain for bigotry after schoolmates posted photographs on social media of pumpkins carved with a swastika and KKK. Hundreds of Coatesville students walked out of class Friday and marched around the school.

When it comes to the children of York City, there are other numbers equally as important as test scores. We must acknowledge the reality of concentrated poverty in this urban setting; otherwise, we cannot adequately serve the needs of the nearly 6,000 children who currently attend our district schools. The reality of life for our students should give everyone pause.  More than 55 percent of the students who attend the School District of the City of York live in “acute poverty,” according to a recent report on education funding from the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials. That is the highest percentage of students living in acute poverty among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts.  When you consider the well-documented correlation between poverty and low academic achievement, our proficiency test scores begin to make a lot of sense.
York City school test scores show marked improvement (column)
York Daily Record Opinion by Eric B. Holmes Published 3:50 p.m. ET Oct. 20, 2017
Eric B. Holmes is superintendent of York City schools.
Thirty-one years ago, I accepted a job as a social studies teacher at the William Penn Senior High School and settled into an apartment on West Market Street near Continental Square. During those first few years in York, I regularly shopped at downtown stores and dined at downtown restaurants. Then I watched all of those places close or relocate to suburban shopping centers. The loss of York’s economic center triggered a downward spiral that took years to unfold, and then more years to recognize as the cause-and-effect pattern that’s struck so many cities across the United States. City residents lost access to good-paying jobs. Middle-class families left for the suburbs. Home prices declined. Single-family homes turned into multi-family rentals. Neighborhoods deteriorated and crime accelerated. About 20 years ago, the full impact of that spiral struck the School District of the City of York. I have never been interested in making excuses for the disappointing standardized test scores that have been attributed to York City schools. Those measures of grade-level proficiency accurately reflect the academic status of our students.  What I’ve found frustrating over the years, however, has been the lack of context in which those scores are reported, debated and criticized.

To reach special needs students, Bucks County school turns to virtual reality
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent October 23, 2017
Sophomore Oswald Darway cradled the air in front of him like it was a crystal ball.
To the outside observer, he appeared to hold nothing. But Darway, outfitted with a pair of 3D glasses, saw something magical hovering before him: a supersized carbon atom. “I’m just… I don’t even know,” Darway said. “It’s just so amazing to look at.” This moment of fascination came from a classroom unlike any other in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Earlier this year, the Valley Day School in Morrisville, Bucks County outfitted their computer room with 15 virtual reality devices made by a California company called zSpace. School administrators say they now have the area’s first “mixed reality lab.” And they believe their new technological toys can unlock the learning potential of an especially challenged student group.

Gas-tax supporter now against it because of tradeoffs on health, environment
Inquirer Opinion by Greg Vitali Updated: OCTOBER 23, 2017 — 10:38 AM EDT
State Rep. Greg Vitali (D., Delaware, Montgomery) represents the 166th Legislative District.
As a longtime supporter of the severance tax, I find myself in the unusual position of now opposing it. Although it would provide much-needed revenue for this year’s commonwealth budget, it is clear that Senate Republicans will not allow even a modest severance tax without exacting provisions that would significantly compromise the state Department of Environmental Protection’s ability to regulate the natural gas industry. Pennsylvania is the only major gas-producing state without a severance tax. It has been fiercely opposed by the drillers since it was first proposed by Gov. Edward Rendell in 2010. Since then, drillers and their representatives have spent $46.6 million on lobbying and $14.5 million on strategic campaign contributions to legislative leaders and key committee chairs, according to the Inquirer. But despite the gas industry’s opposition, the commonwealth’s dire financial situation has sparked serious discussion about a severance tax to help fund the budget. In July, the state Senate passed a tax-code bill that contained a severance tax of less than 1 percent. But the bill also included three provisions that would make it much more difficult for the DEP to regulate the natural gas industry.

Philadelphia's state senators join call for release of school environmental data
After recent mold outbreaks, officials are demanding more transparency.
The notebook by Greg Windle October 23, 2017 — 4:23pm
The drumbeat is building for the District to release detailed environmental data about every school. All seven of Philadelphia’s state senators have joined several members of the City Council and the Healthy Schools coalition in calling for the information to be made public.
In a letter to Superintendent William Hite, the state senators cite the mold outbreak at John B. Kelly Elementary School as the catalyst for demanding the data. “We appreciate the District’s work to remediate the problem and return students and staff to the school,” the letter reads. “But it’s alarming to us that this issue was not addressed prior to the start of school in September. Students and staff have been in that unhealthy environment for at least the past six weeks. That’s simply unacceptable.” In response to initial calls for more data to be released last week, the District issued a statement about the progress it is making on environmental issues.
http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/10/23/philadelphia-s-state-senators-join-call-for-release-of-school-environmental-data

State: Philadelphia violated rights of at least 800 young students
The District failed to evaluate incoming kindergartners and 1st graders with special needs.
The notebook by Staff report October 23, 2017 — 5:07pm
Pennsylvania education officials have ruled that the Education Law Center was right when it charged that the School District of Philadelphia violated the rights of about 800 students with disabilities who did not get needed services after entering kindergarten or 1st grade. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has ordered the District to take corrective action to provide compensatory services for all children who were denied a free and  appropriate public education due to the District’s delay and inaction. The Education Law Center applauded the department’s findings and intervention, but said that more is needed. “The department’s decision represents an important first step towards ensuring that all young children with disabilities receive the critical special education services they need from day one and are not forced to languish in kindergarten or 1st grade without the programming and support to which they are legally entitled,” said Sean McGrath, an attorney with the Education Law Center.
http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/10/23/state-philadelphia-violated-rights-of-at-least-800-young-students

SRC gives Hite a raise and a contract extension
The school superintendent was praised for bringing 'increased stability' and 'positive momentum' to the District.
The notebook October 23, 2017 — 4:10pm
The School Reform Commission gave Superintendent William Hite his report card today, and it looks like he gets an “A." He's being rewarded with a raise and a contract extension. In its annual evaluation of the superintendent, the SRC measures his performance using four levels: distinguished, proficient, needs improvement, and failing. He is assessed in six areas. In student growth and achievement, systems leadership, and human resource management, he was rated “proficient.” In the other three areas — district operations and financial management, communication and community relations, and professionalism — he was rated as “distinguished.” “The 2016-2017 school year was one of academic progress, increased stability and positive momentum,” SRC Chair Joyce Wilkerson said in a statement. “Because of Dr. Hite’s leadership and unwavering focus, the School District of Philadelphia not only continues to make important strides but is in a stronger position today than it was one year ago.” In the evaluation, the commission praised Hite for “steady leadership” that “led to another year of a balanced budget, sustained investment in classrooms, a contract with Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, and, most importantly,  the increased academic achievement of our students.”

On report-card day, Philly superintendent gets good marks, and a raise
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Staff Writer  @newskag |  kgraham@phillynews.com Updated: OCTOBER 23, 2017 — 1:57 PM EDT
William R. Hite Jr., Philadelphia’s school superintendent, earned strong marks — and a raise — from his bosses on the School Reform Commission, according to anevaluation released Monday. For the 2016-17 school year, Hite was rated “distinguished” in three areas — district operations and financial management; communication and community relations; and professionalism. He earned the next-highest grade, “proficient,” in student growth and achievement; systems leadership; and human resources management. The superintendent, whose contract runs through August 2022, also gets a raise, the first of his career in Philadelphia. He will make $311,760 annually, a salary bump of 3.92 percent; he had been earning $300,000. Hite’s raises are tied to the average base salary increase for teachers, who ratified their first new contract in years in June. SRC members cited Hite’s “leadership and unwavering focus” in their strong evaluation.

Webinar: Get the Facts on the Proposed Constitutional Amendment
OCT 31, 2017 • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Registration Required
Recently passed through the General Assembly as House Bill 1285, Joint Resolution 1 proposes to amend the constitution by authorizing the General Assembly to enact legislation allowing local taxing authorities (counties, municipalities and school districts) to exclude from property taxation up to the full assessed value of each homestead/farmstead property within the taxing jurisdiction. If approved, what does this change mean for schools in PA? In this complimentary webinar, learn about the legislative history, facts and implications of the amendment so you can make the decision that is right for you on Nov. 7.
Presenters include:
·         Nathan Mains, PA School Boards Association;
·         Hannah Barrick,  PA Association of School Business Officials
·         Jim Vaughan,  PA State Education Association
·         Mark DiRocco, PA Association of School Administrators
None of the organizations sponsoring this webinar have a position on the ballot question. The objective of the webinar is purely information based and to separate fact from fiction.
Register online here:  GoToWebinar.com
https://www.psba.org/event/webinar-proposed-constitutional-amendment/

Cyber Charter School Application; Public Hearing November 20
Pennsylvania Bulletin Saturday, October 14, 2017 NOTICES - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The Department of Education (Department) has scheduled one date for a public hearing regarding a cyber charter school application that was received on or before October 2, 2017. The hearing will be held on November 20, 2017, in Heritage Room A on the lobby level of 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126 at 9 a.m. The hearing pertains to the applicant seeking to operate a cyber charter school beginning in the 2018-2019 school year. The purpose of the hearing is to gather information from the applicant about the proposed cyber charter school as well as receive comments from interested individuals regarding the application. The name of the applicant, copies of the application and a listing of the date and time scheduled for the hearing on the application can be viewed on the Department's web site at www.education.pa.gov. Individuals who wish to provide comments on the application during the hearing must provide a copy of their written comments to the Department and the applicant on or before November 6, 2017. Comments provided by this deadline and presented at the hearing will become part of the certified record. For questions regarding this hearing, contact the Division of Charter Schools, (717) 787-9744, charterschools@pa.gov.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education Cyber Charter School Application for Commonwealth Education Connections Cyber Charter School 2017
Charter School Application Submitted: September 27, 2017

Delaware County Leaders Announce Groundbreaking Supreme Court Decision for Public Education Wed. Oct 25th 9:00 am Lansdowne
Community leaders, education advocates, parents to read from landmark ruling
Lansdowne (Oct 18, 2017) – On Wednesday, October 25th, Delaware County civic organizations, school districts will be joined by parents and advocates from across Delaware County to hail the landmark ruling by the PA Supreme Court (William Penn v. Pennsylvania Dep’t of Ed) that school districts and parents the opportunity to prove the case that the current method of funding school violates the education funding and equal protection clauses of the Pennsylvania constitution.
Reversing a precedent more than 20 years old, the Supreme Court has announced that the Commonwealth Court must hear the plaintiffs cases against the governor, the legislature, and the PA Department of Education.
WHAT:              Press conference and live reading to announce the PA Supreme Court Decision
WHO:               Rafi Cave, School Board Vice President, William Penn School District
Michael Churchill, Esq., Public Interest Law Center
Lawrence A. Feinberg, Co-Chair, Keystone State Education Coalition
Jane Harbert, Superintendent, William Penn School District
Jennifer Hoff, School Board President, William Penn School District
Shirlee Howe, Education Coordinator (Montco and Delco Counties), PCCY
Tomea Sippio-Smith, Education Policy Director, PCCY
Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, Esq., Public Interest Law Center
WHEN:             Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 9-10AM
WHERE:           Penn Wood High School, Green Avenue Campus
                        100 Green Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050
RSVP to shirleeh@pccy.org or call 215-563-5848 x34.
Seventh Annual Pennsylvania Arts and Education Symposium, November 2, 2017 Camp Hill
The 2017 Pennsylvania Arts and Education will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at the Radisson Hotel Harrisburg Convention Center in Camp Hill.  See the agenda here.
Early Bird Registration ends September 30.
https://www.eplc.org/pennsylvania-arts-education-network/


Support the Notebook and see Springsteen on Broadway
The notebook October 2, 2017 — 10:57am
Donate $50 or more until Nov. 10, enter to win – and have your donation doubled!
"This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for." – Bruce Springsteen
You can be a part of a unique Bruce Springsteen show in his career – and support local, nonprofit education journalism!  Donate $50 or more to the Notebook through Nov. 10, and your donation will be doubled, up to $1,000, through the Knight News Match. Plus, you will be automatically entered to win a pair of prime tickets to see Springsteen on Broadway!  One winner will receive two tickets to the 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, show at the Walter Kerr Theatre. These are amazing orchestra section seats to this incredible sold-out solo performance. Don't miss out on your chance to see the Boss in his Broadway debut. Donate to the Notebook today online or by mail at 699 Ranstead St., 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
http://thenotebook.org/articles/2017/10/02/springsteen-on-broadway

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

Register for New School Director Training in December and January
PSBA Website October 2017
You’ve started a challenging and exciting new role as a school director. Let us help you narrow the learning curve! PSBA’s New School Director Training provides school directors with foundational knowledge about their role, responsibilities and ethical obligations. At this live workshop, participants will learn about key laws, policies, and processes that guide school board governance and leadership, and develop skills for becoming strong advocates in their community. Get the tools you need from experts during this visually engaging and interactive event.
Choose from any of these 10 locations and dates (note: all sessions are held 8 a.m.-4 p.m., unless specified otherwise.):
·         Dec. 8, Bedford CTC
·         Dec. 8, Montoursville Area High School
·         Dec. 9, Upper St. Clair High School
·         Dec. 9, West Side CTC
·         Dec. 15, Crawford County CTC
·         Dec. 15, Upper Merion MS (8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m)
·         Dec. 16, PSBA Mechanicsburg
·         Dec. 16, Seneca Highlands IU 9
·         Jan. 13, A W Beattie Career Center
·         Jan. 13, Parkland HS
Fees: Complimentary to All-Access members or $170 per person for standard membership. All registrations will be billed to the listed district, IU or CTC. To request billing to an individual, please contact Michelle Kunkel at michelle.kunkel@psba.org. Registration also includes a box lunch on site and printed resources.

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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