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The
long-delayed sentencing hearing of the founder and former Pennsylvania Cyber
Charter School CEO Nick Trombetta on charges of tax fraud and conspiracy is set
for this morning at 10:30 am. Trombetta siphoned $8 million from the
Midland-based public school. He did not break any statute under PA’s twenty
year old charter school law, which has still not been updated.
“Two years ago (now four years ago), Mr. DePasquale called for an overhaul of charter law to make the schools more effective and accountable. It is time for the Legislature and Education Department to take a hard look at his suggestions, which mostly have fallen on deaf ears.”
Reprise August 2016: Charter school caper: Trombetta finally admits guilt, but mess remains
Post-Gazette Editorial by THE EDITORIAL BOARD AUG 27, 2016
Pennsylvanians struggle with high property taxes, yet school districts still labor to make ends meet because of inadequate state funding and the encroachment of nontraditional charter schools. Every penny counts. By diverting public money for personal use, Nicholas Trombetta hurt the state’s schoolchildren, taxpayers, school districts and the charter school movement he helped to create. Trombetta, founder of the Beaver County-based Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh to a count of tax conspiracy. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The U.S. attorney’s office alleged that he diverted $8 million of taxpayer money for personal use, spending the money not on education, U.S. Attorney David Hickton said, but on “condos and airplanes.” Trombetta didn’t even have the decency to fold when the jig was up. He fought the charges for three years before entering his guilty plea, wasting resources the authorities could have devoted to other cases. The case is sad partly because PA Cyber had given wind to the charter movement and brought attention to Beaver County. Charter schools offer innovative educational opportunities that serve some students well. However, they have earned the enmity of traditional public schools by luring away their students and funding and by operating with what some regard as little oversight. Clearly, more supervision of charters is needed.
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016/08/27/Charter-school-caper-Trombetta-finally-admits-guilt-but-mess-remains/stories/201608310125
“Hayden didn’t dance around darker aspects of PA Cyber’s past. Founder Nick Trombetta was indicted in 2013 on 11 counts of tax fraud and pleaded guilty in 2015 to conspiring to defraud the IRS. He has been accused of siphoning $8 million in state education money from the cyber school and spending it on luxury goods for himself, friends and family. “It’s been four years since then,” Hayden said. “We’re in a very different place. It was a painful period.”
PA Cyber Charter school opening brick-and-mortar office in Wilkes-Barre
Times Leader By Mark Guydish - mguydish@timesleader.com July 20, 2018
WILKES-BARRE — Brian Hayden stood in the cavernous space at 40 E. Northampton St., bare concrete below and corrugated steel ceiling above. He saw a vision very different from the reality. “We’ll have an administrative office there, a flex room for staff training and student activities there, a gallery here” where student art will be on display, visible through corner windows facing Northampton and Washington streets. Hayden is chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, and the space next door to R/C Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 is being set up as the virtual school’s ninth regional office. “Our goal is to have an office within a one-hour drive for all our students,” he said. PA Cyber is a public school that does not charge tuition and allows students to learn at home via the internet. Based in Midland, northwest of Pittsburgh, it has an enrollment of about 11,100, Hayden said, with 850 within one hour of the new office location and 223 in Luzerne County.
https://www.timesleader.com/news/712206/virtual-school-opening-brick-and-mortar-office-in-wilkes-barre
26 states have passed gun violence laws since Parkland shooting. Where's Pa?
Penn Live By John L. Micek jmicek@pennlive.com Updated Jul 23, 11:30 AM; Posted Jul 23, 10:06 AM
It's been more than five months since the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., claimed the lives of 17 people and sparked a nationwide push for stricter gun laws. Since then, lawmakers and governors in 26 states (including 15 with Republican governors) have passed - and signed - some 55 laws aimed at addressing America's gun-violence crisis, according to data released Monday by the Giffords Law Center. Despite advancing a number of bills this spring, Pennsylvania remains among the 24 states that did not take action on such legislation. The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania House of Representatives broke for the summer without taking a vote on legislation, unanimously approved by the majority-GOP Senate, that would keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. The $32 billion state budget that lawmakers passed - and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law - in June, did include $7 million in school-safety and violence prevention measures, however.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/07/26_states_have_passed_gun_viol.html#incart_2box_politics
HB2025: Other Voices: It’s time for Pa. to mandate lead test for schools
Delco Times Opinion from Altoona Mirror POSTED: 07/23/18, 7:18 AM EDT
Whether or not state House Bill 2025 becomes law – we hope it will – Pennsylvania school districts should comply with the proposed law’s intent of having all school buildings’ water tested for presence of lead, a neurotoxin interferes with children’s ability to learn and develop. It’s puzzling that the issue of lead in school water is only now getting the attention in Pennsylvania that it has long deserved. The dangers associated with lead-based paint were recognized many years ago. If the proposed measure is enacted, the state should consider reimbursing districts for the cost of the first round of mandated testing. That would serve two purposes: It presumably would help get the testing process started more quickly, and it would address the reality that most school districts, after they’ve drawn up their annual budget, have few extra dollars available for new mandates from Harrisburg or Washington, D.C. Delaying the testing until a new budget year would represent bad judgment. The current state budget passed in June encourages school districts to conduct testing for lead in water, without specifically mandating it. House Bill 2025 would require regular lead testing for all schools’ drinking water, as well as a report to the public about the tests’ findings.
http://www.delcotimes.com/opinion/20180723/other-voices-its-time-for-pa-to-mandate-lead-test-for-schools
Union environmental consultant doubts Philly school repairs will be finished this summer
The Districts expects to be able to finish lead remediation efforts at 40 schools by the first day of school on Aug. 27
The notebook by Sam Haut July 23 — 3:49 pm, 2018
As the School District releases bi-weekly updates on its summer efforts to clean up mold and asbestos in 40 school buildings, the environmental and workplace safety consultant for the teachers’ union continues to question its ability to complete the work in time for the opening of school and the method for prioritizing the projects. In its last report, made on July 12, District officials by that time said work had been completed on two schools — Jackson and Nebinger — in the $15.6 million project. Of that amount, $8 million is its own money and $7.6 million was contributed directly by the state. Jerry Roseman, Director of Environmental Science & Occupational Safety & Health for the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, said that the process worked for these two schools — but it took a long time. “That $7.6 million is earmarked to address lead paint stabilization efforts,” Roseman said. “So far that effort has only been successfully completed in two schools to date. It took somewhere around 12 weeks to complete that, there are 40 some other schools to complete that, it would take years to fix that, this will shortcut that by quite a lot.” Roseman did not think that the district will be able to complete all 40 schools by the end of the summer, but rather they will be able to complete at most eight schools.
http://thenotebook.org/articles/2018/07/23/union-environmental-consultant-doubts-school-repairs-will-be-finished-this-summer/
Wolf taps crime commission head to lead school safety panel
AP State Wire Published: Yesterday
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The head of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency will also lead a group within the agency that will administer $60 million for school safety funded in a new state budget package. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday tapped commission chairman Charles Ramsey to head up the new School Safety and Security Committee. The panel is being asked to develop ways to protect teachers and students and will distribute the grants to districts and other entities. The grants can go toward building improvements, security equipment, faculty training and anti-violence efforts, among other things. The 17-member committee will set standards for assessing the safety and security of school buildings, training and help for students with behavioral health needs. It will also conduct a survey to measure safety and security readiness.
http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=WLdzmCCL
Letter to the editor: Pa. not keeping up in funding for schools
Trib Live LETTER TO THE EDITOR by Lisa Silverman, Mt. Lebanon | Monday, July 23, 2018, 12:06 p.m.
Schools underfunded
Your recent editorial was on point in focusing on the serious financial strains faced by school districts, which are too often leading to cuts in staff and increases in property taxes ( “Financial pressure in school districts leads to tax hikes, staff cuts,” June 29, TribLIVE). The editorial’s diagnosis of the causes overlooked one central factor: the role that chronic underfunding by state government has in creating school budget shortfalls. There was a time, decades ago, when Pennsylvania covered about half of the cost of public education. That’s now down to 37 percent, a lower share than all but three other states in the country. The state is simply not keeping up. Your call for “a well-informed, engaged and passionate citizenry” to become more involved in local schools is, indeed, vital to their success. But communities shouldn’t have to organize bake sales to support basic school needs. Citizen advocacy should extend to making the case to lawmakers that the state needs to pay its fair share to head off further school cuts and property tax hikes.
https://triblive.com/opinion/letters/13893884-74/letter-to-the-editor-pa-not-keeping-up-in-funding-for-schools
School officials set meeting to discuss PIAA and other options
Intelligencer By Drew Markol Posted Jul 23, 2018 at 9:57 PM
Over 130 public school officials to meet in State College on Tuesday for an “equity summit” concerning public/private schools. It seemed like only a matter of time and, sure enough, that time apparently has come. On Tuesday in State College, representatives from over 130 public schools across the state will meet for what is being called an “equity summit” to talk about a change to separate state playoffs and a possible move to replace the PIAA as the governing body for high school sports statewide. The PIAA oversees more than 750 high schools across the state with roughly 75 percent of them being public. At the meeting, officials will discuss “the current inequity in PIAA playoffs” as well as the possibility of creating separate playoffs. Other topics on the agenda are “the leadership of the PIAA, and the possible formation of a separate entity to provide a fair, equitable playing field for all students and schools in Pennsylvania if appropriate action is not taken by either the PIAA or through legislation.” The PIAA has declined to discuss separate playoffs, citing the 1972 state law that opened membership of the PIAA to non-public as well as public schools. The PIAA also said it has approved 10 amendments to its bylaws in 2017-18 to impose stricter rules for athletic transfers. “We’re all just tired of the private schools, who can recruit just about any kid they want from anywhere, winning so many state titles,” said one Suburban One League athletic director who requested anonymity.
http://www.theintell.com/sports/20180723/school-officials-set-meeting-to-discuss-piaa-and-other-options
New PIAA rule that could force teams up in class will merit watching
The PIAA's new rules regarding student transfers include one that could force a program up in classification based on success and number of transfers.
Keith Groller Contact Reporter Of The Morning Call July 23, 2018
When representatives from more than 120 school districts across Pennsylvania meet Tuesday morning in State College to discuss the possibility of leaving the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association to form their own public school-only sports organization, they’re likely to bring up a proposal that would separate boundary and nonboundary schools in state tournaments. Such proposals have been offered before but immediately shot down by the PIAA, which has repeatedly reminded members that in October of 1972, then Gov. Milton Shapp signed Act 219 as an amendment to the Public School Code. Act 219 stated: “Private schools shall be permitted, if otherwise qualified, to be members of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.” To hold separate tournaments, while both types of school are under the PIAA banner, would seem to violate the spirit of Act 219 and likely incur litigation. Instead of separating them, the PIAA has tightened the transfer rules since transfers are the primary culprit when it comes to the private/charter and public school chasm. The rules passed last week are intended to level what many believe to be an uneven playing field when it comes to how programs build their rosters.
http://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-spt-piaa-classification-proposal-20180723-story.html
“Scanlon herself served as a member and president of the Wallingford Swarthmore School Board. She spoke to her dedication to education. “Our future depends on how we treat our kids, whether it’s health care or housing or education,” she said. “A lot of what troubles our country can be addressed by education.”
Year of Woman in PA-5th: Longtime education advocate Mary Gay Scanlon carries Dem banner
By Kathleen E. Carey, Delaware County Daily Times POSTED: 07/22/18, 7:49 PM EDT
She was just a little girl, but the memory lingers with Mary Gay Scanlon and the legacy can perhaps be seen in her life’s path. Her father, Daniel Scanlon, worked for former President John F. Kennedy and one Christmas, he took the family to the White House Christmas Party, where he introduced the president to his daughter. “What struck me was that my father was so respectful,” she said. Then, later, Scanlon recalled her father taking the family to Kennedy’s graveside sometime after the funeral for the assassinated president was over and the crowds had subsided. With the president’s death, the family returned to their northern New York roots, where Scanlon’s mom, Carol Florence Yehle, taught as a community college professor and her dad worked on Robert Kennedy’s senatorial, then presidential, campaigns. “I think public service was always part of the lifestyle,” the 58-year-old Swarthmore resident said. “That level of engagement was something I grew up with.”
http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20180722/year-of-woman-in-5th-longtime-education-advocate-mary-gay-scanlon-carries-dem-banner
Trump Priority Gathers Steam as Senate Passes Career-Technical Education Bill
Education Week Politics K12 Blog By Andrew Ujifusa on July 23, 2018 9:38 PM
The Senate has passed a bipartisan bill overhauling the nation's career and technical education law, advancing a key issue for the Trump administration when it comes to education. The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act breezed through the chamber Monday evening after the Senate education committee advanced the bill late last month. The bill's passage now means that lawmakers from the House and Senate can huddle up and craft a conference version for both chambers to pass and send to the president for his signature—the House passed its own CTE bill (which has the same name as the Senate version) last year. Click here to read more about what's in the Senate bill, which was co-authored by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. And go here for a run-down of the House's 2017 legislation.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/07/trump-education-priority-career-technical-bill-senate-passes.html
How Money Matters for Schools
Learning Policy Institute Author Bruce D. Baker JUL 17 2018
Abstract - This brief is based upon a report that reviewed research on the role of money in determining school quality. The research documents that resource investments matter for student outcomes, especially when they are directed to under-resourced districts and students from low-income families. The research also shows that spending resources in ways that reduce class sizes for young children and those with greater academic needs and that improve teacher quality have strong payoffs for outcomes. Finally, some research suggests that increasing and equalizing school funding may be most effective when it is part of a comprehensive set of efforts to improve teaching and learning. While money alone is not the answer to all educational ills, more equitable and adequate allocation of financial inputs to schooling provides a necessary underlying condition for improving the equity and adequacy of outcomes.
https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/how-money-matters-brief
“In a 2016 survey, we found that Hispanics, older adults, those living in households earning less than $30,000 and those who have a high school diploma or did not graduate from high school are the most likely to report they have never been to a public library.”
Who doesn’t read books in America?
Pew Research BY ANDREW PERRIN MARCH 23, 2018
About a quarter of American adults (24%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year, whether in print, electronic or audio form. Who are these non-book readers? Several demographic traits correlate with non-book reading, Pew Research Center surveys have found. For instance, adults with a high school degree or less are about five times as likely as college graduates (37% vs. 7%) to report not reading books in any format in the past year. Adults with lower levels of educational attainment are also among the least likely to own smartphones, even as e-book reading on these devices has increased substantially since 2011. (College-educated adults are more likely to own these devices and use them to read e-books.) Adults with annual household incomes of $30,000 or less are about three times as likely as the most affluent adults to be non-book readers (36% vs. 13%). Hispanic adults are about twice as likely as whites (38% vs. 20%) to report not having read a book in the past 12 months. But there are differences between Hispanics born inside and outside the U.S.: Roughly half (51%) of foreign-born Hispanics report not having read a book, compared with 22% of Hispanics born in the U.S.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/23/who-doesnt-read-books-in-america/
“There are two high-profile camps on education reform. Staunch defenders — who tend to be conservative — support not only charter schools but virtually all school choice, including vouchers for private schools. They see market competition as a cure-all. On the other side, the harshest critics of reform — who are largely progressive — oppose nearly any alternative to traditional schools. They view charters as a nefarious project of billionaires, and they think the academic progress is statistical hooey. Which side should you believe? Neither.”
A Plea for a Fact-Based Debate About Charter Schools
New York Times By David Leonhardt Opinion Columnist July 22, 2018
NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, the students at G.W. Carver High School held a protest in front of the school to object to its disciplinary policies. “We thought some of the rules were extreme,” Dominique Newton, then a sophomore, recalled. Jerel Bryant, Carver’s principal, told me, “In the moment, I did not look upon it fondly.” But the students were right. The rules were extreme. Students walking between classes had to stay on the right side of the hallway, for example. Most alarmingly, during the year of the protest, more than 60 percent of Carver’s students were suspended for at least one day. Getting suspended was normal. Carver is a charter school — a public school run not by a centralized board but by an independent operator. After Hurricane Katrina, virtually every public school in New Orleans became a charter, in an attempt to fix one of the nation’s worst districts. And the academic results have been impressive, as I described last week. Students are faring much better in reading, math, science and social studies, and more are graduating from high school and college. In today’s column, though, I’m going to talk a bit about the shortcomings in New Orleans. Along the way, I want to make a plea for thinking about the debate over education reform in a more nuanced, less absolutist way than often happens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/opinion/education-reform-charter-schools-new-orleans.html
National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio
By Patrick O'Donnell, The Plain Dealer paodonnell@plaind.com Updated 8:11 AM; Posted Jul 21
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ron Packard wants to do a better job with e-schools this time around. Packard, the founder and former CEO of e-school operator K12 Inc., says he made a few mistakes with his old company. Though K12 has made money for investors, the nation's largest operator of online schools has also been heavily criticized nationally for both its business practices and spotty academic results. So Packard wants to take a new approach as operator of the Ohio Distance and Electronic Learning Academy (OhDELA), his newly-acquired, but academically-struggling, online charter school here in Ohio. He's planning several changes to improve OhDELA's F and D grades on state report cards - many fitting a growing national consensus that online schools across the country need to overhaul how they work.
https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/07/national_e-school_figure_to_test_a_new_approach_to_online_learning_here_in_ohio.html
Ohio school collapse hangs over battle for governor
Politico Morning Education By KIMBERLY HEFLING 07/23/2018 10:00 AM EDT
WILL A FAILED VIRTUAL CHARTER HAUNT REPUBLICANS COME NOVEMBER? Ohio Democrats for years have complained about the state’s welcome of virtual charter schools, which educate thousands of kids who log on at home.
— Then, in January, the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow — one of the nation’s largest K-12 schools — collapsed, leaving 12,000 Ohio students to find a new school. With that, Democrats believe they’ve found a politically potent issue ahead of the November midterms.
— Ohio Democrats on the campaign trail are charging that Republicans turned a blind eye to ECOT’s clear problems, while accepting campaign contributions from the school’s owner. The line of attack is creating a political headache for GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine and on down the ballot.
— “People should’ve held a big failing charter school like this accountable, should’ve stopped the millions of dollars from pouring into it over many years, should have investigated a lot of the rumors about inflated attendance figures,” Richard Cordray, the former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who is DeWine’s Democratic challenger in a closely watched race, told POLITICO.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-education/2018/07/23/ohio-school-collapse-hangs-over-battle-for-governor-293587
Anti-Test Movement Slows to a Crawl
Education Week Politics K12 Blog By Alyson Klein July 23, 2018
Just a few short years ago, there were real questions about whether Congress would ditch annual, standardized assessments as part of a makeover of the nation’s main K-12 education law. At the same time, parents were increasingly choosing to opt their children out of standardized tests. But the Every Student Succeeds Act ultimately kept the tests in place. And since then, at least some of the steam has gone out of the opt-out movement in states such as New Jersey and New York, considered hotbeds of anti-testing fervor. Some of the biggest skeptics of annual, standardized testing have taken a break from what was a big push to reduce the number of federally required tests. And they don’t expect there will be another opportunity to roll back federal testing mandates for quite awhile. “Nobody is fighting on it now,” said Monty Neill, the executive director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, or FairTest, who has spent decades engaged in the national fight to pare back assessments and has recently announced his retirement. “It’s too early for the next round. On the consequences of the tests, the lengths of the tests, the nature of the tests, [the debate’s] continuing. It’s not on any state table now because there’s nothing they can do about it.”
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/07/23/anti-test-movement-slows-to-a-crawl.html
Become a PSBA Advocacy Ambassador
PSBA Website July 18, 2018
PSBA is seeking applications for three open Advocacy Ambassador positions. This is a part-time, 9-month (September 2018-May 2019) independent contractor position with a monthly stipend and potential renewal for a second year. The individuals should have previous experience in day-to-day functions of a school district — on the school board or in a school leadership position. The purpose of the PSBA Advocacy Ambassador program is to facilitate the education and engagement of local school directors and public education stakeholders. Each Advocacy Ambassador will be an active leader in an assigned section of the state and is kept up to date on current legislation and PSBA positions based on the association’s Legislative Platform and Priority Issues to accomplish advocacy goals. The current open positions are for PSBA Section 1; Sections 3 and 4; and Section 8. (see map). Advocacy Ambassadors are independent contractors who serve as liaisons between PSBA and their state legislators, and who also work with local school officials in their section to advance PSBA’s public education advocacy mission. To complete the application process and upload required documents go to PSBA’s Career Gateway to create an account and apply. Career Gateway questions can be directed to Michelle Kunkel at 717-506-2450, x-3365. Questions and information regarding the specific duties of the Advocacy Ambassador position should be directed to Jamie Zuvich at 717-506-2450, x-3375. The deadline to submit cover letter, resume and application is August 10, 2018.
All other required documents must be submitted upon successful application.
https://www.psba.org/2018/07/become-an-advocacy-ambassador/
PA Superintendent of the Year nominations requested by July 27th
PASA and the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) are seeking nominations for 2019 Pennsylvania Superintendent of the Year. Candidates will be judged on the following criteria: leadership for learning, communication, professionalism and community involvement. The nomination deadline is Friday, July 27. For more information, visit the AASA website, http://soy.aasa.org.
Apply Now for EPLC's 2018-2019 PA Education Policy Fellowship Program!
Applications are available now for the 2018-2019 Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP). The Education Policy Fellowship Program is sponsored in Pennsylvania by The Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC).
With more than 500 graduates in its first eighteen years, this Program is a premier professional development opportunity for educators, state and local policymakers, advocates, and community leaders. State Board of Accountancy (SBA) credits are available to certified public accountants.
Past participants include state policymakers, district superintendents and principals, school business officers, school board members, education deans/chairs, statewide association leaders, parent leaders, education advocates, and other education and community leaders. Fellows are typically sponsored by their employer or another organization. The Fellowship Program begins with a two-day retreat on September 13-14, 2018 and continues to graduation in June 2019.
Applications are being accepted now.
Click here to read more about the Education Policy Fellowship Program.
The application may be copied from the EPLC web site, but must be submitted by mail or scanned and e-mailed, with the necessary signatures of applicant and sponsor.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of the Fellowship Program and its requirements, please contact EPLC Executive Director Ron Cowell at 717-260-9900 or cowell@eplc.org.
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.
2nd Annual National Black Male Educators Convening, Oct. 12-14,
Philly
Teacher diversity works. Increasing the number of Black
male educators in our nation’s teacher corps will improve education for all our
students, especially for African-American boys.Today Black men represent only
two percent of teachers nationwide. This is a national problem that demands a
national response. Come participate in the 2nd National Black Male Educators
Convening to advance policy solutions, learn from one another, and fight for
social justice. All are welcome. Register to attend. Nominate a speaker.
Propose a workshop. Sponsor the event.
Save the Dates PASA/PSBA School Leadership Conference –
Hershey, Oct. 17-19, 2018
Mark your calendar! The Delegate Assembly will take place Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at 2:30 p.m.
Housing now open!
Housing now open!
Our Public Schools Our Democracy: Our Fight for the Future
NPE / NPE Action 5th Annual National Conference
October 20th - 21st, 2018 Indianapolis, Indiana
We are delighted to let you know that you can purchase your discounted Early Bird ticket to register for our annual conference starting today. Purchase your ticket here.
Early Bird tickets will be on sale until May 30 or until all are sold out, so don't wait. These tickets are a great price--$135. Not only do they offer conference admission, they also include breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and brunch on Sunday. Please don't forget to register for your hotel room. We have secured discounted rates on a limited basis. You can find that link here. Finally, if you require additional financial support to attend, we do offer some scholarships based on need. Go here and fill in an application. We will get back to you as soon as we can. Please join us in Indianapolis as we fight for the public schools that our children and communities deserve. Don't forget to get your Early Bird ticket here. We can't wait to see you.
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