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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Oct. 21, 2019
Choice is not enough when it comes to education |
Editorial
No PA Ed Policy Roundup
tomorrow morning; I plan to catch the early train to Harrisburg for the Senate
Education Committee charter school hearing.
PA Senate Education Committee
public hearing on charter school entities. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 9:00 a.m. North Office Building, Hearing Room #1
Watch
Live PA Senate GOP Website
9:00 – 9:10
Opening Remarks
Senator Wayne Langerholc, Jr.
Senator Andrew Dinniman
Senator Andrew Dinniman
9:15 – 9:45
Panel 1
Scott Gordon, CEO, Mastery Charter
Schools
David Hardy, Senior Advisor, Excellent Schools PA | Supplemental 1 | Supplemental 2
David Hardy, Senior Advisor, Excellent Schools PA | Supplemental 1 | Supplemental 2
9:50 – 10:30 Panel 2
Jane Swan, CEO, Reach
Cyber Charter School
Dr. John Chandler, CEO, PA Virtual Charter School
Dr. Michael Conti, CEO, Agora Cyber Charter School
Dr. James Hanak, CEO, Leadership PA Charter School
Dr. John Chandler, CEO, PA Virtual Charter School
Dr. Michael Conti, CEO, Agora Cyber Charter School
Dr. James Hanak, CEO, Leadership PA Charter School
10:35 – 10:50 Panel 3
Joyce Wilkerson, Board
President, School District of Philadelphia | Supplemental 1 | Supplemental 2
10:55 – 11:10 Panel 4
Dr. Andria B. Saia, Executive
Director, Capital Area Intermediate Unit #15 | Supplemental 1
11:15 – 11:55 Panel 5
Kari King, President
& CEO, PA Partnerships for Children
Tomea Sippio-Smith, K-12 Education Policy Director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth
Lenny McAllister, Director of Western Pennsylvania, Commonwealth Foundation
Marc LeBlond, Senior Policy Analyst, Commonwealth Foundation
Susan Spicka, Executive Director, Education Voters of PA
Tomea Sippio-Smith, K-12 Education Policy Director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth
Lenny McAllister, Director of Western Pennsylvania, Commonwealth Foundation
Marc LeBlond, Senior Policy Analyst, Commonwealth Foundation
Susan Spicka, Executive Director, Education Voters of PA
11:55 – 12:00 Closing Remarks
Senator Wayne
Langerholc, Jr.
Senator Andrew Dinniman
Senator Andrew Dinniman
Pa. educators say more money needed as the number of
special education students rises
Post-Gazette by KIM JARRETT The Center Square OCT 19, 2019
Educators say that
the number of students with special needs has increased in Pennsylvania, and so
has the need for funding. Pennsylvania's Special Education Funding Commission
was created by Act 3 of 2012. After a series of meetings in 2013, the commission
developed a funding formula that gave schools districts deemed to have the
greatest need additional dollars. The commission has been reconstituted to
review the formula. The 15-member committee consists of senators,
representatives and members of the Wolf administration, including Education
Secretary Pedro Rivera. Special education has changed since the first funding
formula was created, and more children need services, panelists said at a
recent meeting in Lancaster County. “Statewide data shows that we have seen a
12 percent increase of students with emotional disturbances, a 34 percent
increase in students with autism and a 47 percent increase in students with
other health impairments,” said Michele Reichard-Huff, director of early
childhood and student services for the Berks County Intermediate Unit.
Reforming the way we
grade teachers will help our students
Lancaster Online by
THE LNP EDITORIAL BOARD October 20, 2019
THE ISSUE: State Sen. Ryan Aument, R-Mount
Joy, is the author of Senate Bill 751, legislation that would reform
Pennsylvania’s educator evaluation system by placing greater emphasis on direct
classroom observation, and reducing the impact of student standardized testing
scores. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 38-11 in June and is now in the
House Education Committee. A companion bill was introduced in the House by
Republican Rep. Jesse Topper of Bedford County. Aument met with the LNP
Editorial Board on Tuesday, along with Eastern Lancaster County School District
Superintendent Robert Hollister, McCaskey High School teacher Bryan Hower and
Pennsylvania State Education Association President Rich Askey.
Today, we’re going
to discuss how Pennsylvania’s public school teachers are evaluated. Please
don’t stop reading. This is more interesting than you might think. It involves
use of taxpayer money, the quality of the education our kids are getting, and a
lawmaker who genuinely listens — and admits when he’s gotten something wrong. We
know. That is unusual. That lawmaker, of course, is Aument. Aument wrote the
2012 legislation that created the state’s current teacher evaluation system. He
told the editorial board last week that he initially was defensive when that
system drew frank criticism from educators, including Hollister and Hower. Among
the criticisms: The ratings of underperforming teachers are inflated by the
positive ratings of the buildings in which they teach. And excellent teachers
are punished when their students score poorly on standardized tests, even if
those students have learning disabilities, or come from low-income households
where they have none of the advantages — books, private tutoring,
vocabulary-enriching vacations and other resources that increase school
readiness — that middle-class students have. This is causing highly skilled
teachers to hesitate before taking on the classrooms that need them the most:
those in poorer schools.
Later school start times could address ‘crisis’ of
sleep-deprived teens, Pa. report finds
Inquirer by Rita Giordano, Updated: October 18, 2019
Citing a “public
health crisis of epidemic proportions” regarding American adolescents not
getting enough sleep, an advisory committee convened by Pennsylvania’s Joint
State Government Commission has ample support from medical authorities for
later school start times, particularly for high school students. However, the
committee, in a report released Thursday, did not call for a statewide adoption of initiatives
already underway in several of the Commonwealth’s 500 districts or for the
creation of a pilot program. Rather, the lengthy document is more of a resource
for districts considering changing their start times. The committee encouraged
local schools to collect data on their own experiences, while acknowledging the
considerable body of research supporting later-starting school days. “Sleep
health literacy is an important component of any school health curriculum,” the
report stated. The committee’s recommendations, based on the findings of groups
such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association,
and other health organizations, include:
New study: Delayed
school start times working well in Chester County
West Chester Daily
Local MediaNews Group Oct 17, 2019
HARRISBURG—The
results of a comprehensive sleep study advocating for the delay of secondary
school start times were released this week. The study was conducted by a
special Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission (JSGC) advisory committee.
In Chester County, the Unionville-Chadds Ford and Phoenixville school districts
have switched over to a delayed school start. West Chester and Owen J. Roberts
are considering it. The report highlights that delaying secondary school start
times has the “greatest potential to impact large numbers of students at the
same time,” giving students more time to sleep, and helping prevent the health
concerns brought with sleep deprivation. This marks the first time Pennsylvania
has studied this issue, and includes an assessment of the health, academic and
safety benefits associated with delaying secondary school start times, as well
as the costs associated with this change. It was established under Senate
Resolution 417, legislation introduced by Sen. Andy Dinniman that unanimously
passed the Senate Education Committee last fall. Dinniman said the findings
should serve as a guide for school districts that are looking at pushing back
their start times.
State report suggests
schools start too early in the morning. How will Lancaster County schools
respond?
Lancaster Online by
ALEX GELI | Staff
Writer October 19,
2019
Falling asleep in class?
Can’t focus? Feeling depressed? There may be a cure: later secondary school
start times. That’s according to a report published this week by a
state-commissioned advisory committee made up of educators, health
professionals, transportation administrators, parents and students. The group,
created after the General Assembly passed a 2018 resolution crafted by state
Sen. Andrew Dinniman (D-West Chester) calls sleep deprivation among teenagers a
"public health crisis of epidemic proportions," but concludes
Pennsylvania schools can help by considering moving secondary school start
times to 8:30 a.m. or later. Educational, medical and psychological
organizations across the country agree. But Lancaster County school
officials contacted by LNP haven’t completely bought in. “I agree
wholeheartedly that adolescents are not getting enough sleep, but question
whether or not later start times would fix that,” Eastern Lancaster County
Superintendent Bob Hollister said. Hollister said later start times could
“yield a zero gain” due to pushing back after-school and sporting events — and,
therefore, family dinner times.
Penn State research informs PA report on school start
times
Penn State Kristie Auman-Bauer October 17, 2019
UNIVERSITY PARK,
Pa. — Later school start times improve educational and health outcomes by
giving students more sleep, according to a new report from the Pennsylvania Joint State Commission on School Start Times,
released today (Oct. 17). Orfeu Buxton, professor of biobehavioral health at
Penn State, was asked to serve on the commission’s advisory committee after
conducting research that demonstrated secondary school start times after 8:30 a.m.
increases the likelihood teens obtain the minimum recommended amount of sleep,
benefiting their overall health and well-being. “We know that most adolescents
do not get enough sleep, and insufficient sleep has detrimental effects on the
physical and mental health of teens,” said Buxton, also a Social Science Research Institute cofunded faculty member and editor-in chief (designate) of the
journal Sleep
Health. The
report, “Sleep
Deprivation in Adolescents: The Case for Delaying Secondary School Start Times,” includes a study of secondary school start times in Pennsylvania;
evaluates studies and initiatives by other organizations; assesses the effects
of later school start times on the health, safety and academics of students;
and contains recommendations on best practices to rollout later start times.
School choice has not cured Philadelphia’s ailing system
| Opinion
Deborah Gordon
Klehr, For the Inquirer Updated: October 20, 2019 - 5:00 AM
Deborah Gordon
Klehr is executive director of the Education Law Center-PA, a nonprofit, legal advocacy organization with offices in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, dedicated to ensuring access to a quality public education for
all children in Pennsylvania.
Exercising “school
choice” has increasingly become the norm in Philadelphia, where many neighborhood
schools have been struggling and under-resourced for decades. Over 70,000
students in the city are opting to attend charter schools; tens of thousands
more attend district schools other than their neighborhood schools. Many other
families opt out of public education for private and religious schools,
sometimes with taxpayer-subsidized scholarships. Proponents of “parental
choice” often argue that it is the best strategy for ensuring equal educational
opportunity for underserved students. Providing more choices, in this view,
means more equity – the opportunity for every student to have access to a
quality public option. So there are calls to create more charter schools and
more slots for students within them. A study of charter
schools in
Philadelphia published by the Education Law Center earlier this year is a stark
reminder that many parents don’t get to choose and that ultimately it may be
the school and not the parent doing the choosing. More charters and more slots
haven’t cured an ailing school system.
This is not to
discount the successes we know exist for students in many city charters. But
Philadelphia’s 22-year history of rapid charter expansion coupled with
inadequate oversight is entrenching new inequities in an already unequal
landscape.
“If choice alone were enough, that would
make Philadelphia -- with more charter schools and other offerings than any
other city in the commonwealth -- the epicenter of academic excellence and
equity.”
The Inquirer Editorial Board | opinion@inquirer.com Updated: October 20, 2019 - 5:00 AM
More than two
decades after the charter
law in Pennsylvania was
passed, school choice remains the center of a lively but largely unresolved debate
-- one that has taken on new shapes. “School choice” used to be synonymous with
vouchers, but that is no longer the case, at least in Pennsylvania. Now, the
state offers a range of public education options: district schools, brick and
mortar charter schools, cyber schools, private
and parochial school scholarships publicly funded via a tax credit program. Across Pennsylvania,
137,000 students are enrolled in charters and another 50,000 go to private or
parochial schools using the tax credit program. In all, the state spends $2
billion on these alternatives to traditional public schools. The bedrock belief
of those championing choice is that parents deserve options for where they send
their children to school, and that parents know what’s best for their child.
For some lawmakers, parental choice is a civil rights issue, insuring that a
child’s zip code doesn’t dictate the quality of his or her education. Sound
arguments, but too often, choice for its own sake is treated as the goal,
rather than quality education options. If choice alone
were enough, that would make Philadelphia -- with more charter schools and
other offerings than any other city in the commonwealth -- the epicenter of
academic excellence and equity. But despite academic progress, Philadelphia
district schools have a ways to go. Just as some district schools are high
quality and some are troubled, many charter schools excel, while many fall short.
Cyber charters, according to recent
studies, post
“overwhelmingly negative” results in student performance.
The segregating effects of school choice policies |
Opinion
Inquirer by Allison Roda and Molly Vollman
Makris Updated: October 20, 2019 -
5:08 AM
Allison Roda is
assistant professor of education in Molloy College’s Educational Leadership for
Diverse Learning Communities, Ed.D. program. She is the author of “Inequality
in Gifted and Talented Programs: Parental Choices About Status, School
Opportunity, and Second-Generation Segregation,” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).
Molly Vollman
Makris is associate professor of urban studies at Guttman Community College,
CUNY, where she also serves as the Program Coordinator for Urban Studies. Her
book “Public Housing and School Choice in a Gentrified City: Youth Experiences
of Uneven Opportunity” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) won the American Educational
Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award and the New Jersey Studies
Academic Alliance Book Award.
Every parent wants
the best education for their child, but options are often limited for a variety
of reasons. One challenge is that schools in the United States are socioeconomically
and racially segregated and unequal, a condition recently examined in a Stanford study, “Is Separate Still
Unequal?” What the
Stanford study left out is how school segregation is maintained or exacerbated
in part via school choice policy, and how parents, school leaders, and
policymakers can work to break that cycle. As two qualitative researchers, we
have analyzed this topic deeply and have found that school choice options can
have a segregative effect. Our findings point to both the pitfalls of school
choice policy, and also the promises when diversity is the goal.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/school-choice-charters-parents-segregation-20191020.html
Three parents, who made three different school choices,
share advice on how to decide where to send your kids | Perspective
Inquirer Staff Reports Updated: October 20, 2019 - 4:15 AM
Every parent wants
the best education for their child, but it can sometimes be hard to know which
option is the best one. In Philadelphia, 65% of the city’s 237,000 school-age
children exercise choice every day by attending a school other than their
assigned neighborhood school. The Inquirer asked three parents, who all made
different educational choices, to share their experiences and give advice to
other parents grappling with this decision.
Parents want school choice. Here are tools that can help
them. | Opinion
Inquirer Opinion by Salma Khan and Eileen
Walsh Updated: October 20, 2019 -
5:00 AM
Salma Khan and
Eileen Walsh work for the Philadelphia School Partnership, where Khan is the
director of GreatPhillySchools and Walsh is the manager of Apply Philly
Charter.
Policies in support
of school choice have been bitterly contested for years in public discourse.
However, the majority of Philadelphia families have made their positions clear:
School choice is an integral part of our education system. In Philadelphia, 65%
of the city’s 237,000 school-age children exercise choice every day by
attending a school other than their assigned neighborhood school. At the high
school level, the numbers are even greater: 88% of all students exercise some
form of choice. The schools these children attend include a variety of public
district schools, public charter schools, and private/parochial schools. The
Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) funds two important online tools to help
families make informed choices. The first is GreatPhillySchools (greatphillyschools.org), a website that provides easy-to-understand data on academics, school
incidents, and student engagement for elementary, middle, and high schools, as
well as early childhood education centers. Families go to GreatPhillySchools to
review school profiles and find step-by-step instructions for applying to all
types of schools, and identifying which schools have available seats. For
instance, the website has information on the District’s “Find Your Fit”
campaign, which encourages students to apply to as many as five district schools
– elementary, middle, or high – including schools other than their neighborhood
school, by the Nov. 1, 2019, deadline. The second tool is Apply Philly Charter
(applyphillycharter.org), which PSP launched in 2018 in partnership with charter schools in
response to family feedback about the difficulty of applying to schools with
different deadlines and application processes. Families fill out one standard
application for the 80 participating charter schools in the city, with one
deadline and one date for notification of lottery outcomes. (The application
deadline for fall 2020 enrollment is Jan. 27, 2020.)
Blogger note: Here’s a March 2013 PA Ed
Policy Roundup posting that touches on the Philadelphia School Partnership…
Purchasing public policy? Money talks - In Philly the same folks
who brought us the EITC bailout of parochial schools via millions of diverted
tax dollars and spent millions on voucher candidates are apparently now just
buying more charter schools….meanwhile, Wm. Penn Foundation has significantly
cut funding to public ed advocacy groups
Reprise March 2013: Philadelphia School Partnership
Board of Directors
You know the names:
O’Neill, Bravacos, Yass…..
In addition to a
$15 million grant from the William Penn Foundation in July, the partnership has received $5 million from the Maguire Foundation and $31.9 million from a group of twenty donors that includes
the Samuel S. Fels Fund and school reform advocate Janine Yass.
Philadelphia School
Partnership Investors
McGuire, Walton, Gates, Dell,
Yass, 50CAN, Karp, Bravacos, O’Neill….
Why private school turned out to be the wrong choice for
my son’s special needs | Perspective
Inquirer Opinion Nancy Ironside Updated: October 20, 2019 - 5:00 AM
Last June, both of
my sons graduated from high school. It was a remarkable day. No, they are not
twins. Their educational paths were quite different, but at graduation, both
were honored for the individuals they are. My older son was diagnosed at age 2
with an autism-spectrum disorder. It was a difficult reality to confront. But
our family was fortunate enough to have the resources needed for him to learn
language, build relationships, and gain a measure of independence that allowed
him to begin school. When it was time
for him to start kindergarten, our district, Springfield Township, offered a
county-run language-development program. It was small and supportive and my son
learned to love school. He made progress — so much that the district decided he
was ready for a more typical setting. I was less sure. As a mom, I feared that
the school might not appreciate this boy. As a teacher, I did my homework —
meeting with the principal, visiting the classroom, and asking questions of the
special education director. I also visited some private schools that
specialized in teaching kids with learning differences, offering smaller
classes and more intensive instruction.
Are cyber charters a way to ‘hide’ from child welfare
scrutiny? Some Pa. superintendents say yes
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent October 21, 2019
On October 3, 2018,
sometime before dawn, a toddler wandered alone from his home on the edge of a
small Schuylkill County town and into a nearby car. Responding to a neighbor’s
call, police arrived to find the three-year-old wearing only a diaper that “was
completely filled and was hanging down to his knees,” according to an officer’s
notes. The boy was taken to the borough police station a few blocks away.
Thirty-five minutes later, his mother showed up, searching for her son. The
toddler, she explained, had climbed on the front window sill of their home in
Saint Clair, Pennsylvania and unlocked the door while she slept. The police
contacted county children and youth services, who, with the mother’s
permission, removed the toddler and his three siblings from her custody and
resettled them in foster care. The news eventually reached Sarah Yoder,
superintendent of the Saint Clair Area School District. She knew the family —
not surprising in a town of 3,000 people and a district of 508 students. Two of
the family’s four children were enrolled in the district’s elementary school.
Yoder’s staff had been concerned about them for years based on their poor dress
and hygiene, as well as contentious conversations with their mother. But by the
time the family reached this crisis point, Yoder had been shut out. About six
months earlier, the mother pulled her children from the district and placed
them in the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, the state’s largest,
headquartered 300 miles away in Beaver County.
Pa. lawmakers seek fix to return arrest powers to school
police officers
Penn Live By Jan
Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Today 5:15 AM
When state
lawmakers return to session on Monday, they will begin work on correcting a
mistake they made last summer that stripped school police officers of
their longheld arrest powers. The House Education Committee will consider
legislation on Monday to address this
unintended consequence of a school safety measure that Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law on July 2. Bi-partisan-backed
legislation also is being proposed in the Senate to address the matter as well.
Central Dauphin School District is one of the 80 districts in Pennsylvania with
a school police department. Its director of safety and security Gabriel Olivera
said he would like to have the arrest powers returned. “It causes an
inconvenience for us because now we have to wait for available officers [from
the community] to respond and then it’s an inconvenience for the officers from
the local jurisdiction because they now have to handle something we normally
would handle,” Olivera said.
PA-48: GOP chooses district attorney to run for seat
vacated by senator facing child porn charges
Penn Live By David
Wenner | dwenner@pennlive.com Updated Oct 20, 7:25 AM; Posted Oct 19,
2:33 PM
Lebanon County
District Attorney David Arnold was quickly and smoothly picked Saturday as the
Republican candidate to replace former state Sen. Mike Folmer. Arnold easily
outdistanced four other candidates during the nomination conference held at
Lebanon Valley College. He received 50 votes out of the 72 cast. Conservative
think tank leader Matt Brouillette received 20 votes and state Rep. Russ
Diamond received two. The Democrat who will face Arnold in the Jan. 14 special
election to represent the state’s 48th Senate District is expected to be picked
Sunday. Arnold said he has devoted his career to public service and being a
state senator will enable him to serve more people than he could as a county
district attorney. “I’m going to do the right things for the right reasons,” he
said after Saturday’s vote. “I’m going to work harder than anyone in the
senate.”
PA-48: Democrats pick history professor to run for seat
vacated by senator facing child porn charges
Penn Live By Sean
Sauro | ssauro@pennlive.com Updated Oct 20, 2019; Posted Oct 20, 2019
A self-described
“political neophyte” has been nominated by a group of Lebanon County Democrats
to serve as the nominee for the seat previously held by former state Sen. Mike
Folmer, who resigned earlier this year after being accused
of possessing child pornography. Michael J. Schroeder was selected Sunday from a pool of five potential
candidates. He will now face off in a Jan. 14 special election against Lebanon
County District Attorney David Arnold, who was chosen
Saturday to run on the Republican ticket. The winner of the special election will represent the 48th District,
which was left vacant after Folmer’s
September resignation. The 48th
District represents Lebanon County and portions of Dauphin and York counties.
The winner of the special election will serve for the remainder of Folmer’s
term, which ends in November 2022.
Key changes would alter the government’s massive survey
on schools and civil rights
WHYY - NPR By Alexis
Marshall October 20,
2019
The Department of
Education has proposed several key changes to its massive survey that collects
data from the nation’s public schools on a wide range of civil rights issues. Among
the changes, the 2019-2020 version of the Civil Rights Data Collection would
remove questions that focus on preschool and school finance. The proposals
would also add more questions about sexual assault and bullying based on
religion. The CRDC, as it’s known, is a massive trove of self-reported
information published every two years by the Education Department’s Office for
Civil Rights. The data collected is used by the Department, education
researchers, policymakers and scholars from many fields. Every public school in
the country is required to participate, and the government gets data from
nearly all of them: more than 96,000 in 2015-16, from around 17,000 school
districts. The proposals for the upcoming survey, which will gather data from
this school year, are still under review. The public comment period ends Nov.
18, and the department said the earliest that these proposals could go into effect
is 2020. Here are some of the proposed changes.
'Backpack Full of
Cash' Screening Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 5 – 7:30 pm St. Joseph’s
University
Narrated by Matt
Damon, this feature-length documentary explores the growing privatization of
public schools and the resulting impact on America's most vulnerable children.
Filmed in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Nashville and other cities, it takes
viewers through the tumultuous 2013-14 school year, exposing the world of
education "reform" where public education - starved of resources-
hangs in the balance.
FOR TEACHERS:
Whatever your math objective may be, we have something to fit your goals,
passion, and schedule!
The Barnes Foundation
Website
The Barnes
Foundation partners with the School District of Philadelphia (pre-K and grades
3, 5, and 7), Catholic schools in the Delaware Valley (grades 5 and 7), and
Camden Catholic Partnership Schools (grade 3) to provide free in-depth
programming to schools. Students receive two one-hour outreach lessons with a
Barnes educator in their classroom, before and after a field trip to the Barnes
Foundation. These programs include materials, busing, and admission.
Career, Trades &
Labor Apprenticeship Fair Saturday • October 26, 10 a.m.– 2 p.m.
Delaware County
Intermediate Unit (DCIU) Marple Education Center • 85 N. Malin Road • Broomall,
PA
Sponsors: Senator
Kearney’s Office, Delco AFL-CIO and DCIU
This event will be
open to students from grades 8 – 12, along with their parents and guardians. We
are also inviting school administrators and teachers, local businesses and
trades, and all community stakeholders who are interested in preparing today’s
students for tomorrow’s opportunities. The 26th Senate District
has a wide range of career, technical, and labor apprenticeship training
programs for young people seeking careers in growing fields where they can earn
living wages and, in some cases, even Associate degrees during their training.
We hope to connect students with these opportunities and to build new
relationships between everyone invested in our young people’s educational and
career paths. Please RSVP no later than October 25, 2019. You can RSVP online
at https://www.senatorkearney.com/apprenticeship-fair/ or by contacting Gina Curry, my Constituent Relations
Associate, at Gina.Curry@pasenate.com or 610-352-3409 (ext. 222). We look forward to seeing you at the
fair!
Know Your Facts on Funding and Charter Performance. Then
Call for Charter Change!
PSBA PA Charter
Change Website September 2019
Register now for PSBA’s
Sleep & Student Performance Webcast OCT
31, 2019 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 27,
2019 IN PSBA
NEWS
Our students face
many issues today, but who would have imagined sleep deprivation could be a
significant issue? The Joint State Government Commission established an
advisory committee to study the issues, benefits and options related to school
districts instituting later start times in secondary schools. Register now to hear from the executive director of the Commission, Glenn
Pasewicz, commission staff and David Hutchinson, PSBA’s appointee to the
commission, on the results of their study and work.
Adolescent Health and
School Start Times: Science, Strategies, Tactics, & Logistics
Workshop Nov 13, Exton
Join school administrators and staff, including superintendents, transportation directors, principals, athletic directors, teachers, counselors, nurses, and school board members, parents, guardians, health professionals and other concerned community members for an interactive and solutions-oriented workshop on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Join school administrators and staff, including superintendents, transportation directors, principals, athletic directors, teachers, counselors, nurses, and school board members, parents, guardians, health professionals and other concerned community members for an interactive and solutions-oriented workshop on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Clarion Hotel in
Exton, PA
The science is clear. Many middle and high school days in Pennsylvania, and across the nation, start too early in the morning. The American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control, American Academy of Pediatrics, and many other major health and education leaders agree and have issued policy statements recommending that secondary schools start no earlier than 8:30 am to allow for sleep, health, and learning. Implementing these recommendations, however, can seem daunting. Discussions will include the science of sleep and its connection to school start times, as well as proven strategies for successfully making change--how to generate optimum community support and work through implementation challenges such as bus routes, athletics, and more. Register for the workshop here: https://ssl-workshop-pa.eventbrite.com Thanks to our generous sponsors, we are able to offer early bird registration for $25, which includes a box-lunch and coffee service. Seating is limited and early bird registration ends on Friday, September 13.
For more information visit the workshop website www.startschoollater.net/workshop---pa or email contact@startschoollater.net
The science is clear. Many middle and high school days in Pennsylvania, and across the nation, start too early in the morning. The American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control, American Academy of Pediatrics, and many other major health and education leaders agree and have issued policy statements recommending that secondary schools start no earlier than 8:30 am to allow for sleep, health, and learning. Implementing these recommendations, however, can seem daunting. Discussions will include the science of sleep and its connection to school start times, as well as proven strategies for successfully making change--how to generate optimum community support and work through implementation challenges such as bus routes, athletics, and more. Register for the workshop here: https://ssl-workshop-pa.eventbrite.com Thanks to our generous sponsors, we are able to offer early bird registration for $25, which includes a box-lunch and coffee service. Seating is limited and early bird registration ends on Friday, September 13.
For more information visit the workshop website www.startschoollater.net/workshop---pa or email contact@startschoollater.net
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