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PA Ed Policy Roundup for October 2, 2019
Pa. Gov. Wolf pushes
his charter school reform plan, announces forthcoming closure of a cyber
charter school
What:
Informal discussion on cyber charter schools
When: 9 a.m. refreshments, 9:30 a.m. panel, Oct. 7
Where: Central PA Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, 800 E. Park Ave.,
State College
AAUW State
College Branch invites you to attend an informational panel discussion to learn
more about background and issues connected with cyber charter schools. Join us
on Oct. 7, at the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau, 800 E.
Park Ave., State College (visitor center off Porter Road). Refreshments, 9 a.m.;
panel discussion, 9:30 a.m.
The American
Association of University Women State College Branch is part of a nationwide
network of about 1,000 branches that are dedicated to advancing equity for
women and girls.
Pa. Gov. Wolf pushes his charter school reform plan,
announces forthcoming closure of a cyber charter school
Penn Live By Jan
Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com October 1, 2019
Pennsylvania’s
lowest performing cyber charter school will shut down by the end of this year
as part of an agreement it reached with the state Department of Education. Gov.
Tom Wolf made that announcement about the impending closure of the
Philadelphia-based Achieving Community Transformation Academy Charter School on
Tuesday at a news conference in Altoona where he discussed his
plan to revamp Pennsylvania’s 22-year-old charter school law. “Pennsylvania’s charter school law is the worst in the nation and is
failing students, teachers, school districts and taxpayers,” Wolf said in a
news release. “There are high-quality charter schools, but some of them,
especially some cyber charter schools, are underperforming. We must ensure that
charter school students are getting a quality education they need and that
charter schools are accountable to parents and taxpayers.” The ACT Academy
Charter School, one of 15 cyber charter schools in the state, enrolled
104 ninth-
through 12th-grade students last school year, according to information on the education department’s website. Its
most recently released state test scores were dismal with just 13.6% of its
students at grade-level in English language arts/literature; 4.6% in
mathematics/Algebra; and 4.6% in science/biology.
Gov. Wolf Stresses
Need for Stronger Charter School Accountability
Governor Wolf’s
Website October 01, 2019
Logan Township, PA – Governor Tom Wolf visited Logan Elementary School in the Altoona
Area School District today to discuss his three-part plan to fix Pennsylvania’s
outdated and flawed charter school law. The governor also announced the
Department of Education has reached an agreement with Achieving Community
Transformation Academy, the state’s lowest performing cyber charter school, for
it to close by the end of December. “Pennsylvania’s charter school law is the
worst in the nation and is failing students, teachers, school districts and
taxpayers,” said Gov. Wolf. “There are high-quality charter schools, but some
of them, especially some cyber charter schools, are underperforming. We must
ensure that charter school students are getting a quality education they need
and that charter schools are accountable to parents and taxpayers.” The annual
cost of charter schools has skyrocketed to $1.8 billion, but the schools have
little public oversight and no publicly elected school board. Adding to the
limited accountability, for-profit companies that manage many charter schools
are not required to have independent financial audits. The lack of
accountability combined with rising costs is draining funding from traditional
public schools and forcing school districts to raise property taxes.
Wolf visiting Logan school
Governor to discuss charter reform with area
stakeholders
Altoona Mirror by RUSS
O'REILLY Staff Writer roreilly@altoonamirror.com OCT 1, 2019
Gov. Tom Wolf is
meeting today with area school superintendents and stakeholders to discuss his
plan for charter school reform. Wolf touts his plan as one that will strengthen
charter school accountability, protect taxpayers and ensure students get the
education and skills they need to succeed. “Pennsylvania’s flawed and
outdated charter school law is one of the worst in the nation,” a Wolf
press release read. In another statement Wolf said: “Pennsylvania’s charter
school law is unfair for students, parents, school districts and taxpayers. While
many charter schools are succeeding, others, especially some cyber charter
schools, are underperforming, and we are not doing enough to hold them
accountable to the taxpaying public and the children they serve.”
Altoona Area
Superintendent Charles Prijatelj welcomes the governor’s visit today at 1:30
p.m. at Logan Elementary School. In the Altoona Area School District alone,
there were 253 students who opted for cyber charter schools last year instead
of Altoona Area education.
“I’m glad the
governor is taking these issues with charters and cyber charters very
seriously,” Prijatelj
said.
Gov. Wolf proposes changes to charter school laws, local
educators share ideas
WTAJ by: Colleen
Knudsen Posted: Oct 1, 2019 / 06:47 PM
EDT / Updated: Oct 1, 2019 / 06:47 PM EDT
LOGAN TOWNSHIP,
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — State leaders say Pennsylvania has one of the worst
and most outdated charter school laws in the country. Governor Wolf stopped by
Logan Elementary School in Blair County on Tuesday to discuss plans to hold
these schools accountable. The governor said he’s relying on educators from
across to commonwealth to speak up about their issues and experiences with
these charter schools. His three-part plan to fix the flawed charter laws
includes executive action, overhauling regulations and proposing new laws to
reform the current charter school legislation. More than a dozen area
superintendents attended the governor’s meeting. Accountability and
transparency were the two words were on repeat during the governor’s visit. Now,
local superintendents say it’s time for both of those to become requirements
for charter schools across the Commonwealth. Amy Arcurio from the Greater
Johnstown School District said working together and creating resources for all
students is just part of what needs to be done to fix the issues regarding
charter schools. “We believe that families should have choices; however, we
believe that accountability and transparency of cyber schools and charter
school are just as important as they are for traditional school districts, like
Greater Johnstown,” she said.
Pa. House Speaker touts Betsy DeVos’ tax credit plan for
private-school scholarship donations
Inquirer by Maddie Hanna, October 1, 2019
House Speaker Mike
Turzai promoted Pennsylvania’s school-choice programs at a conservative think
tank in Washington Tuesday, describing the state’s tax credits for
private-school scholarships as a model that should be replicated nationally. U.S.
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ proposal to create a $5 billion federal tax
credit for donations for students to attend private schools mirrors programs in
Pennsylvania and other states, Turzai (R., Allegheny) said during a panel
discussion on DeVos’ proposal at the American Enterprise Institute. Critics see
Pennsylvania’s
programs — which
provide tax credits to businesses in exchange for donating to scholarships for
students to attend private schools — as drains on the state budget, that aren’t
necessarily targeting poor students. But Turzai praised them as a success that bolstered DeVos’ proposal,
which the secretary addressed at the think tank Tuesday.
‘Trapped’ on the Main Line: Expensive private schools
benefit from Pa. tax credits but report zero low-income students
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent June 26, 2019
The Shipley
School, in Bryn Mawr benefitted from more than $500,000 in OSTC and EITC
scholarship funds in 2017-18. It reported serving zero low-income students that
year.
Any debate over the
tax-credit programs that subsidize private-school education in Pennsylvania
could begin here: There is very little public data on the students who benefit.
Backers often say that scholarship money raised through the Educational
Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC)
goes to poor families who’d be “trapped” in
“failing” public schools if
they didn’t have tuition assistance. Skeptics paint another picture. Because
the scholarship programs have income limits nearly twice the state median, they
say the state is forgoing tax revenue in order to fund private schools for
families who have other quality options. Based on an analysis of right-to-know
records and other state data, Keystone Crossroads found muddled evidence to
support both claims. The analysis comes with caveats and strong indications
that private schools and scholarship organizations regularly report incomplete
or incorrect information. We looked at 151 schools that administer their own
tax credit scholarship programs, and then examined demographic data those same
schools report separately to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Of those
schools, 57 — more than a third — report enrolling zero low-income students or
said they couldn’t determine how many low-income students they have. Another 15
schools told the state that less than five percent of their student body was
low-income. Many of these schools are
located in the state’s wealthiest suburbs, where students have access to some
of Pennsylvania’s highest-rated public schools.
“Money diverted to tax credit programs
never enters the state's general fund and is therefore not available to be
allocated to basic education funding to help fund the formula serving our 1.7
million public school students. There are virtually no public fiscal or student
performance reporting requirements for these tax credit programs.”
Reprise June 2018: Why have Republicans in the
Legislature declared war on public education? | Opinion
Penn Live Guest
Editorial By Lawrence A. Feinberg Updated Jan
30, 2019; Posted Jun 05, 2018
Almost two years
ago, the Pennsylvania General Assembly overwhelmingly enacted legislation
establishing a new basic education funding formula to serve the students of our
state. But because the
formula only applies to new money, two years have gone by with little actual
impact upon students in our most underfunded districts. Only about 7 percent of
basic education funding was distributed through the new formula this year.
Equity First, a
group raising awareness of school funding issues in Pennsylvania, looked at
what districts would receive if the formulas for basic and special education
were applied to all funding proposed for next year. The organization found that
the top five underfunded school districts are:
- York City School District, underfunded by $6,565
per student
- Reading School District, underfunded by $6,520
per student
- Harrisburg City School District, underfunded by
$5,225 per student
- Wilkes-Barre Area School District, underfunded
by $4,468 per student
- Pottstown School District, underfunded by $4,214
per student
If past years'
funding increases are any indication, it is estimated that it may take another
20 years for students in districts like those to receive the funding they
deserve.
State sets school
district tax increase limits for 2020-21
Delco Times By Kevin Tustin
ktustin@21st-centurymedia.com October 2, 2019
School districts
will be allowed to raise real estate taxes at a higher rate for the 2020-21
school year. The Pennsylvania Department of Education Monday released the Act 1
indices for approximately 500 districts to tell them how high they may raise
real estate taxes in the 2019-20 school year. The Act 1 index is used to
determine the maximum tax increase percentage a district can levy before going
to a ballot referendum or filing a referendum exception with PDE. Seven
districts in the county will be held at the Act 1 base level of 2.6 percent,
which increases .3 percentage points from the current school year rate: Garnet
Valley; Haverford; Marple Newtown; Radnor; Rose Tree Media; Springfield; and
Wallingford-Swarthmore. The eight other districts saw their respective indices
increase at least .4 points which is more than the year-to-year increase for
the base index: Chester Upland, 3.7 to 4.1; Chichester, 3.1 to 3.5; Interboro,
3.1 to 3.5; Penn-Delco, 2.8 to 3.2; Ridley, 3 to 3.4; Southeast Delco, 3.4 to
3.9; Upper Darby, 3.3 to 3.8; and William Penn, 3.4 to 3.8.
Wolf expected to sign
bill that could help Stevens, other schools combat skills gap
Lancaster Online by
ALEX GELI | Staff
Writer October 2,
2019
Gov. Tom Wolf is
expected to sign a bill that advocates say may help diminish the skills gap in
Pennsylvania by boosting resources and awareness for career and technical
education. “With the governor in agreement that workforce development needs to
be a priority in Pennsylvania,” state Rep. Mindy Fee, R-Manheim, said, “we are
in a great position to make real strides in setting up today’s students for
in-demand jobs with good pay and longevity.” Fee is one of 36 cosponsors
supporting the
legislation, which, as
originally written, would expand a public database run by the state Department
of Education that displays which courses and programs can transfer among public
schools and colleges. Language from a handful of other bills has been added
since it was introduced in January by state Rep. Craig Staats, R-Bucks County. The
legislation, House Bill 265, would create an online career resource center
where students, parents and school officials can research career pathways as
well as employment and compensation data; allow career and technical education
programs to establish occupational advisory committees at the local
intermediate unit level; incentivize workforce development partnerships by
offering grants from the Department of Labor and Industry; and change
references to “vocational-technical schools” in the school code to “career and
technical schools.”
EDITORIAL: Unified sports movement an idea that needs to
flourish throughout York County
York Dispatch Editorial Published 4:38 a.m.
ET Oct. 2, 2019
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Unified
sports teams include special needs and general population students.
- There
are currently five school districts in York County with unified teams.
- Unified
teams first emerged internationally in the mid-1980s.
Occasionally, an
idea comes along and you say to yourself: “Why didn’t someone think about this
years ago?” Well, when it comes to the unified sports movement, the idea did,
in fact, blossom decades ago. In York County, however, the movement has only
recently started to gain a foothold. Now we can only hope that it will flourish
to every school district in the county and the state. It’s a concept that
simply has no downside.
The program: Unified sports teams feature high school students with intellectual disabilities
competing alongside their general education peers in a special league. The goal
of unified teams is to have a 50-50 split between students with and without
intellectual disabilities.
City Council members want the Philadelphia School
District to release hidden attendance data
Inquirer by Jessica Calefati and Kristen A. Graham,October 2, 2019
Days after The
Inquirer exposed dire truancy problems at a North Philadelphia high school, at least four City Council members are urging Superintendent William R.
Hite Jr. to release classroom attendance data that would show an accurate
picture of absenteeism for all schools. The data the district currently shares
with the public makes it appear that a growing number of students are attending
school — the first step toward improved academic achievement. But those figures
don’t always reflect time students spend learning in classrooms. Records the
newspaper obtained for nearly two dozen Thomas A. Edison High School students
show they were routinely marked present last school year after they swiped in
with their school-issued identification cards at the beginning of the school
day — even if they later cut classes, left campus, or walked the halls all day.
The records show one senior was marked present more than 90% of the time
despite going to class only 50% of the time. And a freshman who swiped in
nearly 100 days stayed for the full school day only 12 times. Asked about those
disparities, chief schools officer Shawn Bird said Edison’s classroom-level
attendance data could be inaccurate because teachers have been taking roll
improperly and need more training on how to use the district’s software.
“Guardians are volunteers who must pass
psychological and drug screening, and complete at least 144 hours of training.
The volunteers receive a stipend of $500 for participating. The program was
named after Aaron Feis, a football coach who shielded students in Parkland
before he was killed.”
Florida Teachers Can Now Carry Guns at School
A hotly
debated law passed in May that would allow some teachers to carry firearms in
the classroom takes effect Tuesday.
New York Times By Laura M. Holson Oct. 1, 2019
Some Florida
teachers will be able to carry firearms in the classroom starting Tuesday, the
result of a hotly debated law that was approved by the Florida Legislature in
May. The
law, which
gives school districts the option to arm teachers, as well as security guards,
was passed in response to the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, Fla., which left 17 people dead. Teachers will be allowed
to carry guns via the Guardian Program, which was created in the wake of the shooting. Currently 39 counties
participate in the program, according to the Florida Department
of Education. But not
all school districts agree that teachers should be armed. According to The
Miami Herald in
September, only 11 school districts had sought to arm teachers through the
program. Florida also does not track how many of its teachers are carrying
weapons, The Herald said. The program was established in 2018 as part of
the Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, a Florida bill passed to address gun violence on school campuses. Then,
it was the recommendation of legislators that certain employees be allowed to
carry guns on campus so they could immediately respond to a school shooting.
Educators who served solely as teachers were excluded.
Where Presidential Candidates Stand on Education: Your
New Guide to 2020
Education Week By Andrew Ujifusa on September 29, 2019 9:01 AM
Education has
played an unpredictable but sometimes dynamic role in the 2020 presidential
campaign. We've seen impassioned
exchanges about school segregation create a big early moment for two leading Democrats. Charter
schools have proven a relatively complex and sometimes tricky issue for
candidates, although whether a
recent turn in the spotlight for charters helped the public's understanding is up for debate. And of course,
President Donald Trump, his education record, and U.S. Secretary of Education
Betsy DeVos are subjects for debate. It can be hard to keep track of it all and
keep what you know in one place. But we're here to help. We just published
"Education in the 2020 Presidential Race." It's our new interactive tool that we hope will help you get and
stay informed about what candidates have said and done on key education issues.
You can learn what candidates stand on topics such as education civil rights,
school safety, and how much public funding schools receive.
Trump administration sides with Catholic school that
fired gay teacher
Washington Post By
Valerie Strauss Oct. 1, 2019 at 7:52 p.m. EDT
The Trump
administration is backing a Roman Catholic archbishop in Indiana who pushed a
Catholic school to fire a gay teacher, saying in a legal document that the
First Amendment protects the church’s right to make such decisions. The Justice
Department submitted a
“statement of interest” on the
side of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in a lawsuit filed by the teacher,
Joshua Payne-Elliott, who was fired in June from Cathedral High School, where
he had taught social studies and world language. In 2017, Payne-Elliott married
a male teacher at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis. The
archdiocese told both schools they no longer would be considered Catholic if
they did not fire the teachers. Brebeuf refused to dismiss Payne-Elliott’s
husband, who was not named, and Archbishop Charles C. Thompson issued a
decree in June saying the
school would no longer be
recognized as Catholic. Cathedral, apparently to avoid the same fate, fired
Payne-Elliott after trying to protect him for nearly two years.
“DeVos’ security detail is highly
unusual — the past four Education secretaries have been protected by the
Education Department’s own small security force. Her security detail was
initially ordered by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.”
DeVos' security detail cost $6.24M during the past year
Politico By NICOLE GAUDIANO and CAITLIN EMMA 10/01/2019 04:26 PM EDT
Education Secretary
Betsy DeVos’ security detail is projected to cost $7.87 million from now
through the end of September 2020, a spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service
told POLITICO today. The Marshals Service said the final cost of protecting
DeVos in fiscal 2019, which ended Monday, was $6.24 million. That’s down from
$6.79 million in fiscal 2018 and less than the service’s
projection last year —
$7.74 million — for fiscal 2019. The service did not disclose why the
secretary's protection is expected to cost more in the upcoming year. The U.S. Marshals
Service, which began providing a protection detail for DeVos in February 2017,
“regularly conducts threat assessments on Ms. DeVos to determine threats to the
secretary’s safety,” according to an official statement.
Betsy DeVos calls $5 billion school tax credit plan ‘the
conservative answer to what ails American education’ -- and says, incorrectly,
that it won’t cost the government money
Trump
adviser Kellyanne Conway participated in same event.
Washington Post By
Valerie Strauss Oct. 1, 2019 at 7:36 p.m. EDT
Education Secretary
Betsy DeVos, appearing Tuesday at a D.C. think tank with presidential adviser
Kellyanne Conway, called her $5 billion federal tax credit plan that would fund
scholarships to private and religious schools “the conservative answer to what
ails American education.” And she said, incorrectly, that it won’t cost the
government any money to implement. DeVos and Conway appeared at the
conservative American Enterprise Institute (see video below) for a discussion
about the Trump administration’s Education Freedom Scholarships proposal. The
scholarships would be funded by individuals and businesses who want to
privately donate but who would then receive a federal tax credit for doing so. President
Trump’s 2020 budget plan includes $5 billion to pay for those tax credits, on a
dollar-for-dollar basis: A dollar for a scholarship gets you a $1 tax credit.
(The president’s budget proposal also would cut Education Department spending
by nearly $9 billion. Congress is not expected to approve the tax credit
program or the budget cuts.)
“There's plenty of evidence that
Education Freedom Scholarships are going to fall short on Capitol Hill
(although never say never). Yet DeVos would also be pleased if, as a result of
her energetic campaign for the scholarships and greater education choice in
general, state leaders were ultimately motivated to expand charter schools,
vouchers, education savings accounts, and other forms of K-12 choice. “
Is Trump's Team Pessimistic About Its Big Education
Plan's Chances? This Could Be Why
Education Week By Andrew Ujifusa on October 1, 2019 1:29 PM
UPDATED - On
Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Counselor to the President
Kellyanne Conway made the case for the
Trump administration's Education Freedom Scholarships proposal in a joint
public appearance at the American Enterprise Institute. Yet DeVos and Conway didn't sound particularly sanguine about the odds
that the proposal—which would create federal tax credits for state-selected
scholarship-granting organizations to support a variety of educational
services—would actually pass Congress. Discussing the $5 billion plan's status
on Capitol Hill, they criticized Congress for not taking up the idea. But they
stopped short of claiming that there's significant positive momentum for it, or
showing much if any hope that the proposal will pass. "You may want to ask
them," Conway said in a response to a question from the American
Enterprise Institute's Rick Hess about what it would take for Congress to give
the proposal the green light. "They don't seem to be here very often. And
when they are, they're focused on other things." She also said Democrats'
opposition to the tax credits "hypocritical" and "somewhat
maddening." And DeVos said lawmakers should ask themselves why they oppose
greater educational freedom, although she admitted that there is "a great
resistance" to this.
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What: Informal
discussion on cyber charter schools
When: 9 a.m.
refreshments, 9:30 a.m. panel, Oct. 7
Where: Central
Pennsylvania Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, 800 E. Park Ave., State College
AAUW State College
Branch invites you to attend an informational panel discussion to learn more
about background and issues connected with cyber charter schools. Join us on Oct.
7, at the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau, 800 E. Park
Ave., State College (visitor center off Porter Road). Refreshments, 9 a.m.;
panel discussion, 9:30 a.m.
The American
Association of University Women State College Branch is part of a nationwide
network of about 1,000 branches that are dedicated to advancing equity for
women and girls.
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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Convention Center 325 University Drive, Hershey, PA
WHEN: Wednesday, October
16 to Friday, October 18, 201
Registration is now open!
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