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Early childhood investments pay off in societal benefits
Trib Live Commentary by WILLIAM MULLEN AND GUY RESCHENTHALER | Sunday, July 29, 2018, 7:33 a.m.
William Mullen is sheriff of Allegheny County. Guy Reschenthaler is a Republican state senator representing the 37th district.
In this election year, we are hearing a lot of debate on issues like state budget structural deficits, rising costs of social services, workforce skills gap, cost of education — the list goes on and on. For many of these issues, the old saying, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” rings true. This “ounce of prevention” can come in the form of ensuring more Pennsylvania children have access to high-quality early childhood education. The state budget recently passed in Harrisburg includes a $25 million expansion for high-quality pre-K. While the 2018-19 budget grew by 1.7 percent, the pre-K funding increased by 11 percent. According to a report from the anti-crime organization Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Pennsylvania’s future prison population can be trimmed down considerably — while yielding significant savings for every child served in societal benefits over their lifetimes — with this investment that will allow access to thousands more at-risk children. This is believable when you consider that Pennsylvania’s state and local governments spend roughly $3.2 billion per year incarcerating adults (about $43,000 per inmate in the state corrections system).
https://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/13915310-74/early-childhood-investments-pay-off-in-societal-benefits
Watchdog Report: Lehigh Valley school districts answer call to add armed security
Michelle Merlin and Sarah M. Wojcik Of The Morning Call July 28, 2018
In March, barely a month after the mass shooting at Parkland, Fla., high school, two parents appeared before the Southern Lehigh School Board with an urgent plea. “I speak on behalf of a lot of parents who are very concerned with the safety of our kids. I don’t feel safe with the measures the district has in place,’’ parent Nicole Lisicky said. “There has to be something done soon, especially in the high school and middle school. There are hundreds of kids in these halls, and the way it is, someone can easily get in here,’’ parent Caren Richards added. All across the Lehigh Valley, parents and school officials were having similar discussions in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 students and staff members dead and an equal number injured. It was a topic they have tackled many times, spurred by what a Los Angeles Times analysis found to be more than 180 school shootings with injuries or deaths between December 2012, when 26 students and staff were gunned down in Newtown, Conn., and May. Many school districts in Lehigh and Northampton counties took action, including Southern Lehigh, which is seeking a grant to add a second armed officer to patrol its five schools. A Morning Call analysis, drawn from Right to Know requests and interviews, found that since the Florida shooting, school districts in the two counties have formed their own police departments, added officers, bought new technology and held active shooter training.
http://www.mcall.com/news/education/mc-nws-school-security-armed-guards-20180613-story.html#nt=oft12aH-3gp2
It turns out that guns do kill people, new study concludes | Analysis
Penn Live By John L. Micek jmicek@pennlive.com Updated Jul 28, 8:48 AM; Posted Jul 28, 7:30 AM
By Christopher Ingraham
A new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open underscores an often overlooked factor in gun-policy debates: When it comes to lethality, not all guns are created equal. Analyzing data on hundreds of shootings in Boston from 2010 to 2014, Anthony Braga of Northeastern University and Philip Cook of Duke University found that on a bullet-per-bullet basis, shootings committed with a large-caliber firearm are much more likely to result in a fatality than those with a smaller-caliber gun. Caliber is a measure of the diameter of the bullets fired by a particular gun. The study analyzed data on 221 gun homicides and 1,012 nonfatal shootings that happened in Boston between 2010 and 2014. On first glance, the numbers provided a confirmation of the depressing demographics of shooting cases: "Most gunshot victims and survivors were young minority men with prior court arraignments," Braga and Cook found. "Most attacks occurred in circumstances where gangs or drugs played an important role." Most occurred outdoors in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/07/it_turns_out_that_gun_do_kill.html#incart_river_index
To Stop School Shootings, Fla. Will Merge Government Data, Social Media Posts
Education Week By Benjamin Herold July 26, 2018
As part of their efforts to prevent school shootings, Florida lawmakers mandated the creation of a centralized database that will combine individual-level records from the state’s law-enforcement and social-services agencies with information from people’s personal social media accounts. The provision, tucked within the 105-page law passed in March following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, marks a potentially dramatic increase in the state’s collection and sharing of data on individuals. While the new database could have big consequences for individual privacy and civil liberties, proponents described it as necessary to ensure public safety. “What we saw after the Parkland tragedy is that there were clear [warning signs] that didn’t end up being followed through on or processed,” Fla. state senator Bill Galvano, a Republican who authored the bill, said in an interview. “It was very important that we create within our school system the opportunity to report the information that is out there, so that things are being captured and you don’t have one group knowing something and not sharing it with another group.”
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/07/26/to-stop-school-shootings-fla-will-merge.html
“Wolf hammers Wagner for saying schools get too much money and have too many teachers. And for saying Wolf wants to cut funding to most districts with a formula to help larger and poorer districts. He doesn’t. Wolf always pushed for more school funding, and consistently and clearly says the formula in question only works with a large increase of state support.”
Gov. Wolf's plan to drive Scott Wagner wild | John Baer
Philly Daily News by John Baer, STAFF COLUMNIST baerj@phillynews.com Updated: JULY 29, 2018 — 2:31 PM EDT
This just in: Mild-mannered Gov. Wolf authorized his minions to mess with Scott Wagner’s mind. Shedding his image as the Mr. Rogers of Pennsylvania politics, Wolf, I’m betting, said something like, “Drive him nuts. Shouldn’t take much. He’s already halfway there.” At least that’s my working theory. It’s based on swarms of daily, sometimes hourly, campaign emails, fund-raising emails, and Democratic Party emails tagging Wagner over and over as, among other things, anti-education, anti-women’s rights, and anti-transparency for refusing to release his tax returns. It’s endless: Wagner is “lying” about Wolf’s record; Wagner uses “deceptive tactics”; Wagner is “hiding from the people” on taxes. Wolf even has Democrats at either end of the state — Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa of Pittsburgh; Philly Sen. Vincent Hughes — demanding Wagner’s tax returns “immediately.” (As if Wagner, or anyone, might say, “Well, if those guys want them …”) And there’s a second Wolf TV ad calling Wagner “the very worst of Harrisburg,” which — as I noted a couple weeks back after the first one aired — just ain’t so. Historically and presently, Harrisburg offers way worse than Wagner. Doesn’t matter. Wolf wants Wagner in the pit of misery. It’s the only explanation. The incessant, repetitive barrage can’t be aimed at voters. Who sees such stuff other than campaign principals and political nerds? What is its impact in the dead of summer in a 24/7 news cycle owned by President Trump?
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/john_baer/gov-wolfs-plan-to-drive-scott-wagner-wild-20180730.html
Casey touts Democratic plan for infrastructure at West Philly school
The notebook by Lijia Liu July 27 — 4:51 pm, 2018
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey highlighted the Senate Democrats’ proposal to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure on Friday, speaking at James Rhoads Elementary School in West Philadelphia. The plan sets aside $50 billion for school building repairs and construction. “We believe that by spending $50 billion across the nation to invest in our schools, we’re not only going to improve the physical climate, but we’re going to help advance education itself,” Casey said. Senate Democrats indicated that funding for the proposal would come from rolling back the Trump administration’s tax cuts, though some are skeptical that this would be possible with a Republican majority in Congress. Casey, who is running for re-election, also urged Republican lawmakers to devote more resources to improving schools. “I hope they would join us in investing in our schools so that our kids can literally learn more now and earn more later,” he said. His remarks come at a time when the School District is conducting a $15.6 million project in 57 District schools to clean up lead, mold, and other toxic materials over the summer.
http://thenotebook.org/articles/2018/07/27/casey-touts-democratic-plan-for-infrastructure-at-west-philly-school/
“Local Black educators concerned with the paucity of Black male teachers and the impact that shortage has on the academic performance of African-American boys in the classroom took notice recently when the University of Illinois at Chicago announced plans to invest about $1 million in an initiative to recruit and train male elementary education majors of color in the same fashion that universities recruit student athletes. There are currently no local universities making this type of financial investment in such an initiative.”
Black male teachers are rare, but even one makes a big difference
Philly Tribune Staff Report Jul 28, 2018
Hilderbrand Pelzer III, the principal at Laura H. Carnell School in the lower Northeast, did with Travien Bryson what he always does with Black male substitute teachers — he honed in. To someone like Pelzer, a career educator, Bryson is a diamond waiting to be molded. Going into his seventh year at Carnell, Pelzer had just one Black male teacher on his staff of 60 last year and he won’t return this fall. “I’m always keeping an eye open for Black men, encouraging them to give the profession a try,” Pelzer said. “You try to give all teachers the support they need, but you particularly want to make sure that Black men have the support they need because you don’t want to lose them.” His work has paid off. Coupled with Bryson’s desire to make a difference and Pelzer’s persistence, the 43-year-old Bryson, who has worked most recently in truancy and as the assistant musical director at the Philadelphia Clef Club, will begin his new career at Carnell this fall as a fifth-grade teacher. “I’m going to take the plunge at last,” said Bryson, who has been certified to teach for 15 years. “Something just hit me and I said, ‘I need to do this.’ I didn’t feel like I was a change agent in truancy. Going in and out of schools, I noticed that I saw very few people who looked like me. “Mr. Pelzer talked with me often; he showed a lot of interest in me,” Bryson continued. “I feel this is where I need to be right now.” Nationwide, just 2 percent of public school teachers are African-American men, while students of color make up about half the nation’s public school enrollment from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade, according to the U.S. Department of Education. As recently as 2013, just 59 percent of Black males graduated from high school on time, compared with 65 percent of Latino males and 80 percent of white males, according to the Schott Foundation for Public Education.
http://www.phillytrib.com/news/black-male-teachers-are-rare-but-even-one-makes-a/article_66919f7e-330b-5512-a815-0f15e2b2749a.html
“At the national level, the Urban Institute did find one area of exception to the general trend of disproportionately white enrollment: Historically black colleges and universities, and other institutions that serve larger shares of undergraduates of color. “We found that the minority-serving institutions are sort of doing more than their fair share, which makes sense,” Lindsay said. “So a (school) district with a serious lack of teachers of color maybe ought to try recruiting there.”
Washington state’s colleges lead the nation in training more teachers of color, study finds
In Washington state, the race and diversity of undergraduates studying to become teachers largely reflects the demographics of the colleges and universities that house them.
By Neal Morton Seattle Times staff reporter Originally published July 21, 2018 at 5:00 am Updated July 22, 2018 at 4:35 pm
At colleges and universities across the U.S., students training to become teachers are disproportionately whiter than the rest of the undergraduates on campus, new research has found. But that’s not the case in Washington state, where teachers in training look more like the increasingly diverse students they serve. Why does this matter? For students of color, having a teacher who looks like them makes a big difference in their success in school. Black male students who qualify for subsidized meals, a common barometer for poverty, are 39 percent less likely to drop out of high school if they have even one black teacher in grades 3-5, research has shown. But are colleges of education helping diversify the next generation of teachers? That’s the question researchers at the Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based moderate-to-liberal-leaning think tank asked of all states. The federal government regularly tracks the demographics of students attending four-year colleges and universities. Using that data, the Urban Institute compared the racial breakdown of each college with the relative diversity of their teaching programs, and published their findings earlier this week.
https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/washington-states-colleges-lead-the-nation-in-training-more-teachers-of-color-study-finds/
National study takes hard look at Pa. school district consolidations
ELIZABETH BEHRMAN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Lbehrman@post-gazette.com JUL 29, 2018
12:17 AM
When the Center and Monaca school districts successfully negotiated a merger almost a decade ago, state leaders hailed it as an example for other Pennsylvania school districts to follow. Then-Gov. Ed Rendell used it to call for other district consolidations across the state, and his Education Department called it an “indispensable roadmap” for future proposals. But despite that hopeful praise, the formation of the Central Valley School District remains the only successful and voluntary school district merger in Pennsylvania, nearly 10 years after the deal was finalized. According to a report last week released by EdBuild, a New Jersey-based nonprofit that studies school funding and equity issues across the country, state policy surrounding mergers and consolidations is to blame. The report, “Stranded: How states maroon districts in financial distress,” highlights the Midland Borough School District in Beaver County, just down the road from Central Valley, as an example of how Pennsylvania’s policy — or lack of policy — made it an insurmountable challenge for the district to merge with a neighbor, ultimately forcing the school board to send its high school students for years to a district in Ohio.
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2018/07/29/Pennsylvania-school-district-mergers-Wilkinsburg-Midland-Central-Valley-Pittsburgh/stories/201807240020
Norwin junior gives Pa. Board of Education a student's perspective
Trib Live by JOE NAPSHA | Sunday, July 29, 2018, 3:03 p.m.
A Norwin High School junior will have a voice on policies affecting fellow students across Pennsylvania in her role as a student representative on the state education board — the first Westmoreland County student to serve on that board. Ashley Svec, 16, of North Huntingdon, is the junior representative on the Pennsylvania Board of Education’s Council of Basic Education. “I was really honored and excited to be chosen,” said Svec, who was appointed to the board in April. The 21-member board, which has a council on basic education and one focused on higher education, works with the state Department of Education, policymakers and educators in reviewing, developing and adopting regulations that govern significant components of basic education and higher education. Although she is a non-voting member, Svec sees her role as providing a student’s perspective to the adult board members, some of whom graduated years ago. The board meets every other month. Svec attended meetings in May and July.
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/13915918-74/norwin-junior-gives-state-board-a-students-persepctive
Eureka! Pennsylvania's first traveling math lab to serve K-6 students starting in September
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer July 29, 2018
It’s not often parents witness their children racking their brains on a mathematics problem over the summer — especially in Cynthia Brooks’ case. “It’s pretty hard to keep them engaged,” the Manheim Township mother said of her two kids, Teagan and Charlie. “I think 10 minutes is kind of the max.” But on Thursday, she watched in awe as her 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son kept themselves occupied by piecing together squares, trapezoids and triangles to form different shapes. “I bet (they) could stay on there for more than 10 minutes if they had to,” Brooks said as her children finished their puzzles with help from some friends. The activity was part of a preview held Thursday night at the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 for a new nonprofit outreach program dedicated to helping elementary-aged kids improve their math skills through interactive, hands-on exhibits. Archie’s Math, an idea brought to life by Jim Bunting, a retired advertising executive who founded the Lancaster Science Factory in 2008, is a traveling math lab offering 20 exhibits that challenge kids on topics such as binary numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem.
Starting in September, the math lab — named after Archimedes, the mathematician who discovered the value of pi — will serve kids in kindergarten through grade six in the Lancaster, Lebanon, York and Harrisburg regions.
Editorial: PIAA's current playoff system isn't fair and needs to be reformed
Lancaster Online by THE LNP EDITORIAL BOARD July 29, 2018
THE ISSUE: Following another school year in which private, parochial and charter schools dominated and won many of the PIAA postseason championships — particularly in high-interest sports such as football and basketball — frustrated officials from the state’s traditional public schools gathered in State College last week to discuss changes and reforms they would like to see the PIAA enact. These included radical alternatives that the traditional public schools might pursue if the PIAA fails, in their estimation, to adequately address their concerns. In advance of that meeting, the PIAA fast-tracked the approval of some reforms, ostensibly to quell the growing unrest among some of the traditional public schools. Not all of the stakeholders, however, are convinced those actions were sufficient. In PIAA parlance, traditional public schools are known as “boundary” schools; the private, charter and parochial schools are referred to as “nonboundary” schools.
First, some perspective. We understand in this contentious year — beset by partisan politics, immigration firestorms, fragile foreign affairs and near-daily crises dominating our news landscape — that sports are just that: games. But youth sports are an important part of the fabric of American and Lancaster County lives: packed Friday night football games; boys and girls shooting hoops using a rim attached to the side of a country barn; swimmers and runners diligently and quietly doing their daily training so they might someday achieve glory. In this context, there are Pennsylvania public school officials and coaches who want to make sure their student-athletes are getting a fair shake. We agree that’s a good and worthwhile discussion to have. Tuesday’s meeting in State College drew more than 250 of those concerned officials. About 30 percent of the state’s 500 public school districts were represented, one organizer said. That’s a significant portion of motivated individuals spending a full weekday in July to support student-athletes. It certainly caught the PIAA’s attention.
https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/piaa-s-current-playoff-system-isn-t-fair-and-needs/article_f98eaba6-91db-11e8-ba6f-27229a50366a.html
“After making his mark at the Reinvestment Fund, Mr. Nowak in 2011 was named executive director of the William Penn Foundation, the philanthropic powerhouse established by Otto Haas, a founder of the Rohm & Haas chemical-manufacturing company, and his wife, Phoebe, in 1945. Mr. Nowak’s tenure there lasted just 18 months, with foundation officials citing “differences in approach” over the implementation of a new strategic plan for the organization. News stories at the time said Mr. Nowak was viewed as too outspoken and aggressive at an institution known for its reserve and caution. On his watch, the foundation also attracted controversy by funding a multimillion-dollar plan to restructure the ailing Philadelphia School District by adding charter schools.”
Jeremy Nowak, 66, prominent Philadelphia investor, advocate, commentator
by Chris Palmer & Diane Mastrull - Staff Writers Updated: JULY 28, 2018 — 6:30 PM EDT
Jeremy Nowak, 66, a prominent civic investor, advocate, and commentator who founded the Philadelphia-based Reinvestment Fund, later led the William Penn Foundation, and chaired boards of organizations including the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Mastery Charter Schools, and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, died Saturday at Lankenau Medical Center of complications from a heart attack. Mr. Nowak, of Lower Merion, suffered the heart attack July 11, said Jessica Cohen-Nowak, 31, his daughter. She was among the relatives with him when he died. A passionate and relentless advocate for Philadelphia, Mr. Nowak had most recently been serving as a distinguished visiting fellow at Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and running a consulting business. Last year, he cowrote a book about urban development, titled The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism, and had begun traveling the country to speak with mayors about the ideas it promoted — a project his daughter said he considered his “new adventure.” His coauthor, Bruce Katz, called Mr. Nowak “a giant in community development financing, known throughout the U.S. and the world.” His dedication to solving complex community problems earned him recognition from some of the city’s most important officials during his decades at the center of civic life. Ed Rendell, the former governor and Philadelphia mayor, said he spoke to Mr. Nowak almost weekly when he led the city, calling him a “brilliant adviser and trusted by everyone.” “He understood what community development needed as well as anybody I ever met,” Rendell said Saturday.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/crime/jeremy-nowak-philadelphia-obituary-reinvestment-fund-william-penn-foundation-drexel-university-20180728.html
“A blue historical marker opposite the house reads:
John W. Coltrane (1926-1967)
A pioneering
African-American jazz musician, composer, saxophonist. Coltrane used African
and Indian elements to create a distinctive style which at first shocked
audiences but ultimately gained wide acceptance.”A jazz legend’s Philadelphia home fading away
WHYY By Peter Tobia July 27, 2018
A historical marker on 33rd Street identifies the home of jazz great John Coltrane, but the house itself stands vacant and neglected.
The sound of jazz coming from the car radio at twilight convinces me to turn onto Broad Street and head to North Philadelphia. As I approach Cecil B. Moore Avenue, the nuances in the musical compositions become clearer, making me smile in appreciation. I drift for a moment, thinking of dimly lit clubs on back alley streets. Small tables for two, drinks, warm affection, easy conversation. Smiles exchanged and connections forged in the warm glow and then silence. Until the musicians step onto the stage … Then my daydream yields to the sounds of traffic. I park the car, walk a block and find the address: 1511 N. 33rd St., the house where John Coltrane lived from 1952-1958.
https://whyy.org/articles/a-jazz-legends-philadelphia-home-fading-away/
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/
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.
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!
“Not only do we have a superstar lineup of keynote speakers including Diane Ravitch, Jesse Hagopian, Pasi Sahlberg, Derrick Johnson and Helen Gym, but there will be countless sessions to choose from on the issues you care about the most. We will cover all bases from testing, charters, vouchers and school funding, to issues of student privacy and social justice in schools.”
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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