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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Nov. 7, 2019
Readers React: Public
school funding locks inequity into our society
THE MORNING CALL | Alan L.
Jennings NOV 06, 2019 | 2:36
PM
The Morning Call
ran a brilliant front-page
article in the Sunday edition about our public education system. As the opening salvo in a series
the paper is running that looks, in depth, at poverty (finally), your reporters
made one key point very clear: How we fund and govern public education in
Pennsylvania is the single, most effective way we lock inequity into our
society. It sets people up to succeed or fail based on where they live. It has
ensured the complete marginalization of Brown versus Board of Education, the
U.S. Supreme Court’s groundbreaking decision 65 years ago. It is morally wrong.
And we are letting it happen. But the paper missed another point that is as
fundamental to the unfairness as funding and governance. David Rusk, an expert
on regionalism who once keynoted a symposium held in the Lehigh Valley some
20-plus years ago, noted that the concentration of poverty is a greater factor
in educational apartheid. Piling all the low-income kids in one school district
where we can effectively ignore them is a death knell to the notion of “public”
in public education. It is time that we acknowledge that we really are all
better off when we are all better off. If we would just acknowledge that and
treat others like we want to be treated ourselves, we can fix this one.
NEW REPORT WHY RURAL
MATTERS 2018-19: THE TIME IS NOW
A Report of the
Rural School and Community Trust November 2019
Why Rural Matters
2018-19 is the ninth in a series of reports analyzing the contexts and
conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to
the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective
states. While it is the ninth in a series, this report is not simply an
updating of data from earlier editions. We release this report in the midst of
the 2020 presidential campaign, an election cycle in which issues such as
funding for early childhood education and the education of migrant children
continue to be pressing issues and "hot button topics" for
policymakers, educators, families, and others who care about public education.
Within this context, the analyses and data presented in Why Rural
Matters 2018-19 are intended to help inform policy discussions on
these and other important issues as they manifest in rural settings. Attentive
to these aims, the report includes an updated analysis on early childhood
education.
‘It feels like you’re in heaven’ in suburban private
school’s new, kid-designed library
Inquirer by Kristen A.
Graham, Updated: 55
minutes ago
Ask Abe Genkin
about his school’s new library and the 9-year-old’s face lights up.
He loves the
history books, the enormous circular cushions spread among pristine stacks, and
the video screen in the theater area that sometimes projects the image of fish
floating in burbling blue water. It’s just the right mix of cool and cozy, said
Abe, a fourth grader at Germantown Academy. While some schools and districts
are eliminating libraries and
librarians, Germantown Academy, the Fort Washington K-12 prep school, has
invested $1.5 million in a new “library and learning commons” for its youngest
learners. (And it’s not the only library on campus. A separate library and
library staff serve middle and high school students, and two separate “maker
spaces" with 3D printers, laser cutters, and hand tools allow for hands-on
learning.) The aim, officials said, was to create an academic hub, a modern,
inviting space for students to read, learn, and grow. “It is a space where
children can become more curious, it’s a place where they can nurture a love
for reading, it encourages collaboration and inspires a spirit of innovation,”
said Sue Szczepkowski, head of the lower school, where tuition ranges from
$23,065 to $31,470 for pre-K to fifth grade.
Just 9 Philly schools have certified librarians. Here’s
how one school pulled off a miracle.
Inquirer by Kristen A.
Graham, Updated: October
30, 2019
When the number of
certified Philadelphia School District librarians dwindled to the single
digits, Penny Colgan-Davis sprang into action. She had spent a long,
distinguished career as a teacher and administrator in city public, private,
and charter schools, working to build community and solve problems, and wanted
to do the same in retirement. So in 2015, Colgan-Davis, who had spent years at
Friends Select, Miquon, and Frankford Friends, set her sights on reopening a
public school library. “Most Philadelphia schools do not have libraries. It’s
criminal,” her husband, John, recalled her saying. The effort led by
Colgan-Davis is the reason an enthusiastic group of kindergartners was able to
buzz around the colorful John B. Kelly School library on a recent day:
Volunteers have made possible what school budgets can no longer stretch to pay
for. (School District officials say principals are still
free to budget for librarians, but virtually none can afford one.) Just nine Philadelphia public
schools have certified school librarians; about a dozen have functioning
libraries opened and staffed by volunteer organizations, or kept open by other means. Decades
ago, nearly every city school employed a librarian, but budget cuts decimated
librarians’ ranks in Philadelphia and in urban districts nationwide.
Supporters of arming
teachers in classrooms claim victory in Schuylkill County in board election
"I
still stand by, the only thing that’s going to stop a gun is a gun.”
WITF by Jen
Kinney/Keystone Crossroads NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | 5:22 AM
(Tamaqua) — It’s been a contentious two years
for the Tamaqua Area School District. First, there were allegations of sexual
misconduct against School Board President Larry Wittig, who has held the
position since 1995. Then, he spearheaded a controversial policy that would
make Tamaqua the first district in the state where classroom teachers could
carry guns. Residents don’t vote on school board policy, and despite public
pressure, Wittig did not resign after, in December 2017, the Philadelphia
Inquirer published allegations rooted in 1980s behavior. This month’s school
board election was the closest Tamaqua would get to a referendum on arming
teachers, and on Wittig himself. On Tuesday, the results were decisive:
supporters of arming teachers claimed victory.
Erie schools deal with new development: a big surplus
GoErie By Ed
Palattella Posted
Nov 6, 2019 at 6:55 PM
Superintendent
Polito wants to use most of $12 million surplus to pay off debt incurred in
unusual 2012 lease-back deal.
During the most difficult
stretches of the Erie School District’ financial crisis, talk of the district
realizing a large budget surplus would have been disregarded as fantasy. The
district has since recovered enough to achieve a new financial reality: It
ended the 2018-19 academic year with a $12 million surplus, an immense amount
of money for a school system that was headed toward insolvency as little as two
years ago. The surplus will allow the district to further stabilize its
finances in keeping with the district’s state-mandated financial improvement
plan, Erie schools Superintendent Brian Polito told the School Board at a
nonvoting committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday night. Polito at the
meeting detailed the surplus, which he said the district recently realized
after closing out its books in September for the 2018-19 year, which ended June
30. Most of the surplus was due to one-time savings or one-time revenue boosts,
Polito said. He wants most of the money — $8 million — to go toward retiring
debt that the district took on in 2012 in a desperate but successful attempt to
secure $10.2 million in cash to help offset a $26 million deficit and avoid
insolvency.
America needs to go
back to school on civics education | Opinion
By Daniel Miller Capital-Star Op-Ed Contributor November 7,
2019
Donald Trump
recently proclaimed “You people with this phony Emoluments
Clause” while defending his already abandoned decision to hold next year’s G-7
summit at his Doral golf club. Well, what shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone,
the Emoluments Clause is not fake. It is located in our very real Constitution,
in Article I Section 9 to be precise. The problem is, of course, that Americans
are as ignorant about the Constitution as he is. In fact, our collective
ignorance about our foundational documents and American history is one main
reason we ended up with Trump as president to begin with and why much of the
country has been led down the dark path of authoritarianism. You see, as
politically divided as this country is, a main cause of our present crisis is a
failure in civics education. We are a country divided. Geographically: Rural
versus urban. The heartland versus the coasts. Socially and culturally: on
abortion, gun rights, and immigration reform; and policy issues from healthcare
to taxes. But no matter how much we disagree on these things, we should agree
on one thing.
“It’s against the law for public schools
and charter schools to turn away students because of special needs. However,
Action News Jax learned there’s a catch. The Florida Department of Education
said it’s not discriminatory for charters to suggest a different school that
would better serve a student with disabilities.”
Curmuducation Blog by Peter Greene Wednesday,
November 6, 2019
A Florida news
station has heard from the state's department of education exactly how charter
schools can discriminate against students with special needs. Part of the charter
sales pitch has always been a claim that charters offer alternatives to all
students. Just look at this happy blurb from the National Alliance
for Public [sic] Charter Schools:
The answer to “Can charter schools deny students?” is a beautiful-sounding “no.” Charter schools are free, public, and open to all students.
It may sound beautiful, but the reality is less lovely.
The answer to “Can charter schools deny students?” is a beautiful-sounding “no.” Charter schools are free, public, and open to all students.
It may sound beautiful, but the reality is less lovely.
There's no surprise
here. Charter schools are businesses, and no business thrives or survives
without targeting certain customers for inclusion and others for exclusion.
Every business has to have an answer to the question, "Which customers do
we want, and which customers do we not want?"
Curmuducation Blog by Peter Greene Monday,
November 4, 2019
PA House
Speaker Mike Turzai is not a huge fan of public schools, and especially not the teachers who
work. He was happy to host
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos when she visited Harrisburg. It was that visit that yielded the special
moment when Turzai told some
protesting teachers that
they were special interests who are part of a monopoly and that they
don't care about the children. Personally, I've heard the tale of elected
school officials who were visiting Harrisburg and dared to ask about funding.
"You people already get plenty of money," the speaker allegedly
snapped. At least he didn't do it publicly-- Mike Turzai is the guy caught on video
bragging that Voter ID laws would give the state to Mitt Romney. Turzai was the author of the bill intended to
double the educational tax credits (aka vouchers) in PA. His idea of bailing out Harrisburg schools is to force them to go
to a voucher system. So it's no
surprise to find him in the Philadelphia Inquirer writing an op-ed arguing that choice
opponents should stop talking so mean. It's a fine example of the kind of spin and obfuscation used by
anti-public ed politicians.
Ephrata may delay
secondary school start times in 2020; community meeting scheduled in December
Lancaster Online ALEX GELI | Staff Writer November 7, 2019
With a new year may
come new start times at Ephrata Area School District. Responding to mounting evidence
that teenagers aren’t getting enough sleep, Superintendent Brian Troop in early
2020 is expected to recommend that the board delay school start times at the
district’s middle and high schools to at least 8:30 a.m. If the board proceeds
with Troop’s recommendation, Ephrata would become the first Lancaster County
school district to delay
secondary school start times. “This may be an area where we can improve the situation for our
students by just aligning to the research,” Troop said. The district has studied the issue since early spring. Troop said he quickly discovered Ephrata’s
middle school and high school start times — 7:20 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.,
respectively — didn’t necessarily match the physical and mental health needs of
students.
“A bill in Harrisburg would require
comprehensive, medically accurate, age-appropriate sexuality education in Pennsylvania’s public schools. Introduced by Brian Sims, my state representative, House Bill
1586 would be a lifeline for countless children to get informed, recognize the
agency of consent, and stay safe. For elementary school students, concepts such
as “good touch vs. bad touch” would be introduced. For older students,
curricula would include contraception methods, and help teens identify and
avoid risky behaviors and harmful relationships.”
Pennsylvania’s sex ed is outdated. A new bill would
change that. | Opinion
Eleanor Levie, for the Inquirer Updated: November 6, 2019 - 1:55 PM
Eleanor Levie is a
Storyville columnist
at ChildsWorld.news, steering
committee member of the Southeast Pennsylvania Early Childhood Coalition, and
volunteer advocate for the National Council of Jewish Women.
Sad but true: In
this era of #MeToo and #TimesUp and gender equity, we are still leaving
school-age kids unequipped to deal with all the harassment and body-shaming
they face every day, online and in person. It’s still tough for many preteens
or teens to bring questions and problems to their parents, and equally so for
them to learn about their sexual identities in a positive way from adults. Fifty-plus
years ago, kids like me were too embarrassed to have the birds-and-bees talk
with our parents. On TV, in the movies, and in magazines, we were hit with
distorted images of how our bodies should look and peer pressure to have a
boyfriend or girlfriend no matter what it took. Meanwhile, schools taught
anatomy and left it at that. Today, it’s no better. In fact it’s arguably worse.
Computer-savvy adolescents and teens glued to their smartphones have easy
access to pornography. Whether curious or anxious to present themselves as
cool, they receive and sometimes share sexually explicit texts and photos on
social media. But kids often lack the information, self-esteem, and tools to
navigate this world. The absence of comprehensive sex ed hits LGBTQ kids
especially hard. It’s no coincidence that disturbingly high numbers of LGBTQ
kids attempt suicide or drop
out of school.
Suburban DA sues Juul, saying it’s turned a ‘generation
of minors into addicts’
Inquirer by Sam Wood, Updated: November 6, 2019- 3:31 PM
A district attorney
from the Philadelphia suburbs filed suit against Juul Labs on Wednesday,
accusing the vaping giant of turning “a generation of minors into addicts,
constantly craving a hit of nicotine.” Kevin R. Steele, district attorney for
Montgomery County — the third most populous county in Pennsylvania — filed the
suit in Norristown. The lawsuit also named retailers Guru KOP Inc. of King of
Prussia and Market 24 of Norristown, which allegedly were caught selling Juul
products to minors, as defendants. The complaint alleges that Juul and the
shops violated the state’s consumer protection statute, targeting “residents,
particularly minors, who have become the innocent victims of e-cigarette
manufacturers, marketers and retailers, both online and in-store.” Montgomery
County appears to be the first local government in the Keystone State to sue
the vape maker. Several school districts across the country have filed cases,
while King County, which includes Seattle, filed a claim last month.
For 8 in 10 Teens, Vaping Is Part of Everyday Life, Poll
Finds
Education Week By Arianna Prothero and Alyson Klein November 4,
2019
For the vast majority of teenagers, vaping is
a part of their daily lives. Even if they don’t use electronic cigarettes,
they’re being inundated with images of vaping—either from seeing their peers
doing it or seeing posts about it on social media. That’s according to a new poll by Common Sense Media, a San
Francisco based nonprofit that studies the impact of technology on children and
young people. The poll comes as teen e-cigarette use has ballooned, and a slew
of vaping-related deaths has
sent schools and policymakers scrambling to contain
a growing public health epidemic. While
e-cigarettes are generally seen as safer for adults than smoking traditional
cigarettes, and have been promoted as a healthier alternative for
already-addicted adult smokers, the
sharp rise in vaping among teens has health experts worried. Nicotine has
long-term effects on young, developing brains, and the drug is much more
concentrated in e-cigarettes than in regular cigarettes. E-cigs also contain
toxic chemicals and metals. Thirty percent of teens who start vaping progress
to traditional cigarettes within six months, according to the National
Institute on Drug Abuse.
Two local teachers receive highest U.S. honor for math
and science education
ANYA SOSTEK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asostek@post-gazette.com NOV 6, 2019
Steve Miller worked
first as a software developer. Janet Waldeck started out as a research
scientist. But both left their initial careers to get into the teaching
profession. And last month, both area teachers received the Presidential Award
for Excellence in Mathematics & Science Teaching, the highest honor the U.S.
government bestows on high school math and science teachers.
Meet the U.S House
freshmen from Pa. who are at the center of the Trump impeachment
By Robin Bravender
Capital-Star Washington Bureau November 7, 2019
WASHINGTON — Four freshman Democrats
from Pennsylvania are at the center of the U.S. House impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. U.S. Reps.
Madeleine Dean, of Montgomery County’s 4th District; Mary Gay Scanlon, of
Delaware County’s 5th District; Chrissy Houlahan of Chester County’s 6th
District, and Susan Wild of the Lehigh Valley-based 7th District — all freshmen
Democrats elected in the 2018 blue wave — are on the panels spearheading the
impeachment proceedings. As House Democrats plow ahead with their investigation
into whether Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine’s president to
investigate his political opponent, members of the Intelligence, Foreign
Affairs and Oversight Committees have been leading the effort, holding
closed-door depositions with current and former administration officials. Houlahan
and Wild, who both serve on the Foreign Affairs panel, were among the House
Democrats who held out for months after many of their colleagues had already
called for an impeachment inquiry. They both threw their
support behind the
investigation in September following reports that Trump had pressured the
Ukrainian president.
WEEK 9:JASON KELCE’S EAGLES EDUCATION SEASON
Each week this season, the Super Bowl-winning
offensive lineman compares Philly schools to those of our on-field
competitors—and celebrates a local education innovation. This week, he looks at
Chicago
Philadelphia
Citizen BY JASON KELCE
Hey, everybody—hope
you’ve had a good week!
Here’s something
I’ve been really eager to talk to you about: science.
Growing up, I loved science. I had great teachers who made it come
alive, and lots of opportunities to explore it in school. But that’s not the
case for everyone. Having a daughter has made me think a lot about the discrepancies
in math and science and the under-representation of women—as well as
minorities, and people with disabilities—in science-related jobs. That’s why I
was so psyched to learn about BioEYES, which is run out of Penn’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine,
or IRM.
Caucus of Working Educators plans another challenge to
PFT leadership
Progressive
group wants Philadelphia to follow the lead of union locals in Chicago and Los
Angeles and emphasize social justice.
The notebook by Bill Hangley Jr. November 6 — 10:51 pm, 2019
With the union
contract set to expire this August, incumbents and challengers alike are firing
the first salvoes in the battle for leadership of the Philadelphia Federation
of Teachers. This Thursday, members of the Caucus of Working Educators will formally introduce a slate of candidates who seek to replace
PFT’s veteran executive
team and
create “a different kind of union” – more vocal, more engaged, and more
committed to racial equity and other progressive causes. “The time is now,”
said the Caucus’ candidate for president, Kathleen Melville, a teacher at the Workshop School, pledging to follow the examples of Los Angeles, Milwaukee and Chicago.
By closely aligning with other unions, advocates and organizers, she said, the
PFT can win better contracts and advance social justice at the same time.
Exclusive: Italy to Make Climate Change Study Compulsory
in Schools
VOA By Reuters
November 5, 2019 08:25 AM
ROME - Italy will
next year become the world’s first country to make it compulsory for schoolchildren
to study climate change and sustainable development, Education Minister Lorenzo
Fioramonti said. Fioramonti, from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, is
the government’s most vocal supporter of green policies and was criticized by
the opposition in September for encouraging students to skip school and take
part in climate protests. In an interview in his Rome office on Monday,
Fioramonti said all state schools would dedicate 33 hours per year, almost one
hour per school week, to climate change issues from the start of the next
academic year in September. Many traditional subjects, such as geography,
mathematics and physics, would also be studied from the perspective of
sustainable development, said the minister, a former economics professor at
South Africa’s Pretoria University. “The entire ministry is being changed to
make sustainability and climate the center of the education model,” Fioramonti
told Reuters in the interview conducted in fluent English. “I want to make the
Italian education system the first education system that puts the environment
and society at the core of everything we learn in school.”
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
Film Screening: PERSONAL STATEMENT with director Julie
Dressner Penn C89 Sat, November 9, 2019, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST
Location: Zellerbach
Theatre, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19104
Please join us for
a free screening and panel discussion of PERSONAL STATEMENT. This award-winning
documentary film created by a Penn alumna features three inspirational high
school seniors who are working as college counselors in their schools and are
determined to get their entire classes to college, even though they are not sure
they are going to make it there themselves. Screening will be followed by a
panel discussion with director Julie Dressner (C’89), cast member Enoch
Jemmott, Netter Center founding director Dr. Ira Harkavy (C'70 GR'79), and
others. Free and open to the public! (Registration strongly encouraged but not
required.)
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
Registration, hotel
information, keynote speakers and panels:
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