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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Nov. 11, 2019
Proposed Erie charter
evaluation framework would require PSSA proficiency rates to be at or above average
district rate.
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“Brokman said the basic standards will
be the same in Erie as they are in Philadelphia, with the focus on academic
performance. The Erie School District’s framework would require, among other
things, that a charter school’s proficiency rates on the Pennsylvania System of
School Assessment tests and the Keystone Exams be at or above the average for
schools in the Erie School District. The charter schools must have as many
students passing those tests, on average, as schools in the Erie School
District.”
Erie School Board to take major votes on charters
GoErie By Ed Palattella Posted at 12:13 AM November
10, 2019
School
directors to decide on charter renewal for Erie Rise, adoption of evaluation
standards for charter schools.
The Erie School
District’s relationship with charter schools is about to change in the short-
and long-term. The Erie School Board on Wednesday will vote on whether to
approve a new five-year charter for the Erie Rise Leadership Charter School
Academy, whose charter renewal the district administration is challenging due
to poor academic performance and other concerns. The district and Erie Rise
have been negotiating a renewal agreement that would include an improvement
plan and strict benchmarks for the 436-student charter school. Also on
Wednesday, the School Board is expected to approve a framework that the school
district would use to evaluate the performances of the four brick-and-mortar
charter schools, including Erie Rise, that enroll students who live in the Erie
School District. The district would apply the framework annually and in advance
of a charter school’s renewal period. The framework for evaluating charter
schools would be a first for the Erie School District. The administration of
Erie schools Superintendent Brian Polito proposed the adoption of the framework
after Erie Rise suggested the district develop uniform standards to evaluate
charter schools. Erie Rise officials made the suggestion at a charter-renewal
hearing in August before the Erie School Board. The board also held a hearing
in June. Erie Rise recommended that the Erie School District model its
framework after the evaluation system for charter schools in Philadelphia.
Popular Lehigh Valley
charter may open second school
By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO THE MORNING CALL | NOV 08, 2019 | 3:54 PM
Executive Education
Academy Charter School is floating the idea of opening a second location in the
Lehigh Valley, ideally in Allentown, to accommodate the more than 600 students
from the city on its wait list. The proposition concerns some Allentown School
District officials. Thursday night, CEO Bob Lysek told the Allentown School
Board that the K-12 charter school is considering applying for a charter for a
second school. Lysek said it’s just a possibility, but he mentioned it during
the charter school’s annual review with the district. “We’d like to grow,”
Lysek said. “We have 600 students on a waiting list. It’s tough. Every day we
have families in that main office in tears because we can’t provide an
opportunity for them.” But the idea of another charter school that could put
even more of a financial strain on a school district already paying $60 million
a year to charters and cyber charters upsets some directors and Superintendent
Thomas Parker.
How ZIP codes
determine the quality of a child's education
Philly Trib by Jacqueline
Palochko Sarah M. Wojcik Michelle Merlin Nov 9, 2019
ALLENTOWN, Pa. —
Students at Allentown's Harrison-Morton Middle School look forward to hearing
the squeaky wheels of the technology cart approaching their classroom, though
the iPads they hold may not be the latest models and time with them is limited.
A luxury in Allentown schools, such technology has become a necessity for many
suburban students — something they're accustomed to tapping at-will and often. Technology
is one of the many things that separate students in Pennsylvania's school
districts, where wealth equates to quality. Food is another. That's why the
staff at Donegan Elementary School on Bethlehem's South Side sends students
home with a bag of healthy snacks on weekends. Because clothing also can divide
students who have from those who have not, the Bethlehem Area School District
installed a washer and dryer at Donegan, ensuring children have access to clean
clothes. Language sets students or schools apart, too. And so do ZIP codes,
education reformers say, effectively segregating students by income and race. The
problem: Where you live determines what type of education you receive in the
Lehigh Valley and elsewhere in Pennsylvania. Where the tax base is high, the
educational offerings tend to be many. Where it is low, the options decline. The
gap isn't just between districts but sometimes between schools in the same
district.
“Those districts educate mostly white
students with lower numbers of students who are poverty-stricken. At
Kernsville, for example, 73% of students are white and 20% are economically
disadvantaged. The school, educating under 400 students, also has just 4% of
students who are English-language learners.”
PSSA, Keystone scores
in Lehigh Valley suburban schools exceed state goals; city districts still
struggling
By JACQUELINE
PALOCHKO AND EUGENE TAUBER THE MORNING CALL | NOV 08, 2019 | 6:07
AM
Lehigh
Valley schools with a high number of students living in poverty continue to
struggle on Pennsylvania’s standardized tests, while students in
high-performing suburban districts continue to exceed the state’s goals.
Lehigh Valley
schools with a high number of students living in poverty still struggle on
Pennsylvania’s standardized tests, while students in high-performing suburban
districts continue to exceed the state’s goals. Across the state, 61% of students scored proficient or advanced in English, 42% in math,
and 68% in science on the 2019 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exam
taken each spring by students in grades three to eight. Statewide on the
Keystones, taken by high schoolers, 72% of students passed literature, 63%
passed algebra and 63% passed biology. The state recently released results for
both mandatory exams. In the Lehigh Valley, Parkland, Northwestern Lehigh, East
Penn, Saucon Valley and Southern Lehigh school districts were among the top
performers on both the PSSAs and Keystones. The top six English PSSA scores
belonged to Parkland schools: Kernsville Elementary in particular scored almost
30 percentage points above both the state average in English and science, and
40 percentage points above the state’s math average. For all three tests,
Kernsville had the best scores among Lehigh Valley schools.
How do we end the cycle of childhood trauma passed from
parents to kids? | Brain Trust
Inquirer by Abraham Gutman | @abgutman | agutman@inquirer.com Updated: November 9, 2019 - 7:00 AM
Growing up in
Philadelphia can be a traumatizing experience. Poverty, hunger, gun violence,
evictions, and mass incarceration are just some of the difficult experiences
that bear down on children here. Over the last couple of decades, public health
researchers and policymakers have increasingly recognized that the body
"remembers” childhood trauma, and these experiences at a young age can
predict illness, risky behavior, and criminal involvement well into adulthood. To
mitigate the impact of childhood trauma, we need to know which kids are most
likely to be traumatized. If we identify them early enough, maybe we can even
prevent the trauma from occurring altogether. Last week, Dr. Christine Forke,
a violence
prevention initiative fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, presented at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting in
Philadelphia with new data exploring the relationship between the levels of
childhood trauma experienced by parents and their kids. Her findings can help
develop a road map to address the transfer of trauma across generations.
Lawmakers Taking
Another Stab At Stabilizing PA Public Pension Funds
LevittownNow By Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square November
10, 2019
Three Pennsylvania
pension reform bills made their way out of the House State Government Committee
and will now be considered by the full chamber, which could be called for
debate when lawmakers return to Harrisburg later this month. The proposals came
out of recommendations made by a public pension review commission that was
formed through legislation passed two years ago. The commission identified
actuarial savings of about $10 billion over a 30-year span for both the State
Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) and the Public School Employees’ Retirement
System (PSERS). Currently, $65 billion of the state’s $75 billion debt
shortfall is due to unfunded future retirement benefits, including health
insurance for public employees after they retire. “When you break it down, each
taxpayer is on the hook for $17,100,” said state Rep. Garth Everett,
R-Lycoming, the chairman of the House State Government Committee. “That’s
unacceptable and it shows why these bills are necessary. Now more than ever it
is time for pension reform.”
Three state GOP
lawmakers successful in bids for local offices
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 8, 2019 IN PSBA
NEWS
Three Republican
legislators will be leaving the PA House of Representatives following their
victories this week in various local elections. Rep. Justin Walsh secured one of two spots for judge on the Westmoreland County Court of
Common Pleas bench. Rep. Tedd Nesbit was successful in his bid for one of two judge seats on the Mercer County Court of
Common Pleas. Rep. Gene DiGirolamo won his race for Bucks County Commissioner. Republicans hold the state
House majority with 110 seats. Democrats have 93 seats. There will be three
vacancies created as a result of these wins.
Students see ‘Hamilton’ and perform their own pieces
about history
Coming from
all over the region, they met cast members and saw a special matinee as part of
the musical's education outreach, #EduHam.
The notebook by Joseph
Staruski November 8 — 5:51 pm, 2019
Young, scrappy, and hungry might just be the
perfect words to describe the students who performed Thursday on the Hamilton set
in Philadelphia. “We just had to go for it,” said Brandon Santana, a student
performer. More than 1,700 students from 36 high schools in the
Philadelphia region – and from as far away as Allentown, Lebanon, and
Harrisburg – went to the Forrest Theatre as part of the show’s
educational program. They got a special opportunity to see a matinee
performance of Hamilton and to interact with cast
members. Over the last few weeks, these students have been working
in the classroom and after school to learn about U.S. history with the program
(#EduHam) designed around the blockbuster musical. All the students who
attended participated in the creation and submission of an artistic performance
individually or in small groups.
‘They identify with Hamilton’: Philly teens take a shot
at writing revolution-inspired music
WHYY By Peter Crimmins November 8, 2019 Listen 3:00
The phenomenal
success of Hamilton, the musical, has given birth to an entire shorthand
language on social media. HamFans are fans of Hamilton. Ham4Ham is the name of
the daily lottery to buy Hamilton tickets for $10. (Get it? Hamilton’s face is
on the ten-dollar bill.) There’s also EduHam, a curriculum for high school
students that tries to make history as exciting as the Broadway play itself. Thursday,
1,700 high school students packed the Forrest Theater in Philadelphia to see a
matinee performance of Hamilton. But first, they performed their own original
works for each other. “Since I was a little girl, I’ve been the drama queen,”
said Jalyn Tabourn, a senior at Franklin Learning Center in Spring
Garden.
It's time to change
the marketing on the importance of mathematics [opinion]
THE LNP EDITORIAL
BOARD
THE ISSUE: Lancaster County students tend to
be better at math than their peers across Pennsylvania. But that’s small
solace. Because, “according to an analysis of Pennsylvania standardized test
scores from 2015 to 2019, less than half of the county’s students in grades
three through eight are at least proficient in math,” LNP’s Alex Geli
reported Tuesday, Nov. 5. Proficiency
rates for the math section of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment have
been in the mid-40% range in Lancaster County. Being stuck at that level,
experts say, represents a crisis for our county — along with the rest of the
state and the nation.
Math is cool.
It’s fun.
It’s important.
It’s relevant to
our everyday lives.
That’s the absolute
truth. But the other reality is that math has been stuck in a yearslong cycle
of terrible and inaccurate public perception. Instead of the above, this is
what we hear far too often from our young people:
Math is boring.
Math is too hard.
Everyone does badly
in math.
Math isn’t anything
we need in our daily lives.
We must all work to
change that negative narrative and convey to today’s students, at all grade
levels, the importance of math. The stakes are high.
New school start time recommended at Hampton
Trib Live by Natalie
Beneviat Thursday, November 7, 2019 | 12:01 AM
Hampton high school
students may be getting some extra sleep next school year if a recent
recommendation from the School Start Time Committee is approved, per a
presentation at the Hampton Township School District school board meeting on
Nov. 4. Dr. Michael Loughead, superintendent for Hampton, along with other
School Start Time Committee members presented the suggested scenario of Middle
School beginning at 7:50 a.m. with dismissal at 2:40 p.m.; high school
beginning at 8:20 a.m. to 3:01 p.m.; and elementary from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Research shows that nine hours of sleep is recommended for students, especially
in high school. The goal is to achieve a later start time for high school
students, which is recommended at 8:30 a.m. These recommendations come from
several organizations including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, American Medical Association, and American
Academy of Pediatrics, according to the committee presenters. An advisory
committee from the Joint State Government Commission also supports this start
time or even later, according to the presentation. Currently the high school
day runs from 7:30 a.m. to 2:19 p.m.; middle school, 7:55 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.;
and elementary from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The recommendation, termed
“Secondary Switch,” also provides minimal impact on middle school, has the
least impact on athletic and extracurricular activities, and has minimal impact
on bus transportation. The committee has been spending the past two years
deliberating whether a delayed school start time was feasible and studying
several possible scenarios, said Loughead.
Haverford High wins
national recognition from Special Olympics
Delco Times By Linda Stein
lstein@21st-centurymedia.com @lsteinreporter on Twitter Nov 9, 2019
HAVERFORD — Smiles,
cheers and speeches marked the unveiling of a new banner at Haverford High
School Friday. It is one of two high schools in Pennsylvania to be recognized
this year by the Special Olympics organization as a National Unified Champion
School for its efforts to include all students in sports and other activities. District
Superintendent Maureen Reusche called it “a terrific honor.” The program leads
special education and regular education students to become friends and learning
that they can work together, she said. The district has been involved in the
Best Buddies program, a club for both regular education and special education
students, for 20 years and the Unified Sports program for four years. Special
education life skills teacher Kayla Kishbaugh said that it is “an honor” for
the school to receive the recognition. “It’s really exciting,” she said. “The
whole community is really excited about it.”
Chestnutwold
Elementary School designated a 2019 National School of Character
Delco Times By Linda Stein
lstein@21st-centurymedia.com @lsteinreporter on Twitter November 10, 2019
HAVERFORD —
Respect, responsibility, empathy, trustworthiness, positive attitude and
integrity. These are the traits that Chestnutwold Elementary School staff tries
to foster in the pupils. The school was recently recognized as one of 88
schools as a 2019 National School of Character by Character.org, an organization that has promoted good character since 1993. Guidance
counselors Jennifer Munch and Jaclyn Huston meet with all classes biweekly and
emphasize these good character markers and teachers also promote them every
morning in during class morning meetings. Even the Parent Teacher Organizations
talks about the character traits. “That’s whole school, every year,” said
Munch. “It’s the foundation of what we do here.” There are signs with those
qualities posted around the building and they are mentioned frequently in
academic and social lessons. In 2006
when the Havertown Township School District redistricted and Chestnutwold
opened as a new school with students from other schools, “our principal (Tim
Bickhart) took it upon himself to establish a new community,” said Huston. “We
wanted to make sure there was a sense of belonging and community. He worked on
promoting community.” Joel DiBartolomeo, who became the principal in 2010,
built on that foundation and began the character trait program.
School bus driver shortage squeezes districts around the
region
Inquirer by Maddie Hanna, Updated: November 10, 2019- 5:00 AM
If all goes well,
Michelle Donia’s daughter arrives home in Westtown Township from Collegium
Charter School in Exton around 5 p.m. But on days the bus driver “forgets the
route,” Donia said, her fourth grader has been late by a half-hour or more:
“It’s hit or miss.” Donia’s daughter is bused by the West Chester Area School
District, which, like other Pennsylvania districts, transports charter and
private school students in addition to those enrolled in its schools. And along
with districts across the country, it doesn’t have enough bus drivers. Nationally, 24% of school districts reported “desperate” or “severe” driver
shortages in a survey this year by School Bus Fleet, an industry trade
publication. An additional 38% reported “moderate” shortages. The median pay
for bus drivers in 2018 was $34,450, according to the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics —
which predicts a “very good” job outlook, “as many drivers are expected to
leave the occupation.” Locally, whether they contract out for bus services — as
most in Pennsylvania do — or manage their own fleets, school districts around
Philadelphia are experiencing a driver shortage.
Former charter school
CEO in Allentown accused of stealing $42,000
By MANUEL GAMIZ JR. THE MORNING CALL | NOV 07, 2019 | 5:42 PM
The former CEO of
the Arts Academy Elementary Charter School in Allentown was charged Thursday
with stealing $42,000 from the school’s bank account, according to court
records.
Jason M. Eitner,
40, of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, was charged with theft by deception and
receiving stolen property. He was arraigned by District Judge David M. Howells
Jr. and released on $10,000 unsecured bail. According to a criminal complaint: Allentown
police began an investigation on Dec. 24, 2017, when Aldo Cavalli, the CEO of
the charter school at the time, reported fraudulent activity on the school’s
corporate checking account. He said that Eitner, the former CEO, made a series
of transactions between Aug. 1, 2017, and Oct. 1, 2017, with a company
identified as “RMC.” An Allentown detective obtained bank records and saw three
transactions with “RMC.” The detective learned that Eitner reached out to the
charter school’s financial adviser on Aug. 10, 2017, about a transaction he was
trying to complete for curriculum. Eitner told the financial adviser that he
attempted to make the transaction, but it showed that it was unapproved and
assumed he had to approve it.
Is your Pa. school on the list of most arrests in
2018-19?
Post-Gazette by JANA BENSCOTER PennLive NOV
8, 2019
Crime statistics
for the 2018-19 school year were recently released by the Pennsylvania
Department of Education. The state requires schools to keep tabs on crimes in
schools. The report is released every October and offers 52 different
categories of crimes.
Last year, the top
three reasons why students were in trouble:
● School
code-of-conduct violations: 65.14 percent, or 78,680 reported incidents
● Fighting: 8.62
percent, or 10,409 reported fights
● Tobacco or
vaping: 8.34 percent or 10,073 reported incidents of tobacco or vaping sales or
use
Of the 52
categories, the school code-of-conduct violation doesn’t explain what students
have done to earn the designation. Listed below are the schools in southwestern
Pennsylvania with the most arrests as well as what crime was committed at the
school the most.
‘In most professions, you steal office supplies from work
to bring home. But teachers steal office supplies from home to bring to work.’
Washington Post
Answer Sheet By Valerie Strauss November 8, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. EST
It has long been
known that most U.S. teachers spend their own money on supplies without
reimbursement, so The Washington Post decided to ask them how much they spend
on supplies, what they buy and why.Teachers — mostly in public school districts
— sent more than 1,200 emails to The Post from more than 35 states. The
portrait the messages paint is devastating — and reveals that educators do more
than just spend their own money and have done so for decades with little public
conversation about how to remedy the problem.A story about all of this can be
found on
The Answer Sheet here, and below
are quotes from teachers on the issue. Some of the teachers gave me permission
to use their names; others only their state; some, no identifiers at all. Most
of the teachers said they wanted to remain anonymous because they feared
retaliation from administrators. I am including anonymous quotes because they
are powerful and represent the vast majority of those teachers who responded to
The Post.
‘I am a scavenger’: The desperate things teachers do to
get the classroom supplies they need
Washington Post Answer
Sheet By Valerie Strauss November 8, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. EST
Like nearly all
teachers in America, Becky Cranson spends her own money to buy supplies for her
students. Working in a rural school district in Michigan, where 70 percent of
her middle-school students come from low-income families, she shells out at
least $1,000 a year for pencils, books, journals, glue sticks, tissues and much
more. But opening her wallet without reimbursement is only a small part of what
she — and many others in America’s corps of 3.2 million teachers — do to secure
classroom supplies they can’t get from their schools or from students’
families. “I am a scavenger,” said Cranson, who teaches English at Bronson
Jr./Sr. High School in Bronson, Mich. “My friend who works in the Michigan
[Department of Natural Resources] office gives me their used binders, and my
husband brings me furniture and supplies that the hospital he works at is
throwing away.” “I love my district and the families it serves,” Cranson said.
“This is my 31st year, and I have many former students trusting me with their
pride and joy. I refuse to let a family’s financial challenges be a stumbling
block within the four walls of my classroom.”
PSBA New and Advanced
School Director Training in Dec & Jan
Do you want
high-impact, engaging training that newly elected and reseated school directors
can attend to be certified in new and advanced required training? PSBA has been
supporting new school directors for more than 50 years by enlisting statewide
experts in school law, finance and governance to deliver a one-day foundational
training. This year, we are adding a parallel track of sessions for those who
need advanced school director training to meet their compliance requirements.
These sessions will be delivered by the same experts but with advanced content.
Look for a compact evening training or a longer Saturday session at a location
near you. All sites will include one hour of trauma-informed training required
by Act 18 of 2019. Weekend sites will include an extra hour for a legislative
update from PSBA’s government affairs team.
New School
Director Training
Week Nights:
Registration opens 3:00 p.m., program starts 3:30 p.m. -9:00 p.m., dinner with
break included
Saturdays: Registration opens at 8:00 a.m., program starts at 9:00 a.m. -3:30 p.m., lunch with break included
Saturdays: Registration opens at 8:00 a.m., program starts at 9:00 a.m. -3:30 p.m., lunch with break included
Advanced
School Director Training
Week Nights:
Registration with dinner provided opens at 4:30 p.m., program starts 5:30 p.m.
-9:00 p.m.
Saturdays: Registration opens at 10:00 a.m., program starts at 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., lunch with break included
Saturdays: Registration opens at 10:00 a.m., program starts at 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., lunch with break included
Locations
and dates
- Saturday, December 7 — AW Beattie
Career Center, 9600 Babcock Blvd., Allison Park, PA 15101
- Saturday, December 7 — Radnor
Township School District, 135 S. Wayne Ave., Wayne, PA 19087
- Tuesday, December 10 — Grove City
Area School District, 511 Highland Avenue, Grove City, PA 16127
- Tuesday, December 10 — Penn Manor
School District, 2950 Charlestown Road, Lancaster, PA 17603
- Tuesday, December 10 — CTC of
Lackawanna County, 3201 Rockwell Ave, Scranton, PA 18508
- Wednesday, December 11 — Upper St. Clair
Township SD, 1820 McLaughlin Run Road, Upper St. Clair, PA 15241
- Wednesday, December 11 — Montoursville
Area High School, 700 Mulberry St, Montoursville, PA 17754
- Wednesday, December 11 — Berks County
IU 14, 1111 Commons Blvd, Reading, PA 19605
- Thursday, December 12 — Richland
School District, 1 Academic Avenue, Suite 200, Johnstown, PA 15904
- Thursday, December 12 — Seneca Highlands
IU 9, 119 S Mechanic St, Smethport, PA 16749
- Thursday, December 12 — School
District of Haverford Twp, 50 East Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083
- Saturday, December 14 — State College
Area High School, 650 Westerly Pkwy, State College, PA 16801
- Saturday, January 11, 2020 — PSBA
Headquarters, 400 Bent Creek Blvd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Webinar: Introduction
to PSBA’s Equity Toolkit
NOV 12, 2019 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The equity toolkit
supports school entities as they incorporate equity into district practice.
This webinar will offer a walk-through of the components of the toolkit, from
the equity lens approach to the equity action plan. Participants are encouraged
to ask questions and share experiences throughout the webinar.
Facilitator: Heather Bennett J.D., Ph.D., director of equity services
Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1261156731797681154
*Note: registration closes one hour prior to the event.
*Note: registration closes one hour prior to the event.
UPDATE: Second Workshop Added Thursday, November
14, 2019 9:30 am to 3:00 pm: Adolescent Health and School Start Times:
Science, Strategies, Tactics, & Logistics Workshop in Exton, PA
The first workshop on November 13 sold out in
less than 4 weeks. Thanks to recent additional sponsorships, there will
be a second workshop held on Thursday, November 14. Register HERE.
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 a
second interactive and solutions-oriented workshop on Thursday, November 14, 2019 9:30 am to 3:00 pm Clarion
Hotel in Exton, PA. The science is clear. Many middle and high schools 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.
For more information visit the workshop
website www.startschoollater.net/workshop---pa or
email contact@startschoollater.net
Congress, Courts, and
a National Election: 50 Million Children’s Futures Are at Stake. Be their
champion at the 2020 Advocacy Institute.
NSBA Advocacy Institute
Feb. 2-4, 2020 Marriot Marquis, Washington, D.C.
Join school leaders
from across the country on Capitol Hill, Feb. 2-4, 2020 to influence the
legislative agenda & shape decisions that impact public schools. Check out
the schedule & more at https://nsba.org/Events/Advocacy-Institute
Register now for
Network for Public Education Action National Conference in Philadelphia March
28-29, 2020
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information, keynote speakers and panels:
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