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Keystone
State Education Coalition
Almost no
mention of K12 in SOTU; quick nod to career/tech ed
It takes a
community: Community schools provide opportunities for all
Everyone
benefits when a school assumes responsibility for coordinating services that
address the many nonacademic needs of students and their families.
Kappan Online February 2018 Issue By Reuben
Jacobson, Lisa Villarreal, José Muñoz, and Robert Mahaffey
At one school, a teacher shows up every day with a
solid lesson plan and a great attitude. She has most of her students engaged,
working in groups, and doing all the classroom practices we know represent
high-quality pedagogy. However, several of her students are missing from school
— again. One student is absent because he cares for two younger siblings in the
morning, but the teacher doesn’t know how to get him help. One is too hungry to
focus, but there is no breakfast program at her school. One has trouble staying
awake and cries a lot, and two others are frustrated because they need glasses
and can’t see what’s written on the blackboard. At the end of the day, many of
her students will head home to an unpredictable, unsafe environment or may
wander the neighborhood unsupervised, perhaps getting into trouble. The teacher
remains committed to her work, but she wonders how she will ever be able to
succeed with students who have “so many problems.” At another school, students
start their day by meeting with local mentors over breakfast. During third
period, a student must be excused for her annual checkup, but instead of
leaving school to go to the doctor, she sees a pediatrician at the school-based
health clinic and then returns to class. When the traditional school day ends,
a dozen volunteers come to the school to lead after-school activities that
students have asked for, including robotics, music, and athletics. Later that
evening, students and their parents come to the school for a regularly
scheduled community dinner provided by the district, where teachers are on hand
to help students with homework, and parents receive guidance on registering for
health insurance and connecting to needed social services.
“Bottom line: the Supreme Court,
righting one wrong, has created another. While rightly tackling Pennsylvania’s
horribly gerrymandered congressional districts, they have unwisely unleashed an
inherently unstable process that creates more problems than it solves.
Fortunately, the court still has time to accomplish its original noble goal by
extending the time frame to produce a new map by an additional 30-45 days.”
Guest
Column: Redistricting? Court created chaos on the Susquehanna
By G. Terry Madonna &
Michael L. Young, Delco Times Guest Columnists POSTED: 01/30/18, 7:35 PM EST
G.
Terry Madonna is Professor of Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall
College; Young is a speaker, pollster, author, and was professor of Politics
and Public Affairs at Penn State University.
A shock it was not. The dramatic decision by the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to strike down the state’s 2011 Republican-drawn
congressional boundary lines was not a huge surprise. At some point, the
egregious gerrymandering implemented in the state earlier this decade was bound
to be struck down – both on the merits and the hard political fact that the
state Supreme Court now sports a commanding 5-2 Democratic majority. Might met
right on this one and both prevailed in finding that the 2011 voting district
lines violated the state constitution. The rejected 2011 maps were designed to
ensure that Republicans would dominate congressional elections in the state
throughout the decade; they accomplished this brilliantly, giving them 13 of 18
seats, despite Democrats holding an 800,000 active voter edge. They did this by
creating some voting districts whose shapes are so horrendous they made
Pennsylvania an ongoing national joke. One particular atrocious example is the
7th congressional district in Delaware County, one of the most gerrymandered in
the nation. So grotesquely disfigured, it was nicknamed “Goofy chasing Donald
Duck.”
Deadline
for Philly school board applications extended
The notebook January 30, 2018 — 1:43pm
Applicants will get an extra week to apply for a
position on the mayor’s new school board. The nominating panel is extending the
deadline for applications to Feb. 7. Applications can be submitted through the online form, and paper
applications can be picked up and dropped off at City Hall, Room 204. “We are
incredibly pleased that nearly 500 individuals have already applied and
submitted nominations,” nominating panel chair Wendell Pritchett said in a
statement. “We want to make sure that as many interested and qualified
Philadelphians as possible are able to apply, so we are extending the deadline
to allow more time for outreach and to ensure that all interested applicants
can submit their applications in time for us to review.” The nominating panel
will submit a final list of 27 nominees to the mayor by the end of February,
and the mayor will pick nine members to appoint to the board sometime in
March. The board will get oriented while the School Reform Commission is still
operating, between April and June, and then assume control of District
governance on July 1. For residents who would like to learn more about the
process of re-establishing local control of the District, city officials
will hold information sessions on the
following dates:
As SRC
nears end, Philly charter schools turn up the heat on City Hall
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent January 30, 2018
Hundreds of
Philadelphia charter school students and supporters rallied at City Hall
Tuesday, demanding representation on the new board of education and better
charter agreements from the school district. The turnout and location — City
Hall instead of school district headquarters — foreshadowed a new kind of
school politics, one where interest groups target city leaders instead of state
appointees. “The message should be loud and clear that the whole educational
landscape is changing, the governance landscape, which means that the balance
of power is going to start right here in City Hall,” said David Hardy, former
head of Boys Latin Charter School in Southwest Philadelphia. “We wanted to get
to the people who are going to be making decisions in the future.”
“With
the return of local control and the enhanced power of the mayor and Council in
driving school policy, charter leaders are concerned about maintaining the
commitment to this approach. Now, 70,000 students attend 84 charters in the
city – about 35 percent of those in publicly funded schools.”
Hundreds
rally in City Hall for charter schools
They are seeking to influence who is chosen
for the Board of Education and to get Council support in disputes with District
regulations.
The notebook by Dale Mezzacappa January 30, 2018 —
6:43pm
Charter school proponents flooded City Hall on
Tuesday to demonstrate their political clout, urge the appointment of a new
Board of Education that will be charter-friendly, and draw attention to their
ongoing dispute with the District over conditions for charters' operation
and renewal. Several City Council members attended the start of the rally,
which filled the Mayor’s Reception Room to overflowing and sent scores of
people to a second room down the hall. Parents, teachers, and students held
signs such as “School board for all” and “Stand with charters.” “We are
for charter schools,” said City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell before leaving to
attend another event. “We know how the parents in the community feel about them
— they love them, and they feel they are safe there.” Mayor Kenney appointed a
13-member nominating committee that will submit to him 27 names, from which he
will choose a new nine-member board to replace the School Reform Commission.
The SRC is a state-dominated body that has run the District for 17 years and
was installed in part to usher in a “portfolio” model of schooling that
included charters and other schools that were privately managed.
Amid a
standoff with Philly schools, hundreds rally for charters
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Staff
Writer @newskag | kgraham@phillynews.com Updated: JANUARY
30, 2018 — 4:24 PM EST
Amid an ongoing standoff with the Philadelphia
School District, hundreds of people rallied for Philadelphia charter schools at
City Hall on Tuesday. For nearly two years, some charter schools have refused to sign
their operating agreements, saying the terms demanded by the district’s
charter school office threaten “our existence and our autonomy,” said Scott
Gordon, CEO of Mastery Charter Schools, the city’s largest charter network. Tension
between charters and traditional public schools is nothing new, but Tuesday
brought the feud over accountability and perceived overreach into sharp public
relief. Flanked by several City Council members, parents, students and
officials from 15 charter networks and schools called on the School District to
soften its stance on charter renewals. They also urged Mayor Kenney to consider
charter interests as he prepares to form a new school board.
“The notion that the closure of several Philadelphia schools was caused by greedy charter school operators is ludicrous. The primary culprit was a long-accumulating budget deficit (totaling $1.35 billion), brought on by bureaucratic bloat, inefficiency, and declining school enrollment — which saw more than a quarter of school seats empty and left the district with badly underused buildings in need of millions of dollars in repairs.”
Hollywood Takes On Philadelphia Schools — And Fails
Real Clear Education Opinion By Sen. Anthony Williams, David Hardy & Sharif El-Mekki January 30, 2018
As native Philadelphians who have pursued careers —
as a state legislator, a founder of a local charter school, and a school
principal — focused on empowering individuals and communities, we feel an
obligation to Philadelphia’s children to ensure they receive high-quality
education. In Philadelphia that has meant establishing charter schools and
providing scholarships to support parents’ ability, and right, to decide how
best to educate their children. In an ideal world, this issue would not be so
pressing. All schools would excel academically, provide excellent environments
for learning, and be accessible to kids from all corners of the city. But we
are far removed from that ideal. Many of Philadelphia’s schools fail to provide
anything approaching a quality academic experience. Instruction is below par;
students are not challenged academically; and the environment can be dangerous.
Hence, the growth of charter schools and the community and parental empowerment
they foster. A documentary being screened in cities around the country, and
shown here to the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT), purports to show
how our public schools — and public schools everywhere — are being forced to
close because charter schools are stealing “their” money.
Last Night
We Lay Down In The Street To Protest Closed Door Meetings About Public
Education in Philadelphia
Wrench in the Gears Blog January 30, 2018
Public education activists are living through an
interesting moment now in Philadelphia. The School Reform Commission is being
disbanded. In the coming months Mayor Jim Kenney will be appointing a school
board from nominations put forth by a select panel. The process is
murky, and a pattern of closed-door education policy decision-making has been
established here, here, and here. Last night, the
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce held a ticketed event to discuss
the future of business in our schools at Girard College, an
important site of struggle in the Civil
Rights Movement. You had to be a Chamber of Commerce affiliate to purchase a
$35 ticket for the event, which included the following language on the event
website. One of the lead sponsors of the night’s event was Comcast, the
Philadelphia-based telecommunications giant that established a partnership
with Khan Academy in 2013 and
would benefit tremendously from increased digitization of public education. It
appears the future of public education in our city is being mapped out by
industry, venture capital, and well-connected non-profit and higher education
partners. The people, meanwhile, are left standing outside the gate. Last
night, however, the real action WAS outside the gate as a dozen activists
carried out an act of civil disobedience to contest policies of exclusion and
shine a light on the mayor’s hypocrisy in casting this new school board as a
step towards accountable local control. Because what does “local control”
actually mean if educational policies are being directed by the hands of elite
interests in Greek Temples with no teachers, students, or parents present?
Berks
County schools welcome Puerto Rican students
Institutions educate and aim to help those
who fled in wake of Hurricane Maria
Reading Eagle WRITTEN BY ANTHONY OROZCO AND JEREMY LONG SUNDAY JANUARY 28,
2018 12:01 AMREADING, PA — U.S. Reps. Charlie Dent and Lloyd Smucker last month called for more federal assistance for schools experiencing an influx of students from Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.In a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the Republican lawmakers note that hundreds of students from the island have arrived in local school districts in recent weeks. Dent and Smucker, who represent portions of Berks County, reported hundreds of students came into local districts, presenting a need for more staffing and resources. The Reading School District and neighboring districts have reported taking on students from the hurricane-ravaged island and allocating educators and resources to meet those needs. Districts also report a mix of reactions to the new arrivals, with some characterizing it as business as usual, but the districts do find common ground in welcoming any additional funds that can come their way.
His agency has found missing
documentation or missing criminal-background checks for drivers during audits
of 58 districts going back to 2013. In all of those cases, he said, the
districts were using contractors to provide bus services. DePasquale said
districts have a legal responsibility to ensure drivers are qualified, even if
they are not district employees.
Audit finds
Pennsylvania school bus drivers with criminal convictions
Delco Times By Mark
Scolforo, The Associated Press POSTED: 01/30/18,
2:23 PM EST
HARRISBURG >> Ineligible drivers have ended up
behind the wheel of Pennsylvania school buses, including some with assault and
other disqualifying criminal convictions, the state auditor general’s office
said Tuesday. The agency said a new a state audit found that five bus drivers
working for a contractor in the Lancaster School District had convictions that
should have kept them from doing jobs that involve direct contact with
children, including a drug offense, a firearms violation and felony assault. In
all, 21 of 132 bus drivers in the district did not meet employment standards,
including 11 that lacked a valid driver’s license, required training or a
physical exam, the agency said. The school district said its bus contractor has
since removed the ineligible drivers and the district has changed its oversight
process regarding bus driver qualifications. Democratic Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said
that in a series of audits released over the past five years, his agency also
found five other drivers in three districts who were ineligible because of
convictions. “To say that this is insane would be an understatement,”
DePasquale said. “This should be the wake-up call — I’m going to call everyone
out statewide if they do this.”
Hundreds
of Pa. bus drivers unqualified to transport students, five years of state
audits show
Penn Live By Jan Murphy jmurphy@pennlive.com Updated Jan
30, 6:48 PM; Posted Jan 30, 4:37 PM
Five people with criminal convictions of
assault, drug pushing and illegal possession of a firearm were sitting in the
driver's seat of school buses transporting some Lancaster School District
students despite being ineligible to do so, according to a state audit
released on Tuesday. While that is the most extreme case of school bus
driver qualification problems that his auditors encountered in any one school
district, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said it's not the first time
they've seen this. Since 2013, his auditors have found 724 deficiencies
in 58 school districts around the state where driver documentation including a
valid driver's license, criminal background checks, and other required
certification were missing. In every instance, it has involved drivers employed
by outside bus contractors that districts hire.
Pennsylvania’s
high court to hear appeal of Philly soda tax
Delco Times By The
Associated Press POSTED: 01/30/18,
2:50 PM EST
PHILADELPHIA >> Pennsylvania’s highest court
will hear an appeal in a lawsuit challenging Philadelphia’s year-old tax on
soda and other sweetened drinks by the industry and retailers. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a brief order
Tuesday saying it would hear the appeal on whether the tax violates a 1932 law
prohibiting Philadelphia from taxing a transaction or subject already taxed by
the state. A lower court upheld Philadelphia’s 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on
sweetened beverages. That court’s majority said the beverage tax doesn’t
duplicate the state sales tax because it is imposed on distributors and thus hits
a different target. The money from the tax is designed to help pay for
prekindergarten, community schools and recreation centers.
If fully passed onto consumers, the tax is $1.44 on
a six-pack of 16-ounce bottles.
“He said the district is required to
prepare a balanced budget by state law. Mr. McCullough also said without
mandated payments to the Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System, the
district would have no financial problems.
After the meeting, Mr. Zahorchak said
the district’s required payments into the pension fund, which totaled just over
$1 million a year five to six years ago, have ballooned to just under $10
million per year.”
Plum
school board taking steps to balance budget
Post-Gazette by ANNE CLOONAN JAN 30, 2018 11:58
PM
Plum school board members took the first step
Tuesday toward closing Regency Park Elementary School. School directors voted
to advertise a hearing set for Feb. 20 to gather public comments on the
possible closing. District solicitor Bruce Dice said the hearing will probably
be held at 7 p.m. District business manager John Zahorchak has said closing the
school would save the financially troubled district about $1.4 million.
Currently, the district faces a $5 million budget deficit for the 2018-19
school year. Earlier this month, Mr. Zahorchak said closing the school could
result in 11 to 19 furloughs, depending on how many teachers retire this year. The
board heard a detailed presentation from Wayne McCullough of the Pennsylvania
Association of School Business Officials, which conducted a financial review of
the district.
“By 1830, the population of Beaver
County had ballooned to over 24,000, a 57 percent jump in one decade. While
Pennsylvania’s Constitution had called for public schools since 1790, no
funding component was created until 1834. In that year, the state passed the
Free School Act, which authorized the collection of public taxes for education
purposes. Almost immediately, the pressing need for expanding schooling was
tackled. Communities began developing school districts shortly after the Free
School Act was passed. An 1835 chart of Beaver County’s school districts showed
that 18 districts had begun collecting taxes for education. These included the
districts of North Beaver, Little Beaver and Shenango, which would be lost to
the creation of Lawrence County in 1849.”
Histories
& Mysteries: One-room schoolhouses were Beaver County’s ticket to education
Beaver County Times
By Jeffrey Snedden For The Times Posted
Jan 30, 2018 at 2:00 AM
“The
schoolhouse was a cabin built of hewn logs, frequently without clapboards or
even shingles, and with perhaps two or more four-pane windows with greased
paper for lights.” – The Rev. Joseph H. Bausman, 1904. That was the description
of Beaver County’s earliest one-room schoolhouses, as given by our county’s
most profound historian in his 1904 book, “History of Beaver County,
Pennsylvania.” The Rev. Bausman went on to describe the “furniture” of the
schoolhouse, which essentially boiled down to several hand-carved benches and a
log stool for the teacher. A pot-bellied, wood-burning stove would be centrally
located in the small building, offering heat for those blistering winter
mornings. Students of all ages would huddle inside the school to learn the
“three R’s” – readin’, ‘ritin’, and ’rithmetic – along with their daily Bible
verses. One of the very first schoolhouses in Beaver County
was erected in Beaver before the county was officially formed. In 1789, local
men used the discarded wood of Fort McIntosh to construct a log cabin on what
is today Second Avenue. This cabin was used for several purposes, including as
a tavern, until 1799. In that year, Electra Smith taught her first classes at
the new “Beavertown” school.
“There was almost no mention of K-12
schools in the speech, including Trump's favorite issue: school choice. Trump
did ask lawmakers to enact paid family leave, and gave a quick nod to the
importance of career and technical education.”
Trump
Calls on Congress to Help 'Dreamers,' Bolster Borders
Education Week By Alyson Klein on January
30, 2018 10:22 PM
Washington, D.C. - President Donald Trump used his first
State of the Union address to call on Congress to create a path of citizenship
to "Dreamers"—including thousands of current K-12 teachers and
students who were brought to the country as undocumented children—while
boosting border security and significantly restricting legal immigration.
And he asked Democrats to join him passing an infrastructure bill, without
specifically asking for new resources for school construction—a priority for
many in the education community.
“The Charles Koch Institute distributed
roughly $100 million to 350 colleges and universities last year, up sevenfold
over the past five years. What’s newer is the emphasis on elementary and
secondary education. The network declined to offer exact figures but said it
will double investment in K-12 this year, with much more planned down the road.”
The Daily
202: Koch network laying groundwork to fundamentally transform America’s
education system
By James Hohmann January 30 at
8:06 AM Email the author
THE
BIG IDEA: INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The Koch
network will
spend around $400
million on politics and policy this election
cycle,
but that’s only part of a grander effort to fundamentally transform America.
Making a long-term play, the billionaire
industrialist Charles Koch and his like-minded friends on the right are
increasingly focused on melding the minds of the next generation by making
massive, targeted investments in both K-12 and higher education. Changing the
education system as we know it was a central focus of a three-day donor seminar
that wrapped up late last night at a resort here in the desert outside Palm
Springs. “We’ve made more progress in the last five years than I had in the
last 50,” Koch told donors during a cocktail reception. “The capabilities we
have now can take us to a whole new level. … We want to increase the
effectiveness of the network … by an order of magnitude. If we do that, we can
change the trajectory of the country.”
Leaders of the network dreamed of disrupting the
status quo, customizing learning and breaking the teacher unions. One initial
priority is expanding educational saving accounts and developing technologies
that would let parents pick and choose private classes or tutors for their kids
the same way people shop on Amazon. They envision making it easy for families
to join together to start their own “micro-schools” as a new alternative to the
public system.
Advertising in schools?
A number of school districts
across the country have turned to advertising as a way to fill budget gaps.
Some districts have offered corporate naming rights to buildings and others
have allowed ads on buses and lockers. A reporter for the Harrisburg
Patriot-News is investigating the prevalence of ads in Pa. schools and needs
your help. Please contact him if you’re aware of any of the following in your
area:
· Ads placed on sports uniforms, school buses, lockers, or other areas of
school grounds.
· Corporate sponsorship of sports fields, buildings, parking lots, or
other school property.
· Ads on school websites or newsletters.
· Any other examples of advertising or sponsorship in the school
environment or curriculum.
You can reach reporter Daniel Simmons-Ritchie at simmons-ritchie@pennlive.com or on 717-255-8162
NSBA 2018
Advocacy Institute February 4 - 6, 2018 Marriott Marquis, Washington D.C.
Register Now
Come a day early and attend the Equity
Symposium!
Join hundreds of public education advocates
on Capitol Hill and help shape the decisions made in Washington D.C. that
directly impact our students. At the 2018 Advocacy Institute, you’ll gain
insight into the most critical issues affecting public education, sharpen your
advocacy skills, and prepare for effective meetings with your representatives. Whether
you are an expert advocator or a novice, attend and experience inspirational
keynote speakers and education sessions featuring policymakers, legal experts
and policy influencers. All designed to help you advocate for your students and
communities.
Local School Board Members to Advocate on Capitol Hill in 2018
NSBA's Advocacy Institute 2018 entitled, "Elected. Engaged. Empowered: Representing the Voice in Public Education," will be held on February 4-6, 2018 at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. This conference will convene Members of Congress, national thought-leaders, state association executives and well-known political pundits to provide local school board members with an update on key policy and legal issues impacting public education, and tactics and strategies to enhance their ability to influence the policy-making process and national education debate during their year-round advocacy efforts.
WHAT'S NEW - ADVOCACY INSTITUTE '18?
·
Confirmed
National Speaker: Cokie Roberts, Political Commentator for NPR and ABC News
·
NSBA
will convene first ever National School Board Town Hall on School Choice
·
Includes
General Sessions featuring national policy experts, Members of Congress,
"DC Insiders" and local school board members
·
Offers
conference attendees "Beginner" and "Advanced" Advocacy
breakout sessions
·
NSBA
will host a Hill Day Wrap-Up Reception
Click here to register for the Advocacy Institute.
The hotel block will close on Monday, January 15PSBA Closer Look Series Public Briefings
The Closer Look Series Public Briefings will take a deeper dive into concepts contained in the proposed Pennsylvania State Budget and the State of Education Report. Sessions will harness the expertise of local business leaders, education advocates, government and local school leaders from across the state. Learn more about the fiscal health of schools, how workforce development and early education can be improved and what local schools are doing to improve the State of Education in Pennsylvania. All sessions are free and open to the public.
Connecting Student Success to Employment
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel – Pittsburgh Green Tree Feb. 27, 2018, 7-8:45 a.m.
More than eight out of 10 students taking one or more industry-specific assessments are achieving either at the competent or advanced level. How do we connect student success to jobs in the community? What does the connection between schools and the business community look like and how can it be improved? How do we increase public awareness of the growing demand for workers in the skilled trades and other employment trends in the commonwealth? Hear John Callahan, PSBA assistant executive director, and Matt Smith, president of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, give a free, public presentation on these topics followed by a Q&A period.
A Deeper Dive into the State of Education
Crowne Plaza Philadelphia – King of Prussia March 6, 2018, 7-8:45 a.m.
In the State of Education Report, 40% of schools stated that 16% to 30% of students joining schools at kindergarten or first grade are below the expected level of school readiness. Learn more about the impact of early education and what local schools are doing to improve the State of Education in Pennsylvania. A free, public presentation by local and legislative experts will be followed by a Q&A period.
Public Education Under Extreme Pressure
Hilton Harrisburg March 12, 2018, 7-8:45 a.m.
According to the State of Education Report, 84% of all school districts viewed budget pressures as the most difficult area to manage over the past year. With so many choices and pressures, school districts must make decisions to invest in priorities while managing their locally diverse budgets. How does the state budget impact these decisions? What investments does the business community need for the future growth of the economy and how do we improve the health, education and well-being of students who attend public schools in the commonwealth in this extreme environment? Hear local and legislative leaders in a free, public presentation on these topics followed by a Q&A period.
Registration for these public briefings: https://www.psba.org/2018/01/closer-look-series-public-briefings/
Registration is now open for the 2018 PASA Education Congress! State College, PA, March 19-20, 2018
Don't miss this marquee event for Pennsylvania school leaders at the Nittany Lion Inn, State College, PA, March 19-20, 2018.
Learn more by visiting http://www.pasa-net.org/2018edcongress
SAVE THE DATE for the 2018
PA Educational Leadership Summit - July 29-31 - State College, PA sponsored by
the PA Principals Association, PASA, PAMLE and PASCD.
This year's Summit will be held from July 29-31, 2018 at the Penn Stater
Conference Center Hotel, State College, PA.
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