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PA Ed Policy Roundup July 29, 2019
Taxpayers in Senate Majority Whip John Gordner’s school
districts had to send over $12.9 million to chronically underperforming cyber
charter schools for 2017-18.
Thousands of Students Could Lose Free School Meals if
SNAP Changes
Education Week By Evie Blad on July
23, 2019 4:14 PM
A Trump administration plan to tighten
eligibility requirements for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program could have a secondary effect: hundreds of
thousands of children losing automatic eligibility for free school lunches,
child hunger groups warn. The proposal, announced Tuesday, would
curb broad-based categorical eligibility, an provision that allows
states to streamline the application process SNAP, commonly known as food
stamps, for families who participate in the Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families program. What does SNAP have to do with schools? Children in families
who participate in SNAP are "directly certified" for participation in
federally subsidized free school meal programs without filling out a separate
application, a move that cuts red tape that can prevent participation, those
groups say. In addition, schools where large number of students are directly
certified in free meal programs, through participation in SNAP or other federal
anti-poverty programs, may provide universal free meals to all students through
a federal provision called community eligibility. Tightening up SNAP
qualifications could cause about 265,000 students to lose eligibility
for free meals, said Lisa Davis, the senior vice
president of Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign, in testimony before
the House agriculture committee's subcommittee on nutrition in June.
Taxpayers in Senate Majority
Whip John Gordner’s school districts had to send over $12.9 million to
chronically underperforming cyber charter schools for 2017-18.
The table below lists the school district
name, total 2017-18 cyber tuition paid and the percent of the district’s budget
that was spent on cyber tuition.
Data Source: PDE via PSBA.
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Benton Area SD
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$143,782.68
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1.2%
|
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Berwick Area SD
|
$653,055.52
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1.5%
|
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Bloomsburg Area SD
|
$399,625.09
|
1.7%
|
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Central Columbia SD
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$381,925.17
|
1.4%
|
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Danville Area SD
|
$253,485.04
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0.7%
|
|
Hazleton Area SD
|
$2,630,295.20
|
1.9%
|
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Line Mountain SD
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$0.00
|
0.0%
|
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Midd-West SD
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$1,170,137.70
|
3.8%
|
|
Millville Area SD
|
$141,079.00
|
1.1%
|
|
Milton Area SD
|
$483,071.16
|
1.5%
|
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Mount Carmel Area SD
|
$665,767.77
|
3.7%
|
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North Schuylkill SD
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$1,088,585.72
|
3.9%
|
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Northwest Area SD
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$728,403.88
|
4.0%
|
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Selinsgrove Area SD
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$1,004,772.94
|
2.6%
|
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Shamokin Area SD
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$1,382,709.42
|
4.9%
|
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Shikellamy SD
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$1,137,870.93
|
2.6%
|
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Southern Columbia Area SD
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$230,789.93
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1.2%
|
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Warrior Run SD
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$445,944.36
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2.3%
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|
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$12,941,301.51
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State grants help sick students by providing in-class
robots
By Alyssa Biederman | For The Patriot-News Posted
Jul 26, 7:00 AM
Through an iPad on wheels that she
remote-controlled from home, Ashlyn Brysiak rolled into third grade each day. Brysiak,
now an 11-year-old student from East Pennsboro School District, ran into an
educational roadblock when she learned she had leukemia that would prevent her
from going to school. But now, with technology backed by state grants, she was
able to participate in class discussion, group projects and other social pieces
of education. “What she was missing without school was the social piece,” said
Brysiak’s former teacher, Dawn Kepler. “Depression can be prevalent when
students are out for so long.” Now, more students who need to take extended
absences will be able to appear in class virtually with the Keystone Telepresence Education Grant
Program. The state law, just passed in June,
will provide $300,000 in grants to Pennsylvania’s intermediate units, which
serve as government liaisons for schools.
New law means snow days can be work days for many
students -- from home
ELIZABETH BEHRMAN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Lbehrman@post-gazette.com JUL 27,
2019
During the 2009-10 school year, the Seneca
Valley School District canceled classes due to the weather seven times, and
ordered 2-hour delays another 10 times. The next year, administrators didn’t
call any snow days, but called six delays. School was closed four times in
2012-13, six times in 2013-14 and four times in 2014-15. In a district as
big as Seneca Valley, which has 7,500 students, encompasses almost 100 square
miles and includes Cranberry and Jackson townships in Butler County, predicting
the weather and determining whether back roads will be usable during the winter
can be tough. A delay has to be called by 5:10 a.m., and a closure by 7
a.m., said Superintendent Tracy Vitale. Some winters are worse than others. If
the district has to call more snow days than administrators build into the
calendar, students have to make them up to ensure they receive the required 180
days of instruction during a school year. “It's a difficult call to make,” Ms.
Vitale said. “I always error on the caution of safety. People don't
realize, in the winter, for superintendents this is all they get done.” But
some hope a new law will help make the traditional snow day — and the resultant
makeup days tacked on to the school year calendar — a thing of the past.
The state Legislature this summer passed a law allowing for “flexible
instruction days,” where students can work from home on snow days or days when
districts are forced to close school. A dozen school districts across the
state, including Seneca Valley, worked with the Pennsylvania Department of
Education to conduct a three-year pilot program to test the usage of flexible
instruction days.
You’re invited to this meeting on school property taxes
By FORD TURNER THE MORNING
CALL | JUL 26, 2019 | 1:13 PM
A state Senate Majority Policy Committee
workshop scheduled for August to talk about the much-despised school property
tax was the brainchild of Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill, a York County Republican.
The reason the former two-term Pennsylvania House member sought the session was
that she keeps hearing complaints about the tax from her constituents. The same
can be said for some lawmakers in the Lehigh Valley region including Berks and
Schuylkill counties, which may be home to the most broad-based opposition to
the tax. Invitations to the two-hour Aug. 13 session ― which will start in the
Pullo Center on the campus of Penn State York at 1 p.m. ― are being sent from
the office of Schuylkill County Republican state Rep. David Argall, according
to Phillips-Hill. Argall has repeatedly introduced legislation to replace or
repeal the tax and compensate for the lost revenue with a variety of increases
in other taxes. According to Phillips-Hill, a lead co-sponsor on Argall’s bill,
the public also is welcome to attend the workshop. She said the landscape has
changed since 2015, the last time lawmakers voted on the Senate floor to reject
a school property tax-related bill. “There are some new options to consider and
we are going to consider them all,” she said. “Everything should be vetted and
out on the table.”
HB1675: Senior Property Tax Freeze
PA House Cosponsorship Memo from Rep. Dan K.
Williams
Across Pennsylvania, the median real estate
tax bill is $2,603. However, this is problematic because, according to the U.S.
Census Bureau, there are 17,000 Pennsylvania seniors with no income, and a
total of 409,000 Pennsylvania seniors with an annual income of $20,000 or less.
That means there are thousands of seniors whose annual income is small and
whose property tax rebate will not cover all of their bill. As property taxes
increase, those property tax bills will get harder and harder to pay for some
of our older Pennsylvanians, straining their finances and fueling their
worries. That is why I am introducing legislation that would implement a property
tax freeze for school district property taxes owed by older Pennsylvanians. An
individual who is 65 or older, and who has qualified for a homestead property
tax exemption at their current residence for at least five years, would be
eligible. 2019 would act as the base year for the freeze. However, school
districts would not have to struggle with the loss of this funding; the state
would reimburse school districts from the Property Tax Relief Fund. Under my
plan, seniors would be able to have confidence when it comes time to pay their
property tax bills each year, without any added uncertainty for schools. Please
join me in giving Pennsylvania’s senior citizens peace of mind that their
property taxes will not skyrocket in the coming years. Your consideration and
co-sponsorship are appreciated.
Allentown School District still working on final numbers
one month after passing budget
By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO THE MORNING
CALL |JUL 25, 2019 | 8:40 PM
As the deadline looms for the Allentown
School District to submit a 2019-20 budget to the state, district officials say
they are still working on final numbers. Even though the school board passed a
budget on June 27, the budget was balanced contingent on charter and cyber
charter schools taking a 10% voluntary tuition reduction which would close a
remaining $6 million deficit. The school board also approved a tax hike lower
than what the district recommended, meaning the district will receive about $2
million less revenue in property taxes than it originally budgeted. If charter
and cyber charter schools do not agree to a tuition decrease, that means the
district could need to cut $8 million from the 2019-20 budget before it submits
one to the state. By law, districts must pass a budget by June 30 and
then send a budget to Harrisburg within 15 days. But if a district does not
send a budget within 15 days, it then receives an automatic 30-day extension
beyond the 15-day deadline under the state school code, according to state
department of education spokesperson Eric Levis. That means Allentown has until
Aug. 11 to submit a budget. On June 27, the Allentown School Board passed a budget with a
1.75% tax hike and plea to charter schools to
take a tuition reduction to eliminate the remaining $6 million deficit and
balance the budget. Superintendent Thomas Parker said after Thursday’s school
board meeting that the district was still in the process of asking charters to
take a tuition reduction. Charters can say no to Allentown’s request.
Philly principals and aspiring principals go back to
school in summer institutes
The new cohort of Neubauer Fellows start
their orientation; PhillyPLUS, which provides alternative certification for
school leaders, begins training.
The notebook by Makoto Manheim July 25 — 7:44
pm, 2019
Principals and aspiring principals from all
across the city are spending their summers with one question in mind: How can I
be a better leader for my school? The focus on improving schools has shifted
toward redefining optimal school leadership. In the past, the emphasis was on
pushing principals to boost test scores at all costs, but a broader vision has
emerged more recently of what good leadership actually requires. “What the
system hasn’t really done is look at succinctly how to better prepare
principals for complicated roles,” said Principal Shavon Savage from Henry C.
Lea Elementary School, a 2019 Neubauer fellow in the Philadelphia Academy of
School Leaders. “They have changed over time. They have become more complex; they
are more time-consuming; they require us to have a multiplicity of skill sets
that you might not be prepared for.” In the past, principals were expected to
“control” their buildings. Now they are expected to be instructional leaders,
finding new and deeper ways to cultivate learning. They are not just expected
to hire good teachers, but to nurture them, give more attention to fair and
helpful teacher evaluations, and create cohesive teams of educators. The
Neubauer Fellowship puts high-performing principals together in a cohort to
create a network of support and provides training to make them more effective
leaders. With the introduction of its fifth cohort this year, one-third of the
principals in Philadelphia, from District, charter, and faith-based schools,
are Neubauer fellows.
How one of Pa.'s most deeply troubled school districts
got headed in the right direction
Kim Strong, York Daily
Record Published 10:58 a.m. ET May 30, 2019 | Updated 3:44 p.m. ET July
26, 2019
The York City School District tackled nearly
two dozen initiatives. We asked Dr. Eric Holmes to pick the three that made the
biggest difference. Originally published in May 2019.
The sketch of a former slave
loomed large over Dr. Eric Holmes' office, as a reminder to him and
everyone who sees the picture that Frederick Douglass rose above his
beginnings. Douglass escaped slavery to become an author, activist,
ambassador and public speaker. "It's the possibility that, no
matter where you're from or what station in life, you can excel, if you
work hard," Holmes said, sitting in his York City School District office
just weeks before his retirement as superintendent. He had been a teacher and
administrator through 32 years, facing the most difficult challenge six
years ago when he took over as superintendent. The district was so financially
troubled that the state had assigned a recovery officer, in 2012, to
help repair the fiscal damage. "It was challenging times, but I never
doubted that it would work out," he said. " Even though things looked
pretty grim. ... I believed that public education would win out." The
district has rebounded so well that it will apply in June to end its financial
recovery status, said Margie Orr, York City school board president. "Our
finances now are very good. ... We haven't had to raise taxes for the last six
years." The district built a recovery plan then a second one,
drawing on many of the academic components of the first. To be successful,
Holmes is clear on this: "If it's not in the plan, we don't do it. It
helps us sweep away other ideas."
Praising smaller efficiencies that can be found in our
school districts [opinion]
Lancaster Online by THE LNP EDITORIAL BOARD July
29, 2019
THE ISSUE: The Eastern Lancaster County
school board has agreed to share some services with Columbia School District
for six more years, LNP’s Alex Geli reported in the July 21
edition of Sunday LNP. “The agreement, which stretches
from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2026, extends a partnership between two districts
on opposite ends of Lancaster County,” Geli wrote. “The relationship began in
2016 when they also shared a superintendent for one year.” We applaud
Elanco’s vote to extend its end of this partnership, and we urge the Columbia
board to follow suit when it votes on the deal at its next meeting. Elanco
Superintendent Bob Hollister told Geli that he believes it’s a win-win for both
districts. We agree. The deal involves the sharing of business, human resources
and technology services between the two districts. Geli explains that
it would require Columbia to pay Elanco $315,000 annually — a $35,000 increase
from the previous agreement — to receive support from Elanco’s business
manager, human resources director and information technology director, “in
addition to (receiving) an on-site tech support specialist and a host of
network services and equipment.” Elanco business manager Keith Ramsey said
that, under the unique partnership, Columbia would continue to receive “decades
of experience and top-of-the-line equipment for a sharply reduced cost,” Geli
reported. Columbia would have no need to hire full-time employees in those
areas or purchase new equipment. Partnering with Elanco has been a financial
plus for Columbia. “Saving money has helped Columbia establish stronger financial
footing, particularly regarding its general fund balance, a rainy day fund
districts typically keep in case of emergencies,” Geli reported.
“Three goals Henley said he has for the upcoming school year are
for at least 50% of students to be proficient or better on the PSSAs, 85% of
students to be in school on time every day, and a teacher retention rate of at
least 80%. He also said he hopes to strengthen community partnerships and
enhance La Academia’s image as a project-based learning school. Out of nearly
100 public schools in the county, La Academia had the lowest percentage of students last year
who scored proficient or advanced on the English language arts (21%), math (3%)
and science (8%) PSSA. Henley said the daily student attendance rate before he
arrived was 65%, and the teacher retention rate was about 50%. Change, Henley
said, won’t happen overnight. But if all goes according to plan, he said La
Academia can soon become a model project-based learning school in Pennsylvania.”
New principal envisions La Academia Partnership Charter as
a model project-based learning school. But the path won't be easy.
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer July 27,
2019
Be better. It’s a motto Tommy Henley, La
Academia Partnership Charter School’s new principal, lives by. And it’s
something, he says, the 21-year-old institution needs to hear. “They’re
currently not receiving an equitable education, based on the data that we
have,” Henley said of school’s students, the vast majority of whom are Hispanic
and from low-income households. “And we need to own that. We need to nam that
and move on.” Henley, a 26-year-old Chicago native with experience shaking
things up at schools across the nation, joined Lancaster County’s lone brick
and mortar charter school in May. He entered a somewhat perilous situation: The
school’s principal had suddenly resigned, student
test scores were in the tank, and the school was in the process of redefining itself as a
project-based learning school.
Penn Manor adds private changing areas, showers to high
school design
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer Jul 25,
2019
As a nod to student privacy, Penn Manor will
add individual changing rooms and showers to the locker rooms as part of its
nearly $100 million high school renovation and
construction project. Students will still have separate
locker rooms for boys and girls, but those who aren’t comfortable changing or
showering among their peers may choose one of a handful of private areas to do
so. The modification, made official during last week’s school board meeting,
comes as other local school districts, such as Eastern Lancaster County, are
dealing with heightened concerns over student privacy and the rights of
transgender students. Penn Manor Superintendent Mike Leichliter said that
played a factor in the board’s decision. “There’s been so many changes recently
that we felt we needed to make a change now,” Leichliter told LNP, adding it
was a “proactive” move that could prevent student privacy issues down the road.
Penn Manor’s updated locker room design includes 14 private changing rooms —
seven designated for each sex, including one that’s handicapped-accessible —
and four private showers — two for each sex, including one that’s handicapped-accessible.
Penn Hills School District begins first steps in
financial recovery
LAUREN LEE Pittsburgh Post-Gazette JUL 25,
2019
Penn Hills School District officials say they
are rolling up their sleeves to get to work after the state Department of
Education approved their financial recovery plan on June 16. Dan Matsook, the
district’s state-appointed financial recovery officer, crafted the plan with
the help of a special advisory committee after the state placed the district in
financial recovery status because it faces $170 million in debt. Although the
plans were approved by the state, officials asked the district to amend its
recovery plan because the board did not follow Mr. Matsook’s recommendation to
raise taxes in the 2019-2020 budget. Mr. Matsook said he is reviewing solutions
to fill in the budget gap and that the state has not yet provided a due date to
submit the amendment. He also wants to add other changes to the amendment, such
as a curriculum audit to improve student performances, after discovering the
district had not conducted a curriculum audit in several years.
Quakertown students enjoy some summer cooking
Bucks County Courier Times By Chris English Posted
Jul 28, 2019 at 5:56 PM
Students in teacher-chef Christopher Polk’s
summer chef’s camp recently whipped up a four-course meal for Superintendent
William Harner and other staff members. Quakertown Community School District
Superintendent William Harner is an educator by trade, not a food critic. But
he had a glowing one-word review for a four-course meal recently cooked and
served up to Harner and other staff members by students in high school teacher
Christopher Polk’s summer chef’s camp. “Phenomenal!” exclaimed Harner of the
melon and cucumber salad, Caprese chicken, pasta with garlic cream sauce, surf
& turf and other delectables created by the students under Polk’s guidance
in a kitchen at the high school. When each course was finished, the students
professionally “plated” the food and walked the dishes across the hall to the
staffers seated in a classroom turned temporary restaurant called “Panther on
Park.” The students repeated the whole process the following day for their
parents. Polk, who teaches both engineering and culinary arts at the high
school and is a pastry and sous chef at the Crowne Plaza Hotel restaurant in
Wyomissing, Berks County, started the summer chef’s camps three years ago as an
extension of his regular culinary classes during the school year.
Opponents of these laws contend that the statute is about far
more than history and they have argued that its invocation of “God” is an
endorsement of religion and a violation of the First Amendment. “Our position
is that it’s a terrible violation of freedom of conscience to inflict a godly
message on a captive audience of schoolchildren,” Freedom From Religion
Foundation co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor told The Associated Press. Gaylor’s
group, which in court has challenged the motto’s inclusion on the dollar bill,
fought the South Dakota legislation, too. The state chapter of the American
Civil Liberties Union also opposes the law, arguing in a statement that, “No
student should feel pressured in public school to adopt certain religious
beliefs.”
A red state is plastering ‘In God We Trust’ on the walls of public schools. It’s mandatory.
A red state is plastering ‘In God We Trust’ on the walls of public schools. It’s mandatory.
Beaver County Times By Reis Thebault, The
Washington Post Posted at 2:01 AM
South Dakota’s Republican lawmakers said it
was about history - the motto appears on money, on license plates and in the
fourth stanza of the “Star-Spangled Banner.” It’s also likely discussed in the
classroom, where historical inquiry is a key part of the state’s social studies
curriculum. But legislators said they wanted to make it more clear; they wanted
to “reaffirm” it. So this fall, when students return to school, a new and
compulsory message will greet them: “In God We Trust.” It’ll be the first new academic
year since South Dakota’s GOP leadership passed a law requiring every public
school to display the American maxim “in a prominent location” and in a font no
smaller than 12 by 12 inches. “Our national motto and founding documents are
the cornerstone of freedom and we should teach our children about these
things,” Sen. Phil Jensen, the controversial Rapid City politician who
sponsored the bill, said at a hearing on the legislation. South Dakota joins a
growing list of states that force their schools to display the motto. At least
half a dozen states passed “In God We Trust” bills last year, and another 10
have introduced or passed the legislation so far in 2019. Similar signage is
going up in Kentucky schools this summer, and Missouri could be next.
Population estimates show Pennsylvania losing
congressional district
Trib Live by MEGAN TOMASIC | Sunday, July
28, 2019 12:01 p.m.
The number of U.S. House of Representative
seats reserved for Pennsylvania could continue to dwindle following a 100-year
population trend in the state, according to recent predictions for districts
across the country. A map released by Esri, a California-based geographic
information system company, shows Pennsylvania with 17 congressional districts,
down from 18, after the 2020 census. Esri is working with officials from the
once-a-decade survey to Kyle Cassal, chief demographer for
Esri who created the map, said data was based on census predictions and
the method of equal proportions, which is
currently used to calculate congressional seats. Following the method, Cassal
calculated that Pennsylvania would rank 13th among the states, meaning the
number of congressional seats for 12 other states would be determined before
Pennsylvania’s. While Pennsylvania has seen an increase of just over 290,460
people since 2010, census estimates show.
And that number is not enough to hold onto 18 congressional seats, said Chris
Briem, regional economist at the University of Pittsburgh who studies
demographic trends.
How Did Charter Schools Lose Their Luster? Our Reporter
Explains
Eliza Shapiro, an education reporter, and
Dodai Stewart, deputy editor of the Metro desk, recently discussed the backlash
against charter schools with New York Times subscribers.
By The New York Times July 26, 2019
Charter schools were once hailed by
supporters as a way to save public education in big urban districts. Founders
presented them as a way to offer low-income minority families safe, orderly
schools with rigorous academics, and they were embraced across the country as a
hopeful alternative. But charter school
executives have recently started to acknowledge shortcomings, as questions
about whether they are fulfilling their mission have mounted. Democratic
presidential candidates have turned away from the charter movement. Last month,
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the New York State Legislature would not raise a cap on
the number of charters in New York City, halting the growth of the model in the
country’s largest school system. Eliza Shapiro, a New York City education
reporter, and Dodai Stewart, deputy editor of the Metro desk, dialed into a
conference call with New York Times subscribers on Thursday morning to discuss
the backlash against charters. Ms. Shapiro discussed her recent article on
the changing attitudes toward charter schools and
what she discovered in her reporting. Read a lightly edited excerpt from their
conversation, led by Ms. Stewart, here.
Portrait of a Charter Entrepreneur: Ron Packard
Diane Ravitch’s Blog By
dianeravitch July 27, 2019 //
When we consider the charter industry, it’s
hard not to notice how it has become fertile territory for entrepreneurs with
no education experience. Take a case in point: The meteoric career of Ron
Packard. Begin by reading this dated biography, posted on SourceWatch. When it was
written, Ron was making $5 million a year as CEO of the online charter chain
K12 Inc. The company had a market value of more than $1.25 billion. Ron and
former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett founded with startup money supplied
by ex-felon and junk bond king MIchael Milken and Larry Ellison of Oracle.
Take the four-week PSBA advocacy challenge
POSTED ON JULY
22, 2019 IN PSBA NEWS
Calling all public
education advocates! Even though students are out for the summer, we need you
to continue your efforts to share your district's story, and the needs of
public schools across the state, with your legislators. Follow the four easy
steps on the challenge to increase your engagement with lawmakers this summer
and you'll receive some PSBA swag as a thank-you. We've also included some
talking points to help inform you on the latest issues. Contact Advocacy Coordinator
Jamie Zuvich at jamie.zuvich@psba.org with questions. Click
here to see the challenge and talking points.
In November, many boards will be
preparing to welcome new directors to their governance Team of Ten. This event
will help attendees create a full year on-boarding schedule based on best
practices and thoughtful prioritization. Register now:
PSBA: Start Strong:
Developing a District On-Boarding Plan for New Directors
SEP 11, 2019 • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
In November, many boards
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16 to Friday, October 18, 201
Registration is now open!
Growth from knowledge acquired. Vision inspired by innovation. Impact
created by a synergized leadership community. You are called upon to be the
drivers of a thriving public education system. It’s a complex and challenging
role. Expand your skillset and give yourself the tools needed for the
challenge. Packed into two and a half daysęź·ęź·gain access to top-notch education and
insights, dynamic speakers, peer learning opportunities and the latest product
and service innovations. Come to the PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference to
grow!
NPE Action National
Conference - Save the Date - March 28-29, 2020 in Philadelphia, PA.
The window is now open for workshop proposals for the Network for Public
Education conference, March 28-29, 2020, in Philadelphia. I hope you all sign
on to present on a panel and certainly we want all to attend. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NBCNDKK
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