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Thursday, March 22, 2018

PA Ed Policy Roundup March 22: Federal Spending Bill Would Boost Education Aid, Reject Trump/DeVos Choice Push


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Federal Spending Bill Would Boost Education Aid, Reject Trump Choice Push

Come out and join the discussion Friday morning at the MCIU
Uncharted Territory: Montgomery County PCCY Charter Report Release and Panel Discussion Friday March 23, 9:00AM - 10:30AM at MCIU
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit Friday March 23, 9:00AM - 10:30AM, 2 WEST LAFAYETTE STREET, NORRISTOWN, PA 19401
Panelists:
Frank Gallagher, Ed. D., Superintendent of Souderton Area School District
Dr. John George, Executive Director, Montgomery County Intermediate Unit
Rep. Kate Harper, 61st Legislative District
Rep. Steve McCarter, 154th Legislative District
David Loeb, Report Author, Research Associate, PCCY
Tomea Sippio-Smith, Education Policy Director, PCCY

“Title II, which provides professional development to educators, would be flat-funded at roughly $2.1 billion. The Trump budget pitch for fiscal 2018 eliminated Title II entirely—it was the single biggest cut to K-12 Trump sought for fiscal 2018. And Title IV, a block grant for districts that can fund a diverse set of needs from school safety to ed-tech, would receive $1.1 billion, a big increase from its current funding level of $400 million. Trump also sought to eliminate Title IV.”
Federal Spending Bill Would Boost Education Aid, Reject Trump Choice Push
Education Week Pollitics K12 Blog By Andrew Ujifusa on March 21, 2018 9:52 PM
UPDATED Lawmakers sent a message to President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in their bill to fund the federal government: We're not the biggest fans of your big education ideas. Congress would increase spending at the U.S. Department of Education by $2.6 billion over previously enacted levels in fiscal year 2018, up to $70.9 billion, under a new omnibus spending bill that could finally resolve a months-long logjam on Capitol Hill.  In addition, funding for Title I, the biggest pot of federal money for public schools, which is earmarked for disadvantaged students, would increase by $300 million from fiscal 2017 enacted spending, up to $15.8 billion. The fiscal 2018 spending bill, released late Wednesday, doesn't contain several key changes sought by Trump in his first budget plan. In fact, Trump's budget plan for fiscal 2018 would have cut discretionary education spending by $9.2 billion. So Congress' bill is a significant rebuke of sorts to the president's education vision.  In fact, the spending bill leaves out a $250 million private school choice initiative the president and DeVos sought, as well as a $1 billion program designed to encourage open enrollment in districts. 

Congress rejects much of Betsy DeVos' agenda in $1.3 trillion spending bill
Morning Call by Moriah Balingit and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Washington Post March 22, 2018
Congress dealt a blow to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' school choice agenda in a tentative spending bill released late Wednesday, rejecting her attempt to spend more than $1 billion promoting choice-friendly policies and private school vouchers. DeVos had sought to cut Education Department funding by $3.6 billion — about 5 percent. Among other cuts, she wanted to eliminate funding for after-school programs for needy youth and ax a grant program that helps low-income students go to college in favor of spending more than $1 billion to promote charter schools, magnet schools and private school vouchers. Her proposal also outlined cuts to the Office for Civil Rights because the office had grown more efficient, she said, a move that outraged Democrats and civil rights groups. Her budget also eliminated grant programs that supported student mental-health services — a move that received scrutiny in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. DeVos said her budget reflected her policy priorities and her attempts to roll back the role the federal government plays in schools.


2018 PSBA Advocacy Day April 16, 2018 Harrisburg
Join PSBA and your fellow school directors for the annual Advocacy Day on Monday, April 16, 2018, at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. PSBA is partnering with Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units to have a stronger voice for public education. Hear how advocacy makes a difference in the legislative process and the importance of public education advocacy. This event is free for members; registration is required.
Register online here: http://www.mypls.com/Default.aspx?tabid=3753


“Progressives are not stupid and evil. Conservatives are not racists and misogynists. Our fellow Americans who disagree with us are not our enemies. They are our fellow Americans who differ with us. And we should not put up with politicians, on the left or right, who can’t seem to understand this.”
Marc Thiessen: Political sides may disagree, but the other side is not the enemy
Daily Local Opinion by Marc Thiessen POSTED: 03/20/18, 6:07 PM EDT
I’m a rock-ribbed conservative who wants Republicans to keep control of Congress. But I’m not unhappy that Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone appears to have lost the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District. Why? Because he insulted my mother. Trailing his Democratic opponent in a district Donald Trump won by 20 points, but which still has more registered Democrats than Republicans, Saccone hit on a genius idea to turn out the vote: At a campaign rally just before voters went to the polls, he declared that liberals hate America and hate God. “I’ve talked to so many of these on the left,” he said. “.?.?. And I tell you, many of them have a hatred for our country. .?.?. I’ll tell you some more — my wife and I saw it again today: They have a hatred for God.” My mother is a liberal Democrat, and I can tell you: She does not hate America or God. Quite the opposite; she is one of the most patriotic people I know. She grew up in Nazi-occupied Poland, fought with the Polish underground, was taken to Germany as a prisoner of war, was liberated by Patton’s Army and moved to London. Eventually, she became a doctor and made her way to the United States, where she became a U.S. citizen.
http://www.dailylocal.com/opinion/20180320/marc-thiessen-political-sides-may-disagree-but-the-other-side-is-not-the-enemy

Punished for walkout, Bucks students turned detention into viral gun protest
Pennridge High School students gathered for detention last Saturday for defying school orders to stay in school during the national school walkout on March 14 that protested school gun violence after 17 people were killed in a Parkland, FL high school.
Inquirer by Kathy Boccella, Staff Writer  @Kathy_Boccella |  kboccella@phillynews.com Updated: MARCH 21, 2018 — 12:51 PM EDT
If students at Pennridge High School had to serve Saturday detention for walking out of school to protest gun violence after they were told not to, they were determined to make it count. In what they called “a modern sit-in,” the 46 Upper Bucks County students –the first of 225 who defied school officials on March 14’s National School Walkout Day – arrived for a two-hour detention last Saturday carrying placards bearing the names of kids who’d been gunned down in February’s Parkland, Fla., massacre, then sat on the floor and locked arms in a silent protest. Outside the school, it was anything but quiet. About two dozen other students, parents and supporters waved signs that proclaimed, “Enough!,” bringing cookies or ordering pizza for the teens. Off to the side were about a half-dozen gun-rights supporters staging a counter-protest, waving an American flag and signs supporting the NRA and President Trump. Police arrived at 8 a.m. to tell protesters to leave school property and move to the street.

Pennridge students plan to rally in Washington, D.C., meet Parkland, Fla., students
Pennridge High School students turned what was supposed to be punishment for holding a student walkout into another form of protest against gun violence.
Jacqueline Palochko Contact Reporter Of The Morning Call March 21, 2018
Pennridge High School students, who drew national attention when they received detentions for walking out of school in a call to end gun violence, will take their fight to Washington, D.C., where they will join students from Parkland, Fla., in a nationwide march. Four Pennridge students plan to attend the D.C. March for Our Lives Rally on Saturday and meet with students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and staff members were killed in February.
The anti-gun violence demonstration is expected to draw thousands to Washington, D.C. Locally, rallies will be held in Allentown and Easton to call for stricter gun control laws.

Mastery Charter student: ‘Proud to stand’ with strong youth to push for better gun laws
WHYY By Sanya Sek March 21, 2018
Sanya Sek is a student at Mastery Charter High School Thomas Campus in South Philadelphia.
BANG! BANG! A roaring noise rings out through the city. A rush of adrenaline takes over. The only thought is to run and scream in fear. It’s a gunshot, something that many civilians rarely hear but can easily detect. Sadly, my generation is all too familiar with the sound of a gun going off. It has created more fear — especially in children — who are now being targeted. Since Columbine in 1999, 21 fatal mass school shootings have occurred in the United States, all perpetrated with a weapon that was supposed to be used for protection but instead was used to create terror. On March 14, students at Mastery Charter High School Thomas Campus in South Philadelphia participated in a nationwide walkout to protest gun violence in schools across the United States. Students around the school spent 17 minutes to remember and honor the lives of the 17 students and staff who were gunned down in the school shooting in Florida one month before. However, 17 minutes is not enough to voice our concerns and highlight the fear that we hold within ourselves every day.

“It is clear we have a problem with the gun laws in this country. They are not squarely focused on keeping all of us safe - especially our children. There continue to be mass shootings - at our schools, churches and entertainment venues. Following each of these senseless, tragic events there's a great deal of idle, fruitless talk in the halls of Congress, and then the conversation quickly comes to an end.”
I run Dick's Sporting Goods. It's Congress's turn to do something about guns | Opinion
Penn Live Guest Editorial By Edward W. Stack Updated Mar 21, 5:29 PM
Throughout history, the United States has been a beacon of hope for the world - especially for people who appreciate and respect that we are a country founded on laws that have been enacted to guard our freedom and keep us safe. As a gun owner, I support the Second Amendment and understand why, for many, the right to bear arms is as American as baseball and apple pie. But I also agree with what Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in his majority opinion in 2008's landmark Heller case: "Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited." It is "not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose."

In Pottstown, Reps. Quigley, Hennessey urged to support Pre-K Counts
By Evan Brandt, The Mercury POSTED: 03/20/18, 3:34 PM EDT | UPDATED: 2 HRS AGO
POTTSTOWN >> When Pottstown’s two state representatives return to Harrisburg for budget talks in the coming weeks, they will do so with a deeper understanding of the benefits of last year’s $30 million increase in state funding for Pre-K Counts. That understanding came as a result of visiting a Pre-K Counts-funded classroom at Franklin Elementary School Tuesday morning. Both state Rep. Tom Quigley, R-146th Dist., and state Rep. Tim Hennessey, R-26th Dist., said they see the value in giving kids who might otherwise start kindergarten behind the curve, a leg up on the start of their educational careers. “They deserve the same opportunities as other communities,” said Pottstown Schools Superintendent Stephen Rodriguez. “It’s about equity.” And — advocates from Public Citizens for Children and Youth to the Pottstown School District and its landmark PEAK program hope — Quigley and Hennessey will also see value in supporting the $40 million more in Pre-K Counts funding Gov. Wolf has called for in his budget for the coming fiscal year.
http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20180320/in-pottstown-reps-quigley-hennessey-urged-to-support-pre-k-counts

PA18: Saccone concedes race in 18th District to Lamb
Inquirer by Marc Levy, Associated Press Updated: MARCH 21, 2018 — 8:42 PM EDT
HARRISBURG — Republican State Rep. Rick Saccone has conceded a special congressional election in southwestern Pennsylvania to Democrat Conor Lamb after the GOP had considered a recount and legal action. Lamb, 33, claimed the seat by about 750 votes in the Republican-held 18th Congressional District, which President Trump won by almost 20 percentage points just 16 months ago. Lamb, who struck a moderate tone during the race and was backed by the district’s influential labor unions, beat Saccone, who had compiled one of the most conservative voting records in the state Legislature. He also benefited from what Pittsburgh-area Democrats called the party’s most energized electorate they had ever seen, driven by an anti-Trump fervor. Lamb succeeds Republican Tim Murphy, an eight-term congressman who resigned in October amid a sex scandal. Vote counting was nearly over. “I congratulate Mr. Saccone for a close, hard-fought race & wish him the best,” Lamb said Wednesday night on Twitter.

“Had these drastic cuts not taken place the state would have the funds to fix the inequality in our school funding, which is the worst in nation, and our fourth-from-the-bottom support of higher education. We would have more money for infrastructure. And adequate state funding for our schools would have prevented the rise in property taxes in many Pennsylvania counties.”
Opinion: Tax cuts for wealthy won't bring prosperity to PA
Public Opinion Online by Marc Stier Published 9:07 a.m. ET March 21, 2018
Marc Stier is the Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center.  
In the aftermath of the Trump-GOP tax cut enacted at the end of the last year, some legislators and advocates are calling for Pennsylvania to also cut tax rates for both individuals and corporations in the hopes of spurring economic growth and job creation.  It is hard to think of a worse idea for our political community, not only because it is unfair, but because it has been tried and failed again and again.  Pennsylvania has one of the most unequal tax systems in the country. Low-income Pennsylvanians pay 12% of their income in state and local taxes while middle-income Pennsylvanians pay 10%. But those with incomes in the top 5% pay only 6.8% of their income taxes while the top 1% pay only 4.2%. With a tax system this unfair, why should we emulate a federal tax cut that mostly reduces taxes for those at the top? 
https://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/opinion/2018/03/21/tax-cuts-wealthy-wont-bring-prosperity-pa/444794002/

York district countersues Thackston Charter, seeks order closing school, plus attorney fees
York Dispatch by Junior Gonzalez, 717-505-5439/@EducationYD Published 10:08 a.m. ET March 21, 2018 | Updated 2:33 p.m. ET March 21, 2018
Just a month ago, the York City School District stated it had “a plan in place” for the expected influx of students from the Helen Thackston Charter School. Now, in a response and counterclaim to Thackston’s lawsuit filed on Feb. 20, the district’s lawyers say the charter school’s failure to close by June 30 would cost the district “an amount that cannot be accurately computed or ascertained.” Filed March 15 in the York County Court, York City School District lawyers denied claims outlined in Thackston’s lawsuit, including the district’s knowledge of the charter school’s poor record-keeping practices under previous management. But district lawyers contend it doesn’t matter whether they did — Thackston agreed to submit completed audits for the 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years by Jan. 31 — and the response alleges Thackston should be held to account for its failure to do so.
https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/education/2018/03/21/city-district-countersues-thackston-seeks-court-order-closure-delay-would-cause-significantly-negati/440299002/

Parenting from inside prison walls
Communication is the key to keeping this family with an incarcerated father connected.
The notebook/WHYY by Darryl C. Murphy March 21, 2018 — 1:49pm
Editor's note: The Notebook is one of 15 news organizations in The Reentry Project, a solutions-oriented focus on the issues facing formerly incarcerated Philadelphians. The aim is to produce journalism – across the city and across media platforms – that speaks to the challenges of reentry and what can be done about them.  This story is a collaboration between the Notebook and WHYY News, which produced the video that can be seen here and toward the bottom of this story.
At sunrise on a cold Saturday, while most families were still enjoying their extra time to snooze, Nekia Pressley and her children gathered in her Dodge minivan for their regular trip to Graterford prison. Pressley, 38, lives with three of her children in the Hunting Park section of the city – Yani, 17; Dimeen, 13; and Darwish, 10. Yani is the youngest of three daughters from a previous partner, and the two boys are brothers from a long-term relationship that ended in 2012.  After that split five years ago, Pressley was raising her children alone. But when her cousin introduced her to Demetris McDuffy, an inmate at Graterford prison, things began to change.  Pressley and McDuffy, who are both devout Muslims, developed a friendship that evolved into a marriage in 2015. Since then, through regular phone calls and visits, McDuffy has played the role of husband and father from inside the thick stone walls of Graterford prison. 
http://thenotebook.org/articles/2018/03/21/parenting-from-inside-prison-walls

Pa. Rep. Nick Miccarelli, accused of abusing two women, to forgo reelection
Inquirer by Angela Couloumbis, Brad Bumsted & Paula Knudsen, HARRISBURG BUREAU/THE CAUCUS Updated: MARCH 21, 2018 — 5:02 PM EDT
HARRISBURG – Facing allegations that he sexually or physically abused two women, state Rep. Nick Miccarelli on Wednesday announced that he will not seek reelection. Miccarelli, 35, a Republican from Delaware County, said he made the decision to remove his name from the May primary ballot “after much personal reflection and consultation” with family and legislative colleagues, but said it should not be read as an admission of wrongdoing. “My decision not to seek re-election should in no way be misconstrued by the public or misrepresented by the media as any admission of wrongdoing on my part,” Miccarelli said in a statement. “I intend to continue to work to clear my good name and reputation and put this current controversial situation behind me, once and for all.” He said withdrawing his name from the ballot for the May 15 primary is “the best interests of me and my family to move on to the next chapter in our lives.” He will remain in office until his term ends later this year.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/pennsylvania-rep-nick-miccarelli-physical-sexual-abuse-accusations-20180321.html

“The question remains. Would I resort to home schooling if I still had children attending public schools? I probably would still send my kids to the schools that existed in my community. It is in the mainstream where a child learns how to give and take with others. By attending public or parochial school, a student gets the chance to learn from licensed professionals, all of whom have distinct approaches and personalities. This experience allows a student to prepare for life.”
Letter: Thinking of home schooling? Some things to think about
Delco Times Opinion by Sam Alfonsi, Marple, POSTED: 03/21/18, 9:16 PM EDT
To the Times: I have provided home-schooling advice and instruction since 1958. In the past, calls for my home-schooling assistance came from parents who based their decision on mostly religious grounds. Usually, the parents felt equipped to handle the English and social studies part of any home-schooling program that must be approved by the local school district in which the child attends. They sought professional help mostly in math and science. My recollection is that all of our home-schooling kids did get accepted into good colleges. Some had to have higher SATs than normal just to prove that their home-schooling background had substance and depth to it. In recent years, as more and more violence has found its horrific way into our public schools, calls for home-schooling guidance and counsel have increased dramatically. Parents are frightened, and I can’t blame them. Requests are coming from parents not because they feel schools might be too liberal in their instructional approach. I am not hearing concerns about drug and alcohol abuse among our young people. Nor have complaints about bullying and harassment prompted inquiries. It mainly appears to be worries about safety.
http://www.delcotimes.com/opinion/20180321/letter-thinking-of-home-schooling-some-things-to-think-about

Thousands of Pennsylvania teachers getting letters about personal identity breach
Some Pennsylvania school teachers are receiving letters informing them they are eligible for free credit monitoring due to a security incident that occurred last month to their personal identity information on a state Education Department database.
Morning Call by Steve Esack Contact Reporter Call Harrisburg Bureau March 21, 20018
More than 300,000 Pennsylvania school teachers are getting letters telling them they are eligible for free credit monitoring due to a security incident that occurred last month involving personal identity information on a state Education Department database. The letters, dated March 12, inform teachers and retirees that their names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and home addresses may have been publicly released due to a state employee’s “human error” that occurred on Feb. 22 to the Teacher Management Information System. The letter added there “is no evidence that any information has been accessed or used for fraudulent or inappropriate purposes.” Still, as a precaution, the letter said the department has contracted with ID Experts, a Canadian company, to offer affected educators 12 months of credit monitoring and a $1 million insurance reimbursement policy, and identify theft recovery services. The letters are a follow-up response to a warning the state issued last month.
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pennsylvania-teacher-identity-breach-20180321-story.html


DeVos’s new school security commission has only 4 members. Guess who is — and isn’t — on it.
Washington Post Answer Sheet Blog By Valerie Strauss March 21 at 9:25 PM Email the author
In case you missed this bit of news, President Trump recently tapped Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to lead a new commission to investigate issues affecting the safety of America’s schools and to make recommendations about how to improve it. A March 11 White House announcement detailed administration initiatives on school security, including a pledge to help provide “rigorous firearms training” to teachers and the establishment of a Federal Commission on School Safety, but it did not provide details on the panel’s composition. That was revealed Tuesday when DeVos testified about her proposed 2019 budget to a House appropriations subcommittee, and she was asked about the commission’s makeup and purpose. She said the panel will have only four members — all of them members of Trump’s Cabinet. Prompted by a question from Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), DeVos said she will be joined on the panel by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. There are no school security experts on the panel, no Democrats, students, teachers, administrators or anybody else who has dealt with these issues.
Clark wanted to know why: “Is that it? Just four Cabinet secretaries?” she said. DeVos responded: “This is an urgent matter. We want to ensure sure that we are able to move and operate as quickly as possible, without getting bogged down in bureaucracy.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/03/21/devoss-new-school-security-commission-has-only-4-members-guess-who-is-and-isnt-on-it/?utm_term=.282f223175bc

Scarred by school shootings
More than 187,000 students have been exposed to gun violence at school since Columbine, The Washington Post found. Many are never the same.
Washington Post By John Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich  March 21, 2018
13 dead at Columbine.
26 dead at Sandy Hook.
17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Over the past two decades, a handful of massacres that have come to define school shootings in this country are almost always remembered for the students and educators slain. Death tolls are repeated so often that the numbers and places become permanently linked. What those figures fail to capture, though, is the collateral damage of this uniquely American crisis. Beginning with Columbine in 1999, more than 187,000 students attending at least 193 primary or secondary schools have experienced a shooting on campus during school hours, according to a year-long Washington Post analysis. This means that the number of children who have been shaken by gunfire in the places they go to learn exceeds the population of Eugene, Ore., or Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Many are never the same. School shootings remain extremely rare, representing a tiny fraction of the gun violence epidemic that, on average, leaves a child bleeding or dead every hour in the United States. While few of those incidents happen on campuses, the ones that do have spread fear across the country, changing the culture of education and how kids grow up. Every day, threats send classrooms into lockdowns that can frighten students, even when they turn out to be false alarms. Thousands of schools conduct active-shooter drills in which kids as young as 4 hide in darkened closets and bathrooms from imaginary murderers. “It’s no longer the default that going to school is going to make you feel safe,” said Bruce D. Perry, a psychiatrist and one of the country’s leading experts on childhood trauma. “Even kids who come from middle-class and upper-middle-class communities literally don’t feel safe in schools.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/us-school-shootings-history/?utm_term=.8dab7c4e8ca3


2018 PSBA Advocacy Day April 16, 2018 Harrisburg
Join PSBA and your fellow school directors for the annual Advocacy Day on Monday, April 16, 2018, at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. PSBA is partnering with Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units to have a stronger voice for public education. Hear how advocacy makes a difference in the legislative process and the importance of public education advocacy. Government Affairs will take a deeper dive into the legislative priorities and will provide tips on how to be an effective public education advocate. There will be dedicated time for you and your fellow advocates to hit the halls to meet with your legislators on public education. This is your chance to share the importance of policy supporting public education and make your voice heard on the Hill. This event is free for members; registration is required.
Register online here: http://www.mypls.com/Default.aspx?tabid=3753
https://www.psba.org/event/2018-psba-advocacy-day/

NPE: Join us in a Day of Action April 20th to Stop Gun Violence in our Schools
Network for Public Education February 16, 2018 by Darcie Cimarusti
After the slaughter of students and staff in Parkland, Florida, the time for action has never been more urgent. The politicians sit on their hands as our children and their teachers are murdered in their schools. We will be silent no more! The failure to enact rational laws that bar access to guns designed for mass shootings is inexcusable. It is past time to speak out and act. Pledge your support to stop gun violence here. We call for mass action on April 20, the anniversary of the horrific shootings at Columbine High School. We urge teachers, families, students, administrators and every member of the community to engage in acts of protest in and around their schools. Create actions that work best in your community.  Organize sit-ins, teach-ins, walkouts, marches–whatever you decide will show your school and community’s determination to keep our students safe. One elementary teacher suggested that teachers and parents link arms around the school to show their determination to protect children.
https://networkforpubliceducation.org/2018/02/join-us-day-action-stop-gun-violence-schools/

PASA Women's Caucus Annual Conference "Leaders Lifting Leaders"
May 6 - 8, 2018 Hotel Hershey
**REGISTRATION NOW OPEN**
Featured Speakers...
*Dr. Helen Sobehart - Women Leading Education Across Continents: Lifting Leaders from Here to There
*Dr. Tracey Severns - Courageous Leadership
*Dr. Emilie Lonardi - Lead and Lift: A Call for Females to Aspire to the Superintendency
*Deputy Secretary Matt Stem - Update from the PDE
Registration: https://www.pasa-net.org/wcconf


MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! Join the PA Principals Association, the PA Association of School Administrators and the PA Association of Rural and Small Schools for PA Education Leaders Advocacy Day at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at the Capitol in Harrisburg, PA.  
A rally in support of public education and important education issues will be held on the Main Rotunda Steps from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Visits with legislators will be conducted earlier in the day. More information will be sent via email, shared in our publications and posted on our website closer to the event.
To register, send an email to Dr. Joseph Clapper at clapper@paprincipals.org before Friday, June 8, 2018.
Click here to view the PA Education Leaders Advocacy Day 2018 Save The Date Flyer (INCLUDES EVENT SCHEDULE AND IMPORTANT ISSUES.) 

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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