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PA Ed Policy Roundup for May 6, 2020
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“Hurst said later in the meeting, “We do need to care that the
state legislature will at least take the charter schools reform from Gov.
Wolf’s proposal where it would flat-fund cyber charter schools at a tuition
rate of $9,500 (per student) per year. That provision alone would save us about
$560,000 that would go far way to closing our budget gap, which right now I
have estimated a little over $600,000. We will continue to reach out to the
legislature and let them know about our situation.”
Mahanoy area board passes charter school resolution
Hazelton Standard Speaker by JOHN E. USALIS /
PUBLISHED: MAY 6, 2020
MAHANOY CITY — The Mahanoy Area school board
wants changes in how brick-and-mortar and cyber charter schools are funded
rather than the current funding procedure that puts an undue financial burden
on public school districts. The school board unanimously approved a resolution
calling for charter school funding reform. The resolution draft was composed by
the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. In addition to Mahanoy Area, the
resolution has been adopted by the following school boards, according to the
PSBA: North Schuylkill, Shenandoah Valley, Saint Clair Area, Williams Valley,
Panther Valley and Hazleton Area. Public school districts have faced
ever-growing costs in the funding of brick-and-mortar charter schools and cyber
charter schools each year using formulas as prescribed by the state. School
district business managers have shown each year at budget time how much the
costs take a big share of the district’s education budget that cause increases
in local property taxes. “This is a resolution that schools across the state
have been adopting and sending on to the state because charter schools have
been a financial burden to all the schools across the state,” Business
Administrator John J. Hurst said to the school board during the workshop before
the regular meeting. “We want to join in with that and call for charter school
reform. The funding formula is entirely inadequate and not fair to other
schools.” Hurst said after the meeting that the charter/cyber school budget for
the 2020-21 fiscal year is $1,150,000 versus the current year 2019-20 budget of
$800,000, though Hurst said the projected cost for the current fiscal year,
which ends on June 30, is $1,178,176, which is more than $300,000 than what was
budgeted.
Bensalem urges state not to cut education funding
The Bensalem School Board unanimously passed
a resolution urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to maintain its level of
public school funding despite the state’s budget problems due to the pandemic.
School board unanimously asks Pennsylvania
not to cut spending for education as it deals with unemployment and other
issues affecting state finances.
The Bensalem School Board unanimously passed
a resolution Thursday urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to maintain its
level of public school funding despite the state’s budget problems due to the
pandemic. The school district anticipates a budget shortfall for the 2020-21
school year of between $3 million and $10 million, and that’s if the state
maintains its current level of funding, said board member Rachel Fingles who
wrote the resolution. Currently, the district expects to have an additional
$4.8 million to $5.8 million in post-COVID-19 deficits. The resolution points
out that Pennsylvania “ranks 44th among the 50 states in the percentage of
state subsidies allocated to support elementary and secondary education as well
as that the state’s share of funding public education “has declined from 54% in
1972 to 31.7% in 2019. “Pennsylvania has the widest funding gap between wealthy
and poor school districts of any state in the country,” it states. Fingles said
that from the 2010-11 school year through the 2017-18 school year, the
district’s mandated costs for special education programs, charter schools and
pensions have risen by $37.4 million and that the state is not covering its
share of these costs. Currently, it notes the state is shortchanging the
district by $16 million. At their budget session earlier Wednesday night, board
members voiced concern over the upcoming school year, both from a financial and
logistical standpoints, considering they aren’t sure when the state will be
able to lift the social distancing measures that have forced the closure of
schools for the remainder of this school year. Superintendent Samuel Lee said
he considers himself a “glass half full” type of person but he’s concerned
about the issues school districts will face in the fall.
PA SCHOOLS WORK WEBINAR: Local School District Revenue
and COVID-19
Wed, May 6, 2020 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EDT
PA Schools Work partner, the PA Association
of School Business Officials (PASBO), is releasing projections on the drop in
local revenues that school districts across the state will experience in the
upcoming budget year because of the COVID-19 crisis. They will explain their
results, which will include the likely impact on all Pennsylvania school
districts, and the implications for schools and students.
Registration here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8023166441247649037
Advocates for PA Public Schools - Upper Darby Community
Follow Up Meeting
Public Citizens for Children and Youth - PCCY
- invites you to join us for a follow up meeting to learn more about funding
for Pennsylvania's Public Schools on Thursday, May 7, 2020 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(EDT)
PA Department of Education applies for $523 million in
grants for schools
PA Home Page Posted: May 4, 2020 / 08:37
PM EDT / Updated: May 4, 2020 / 08:37 PM EDT
submitted its application to receive
approximately $523.8 million in funding to help schools in the wake of
COVID-19. These are one-time, emergency funds that the Department of Education
expects to be approved within one week. They are working on a streamlined
application to make it fast for schools that apply. At least 90% of these funds
must go to public and charter schools and must be used by September 2022. They
will receive an amount proportional to the 2019 funds received from the Every
Student Succeeds Act. The 10% leftover will be used by the state for things
like remote learning, that it feels can be implemented more easily than if
individual schools were to try setting it up. Schools may use these funds for
things like technology purchases all the way to mental health support. The
Department of Education says they have asked schools to prioritize the use of
these funds for vulnerable students and families such as those in poverty, those
with disabilities, and children in foster care among others.
For more info, visit the PA Department of Education website. You
can also view a list of
what each school district will receive.
Coronavirus on Smart Talk Monday: Public schools in Pa.
facing billion dollar tax loss impact and is telework the new normal?
WITF by Merideth Bucher MAY 4, 2020 |
4:16 AM Audio Runtime 49:45
The bad news for Pennsylvania schools keeps
pouring in.
Financial analysts met last week and
issued a dire prognosis on the budget fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic. Tax
revenues that support Pennsylvania schools are so unpredictable that best
guess estimates put shortfalls in the neighborhood of more than one billion dollars. And
that is just an estimate that they determined from tax revenue numbers from the
Great Recession and forecasting even deeper cuts. Hannah
Barrick, assistant executive director with
the Pennsylvania Association of School Business
Officials, appears on Smart Talk Monday to
discuss the figures that go into the estimate. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ordered all
schools closed in the state in the middle of March and
for all intents and purposes many working families were thrust into
teleworking from home in order to be with their kids. Stay-at-home
orders soon followed and nearly two months later more than half of American workers are
working remotely. Researchers see this abrupt change as an
opportunity to study how employees adapt and
to identify the innovation that has helped speed this transition. Professor Eddy Ng, Ph.D., the James and Elizabeth Freeman Professor of
Management at Bucknell
University joins us on Smart Talk Monday to
share the research plan and the search for study participants. Individuals who
have transitioned to working remotely can participate in the study through this
survey link.
Philly schools counselors continue to help students
remotely
By Chanel Hill Special to the Capital-Star May 5, 2020
PHILADELPHIA — When
Central High School senior Mariame Sissuku heard that her school would be
closed for the remainder of the year due to the coronavirus, she began to worry
about getting ready for college. “Visiting colleges became a huge concern for
me because I really wanted to visit the colleges that I got into,” Mariame
said. “I’ll be going to Barnard College in New York, so I also had concerns
about whether the college will be opening on time in the fall and what will the
financial part of that now look like.” Mariame, who is also the president of
her school’s mental health club, has been talking to school counselor Christine
Soda every day since schools closed in March. “I set up frequent appointments
with Dr. Soda,” Mariame said. “She’s been helping me with the college process.
She’s also helped me reach out to fellow students who were having hard times
dealing with the pandemic.” Soda is the lead counselor at Central. She is one
out of 340 counselors across the School District of Philadelphia who are
currently helping students remotely.
Letter to the editor: Thank our teachers this week
By Rich Askey, Harrisburg TRIBUNE-REVIEW | Wednesday, May 6,
2020 5:00 a.m.
Rich Askey is President of the Pennsylvania
State Education Association
Teachers give us so much. When we struggled
in class, they were there to lend us a helping hand. When our kids are having a
terrible day, their teachers are ready with welcoming smiles and encouraging
words. Every day, they inspire all of us to achieve great things. It’s National
Teacher Appreciation Week May 4-8, and I invite you to join me to say thank you
to the teachers who inspire you. At this difficult time in our nation’s
history, we need our teachers more than ever. Thank them for stepping up in
this pandemic to make sure students continue to learn, and for what they do all
year round to give our kids opportunities at success. As a teacher myself, I’m
proud to be part of a profession that puts students first every day. And as
president of the largest union of teachers and education professionals in
Pennsylvania, I can’t thank our teachers enough. They are changing the world
one student at a time and building a brighter future for all of us.
After education secretary expresses doubt, Pa. House
speaker demands plan for reopening of schools in fall
Middletown Press and Journal Posted Monday, May
4, 2020 11:13 am
Speaker of the House Mike Turzai is demanding
that the Wolf administration share its plan to ensure Pennsylvania’s students
return to school in the fall and continue, uninterrupted, their education. The
Allegheny County Republican was responding to recent comments by Pennsylvania
Department of Education Secretary Pedro Rivera that schools might still be
closed in the fall. Turzai sent a letter to
Rivera on Saturday requesting more details. “We’re
preparing for the best, but we’re planning for the worst,” Rivera said last
week, according to abc27. However, the York Dispatch reported that,
as of Friday, the department is still planning to reopen schools in the
fall. “The secretary’s comments are irresponsible and raise some serious
concerns,” Turzai said. “What is the plan to return our students back to their
classrooms? Very sadly, these comments typify a ‘can’t do’ attitude, as if the
administration really does not want schools to reopen.” Noting that
Pennsylvania’s teachers, administrators and staff are all continuing to be
fully paid, and all their medical benefits are covered through a statewide
taxpayer investment of more than $33 million on the state’s PreK-12 public
education system, Turzai asked if the Wolf administration fully engaged
overseeing the education of students.
Want to avoid a cruel summer for Pa. students? Start by
closing the digital divide | Janel Myers and Fletcher McClellan
Capital-Star Op-Ed Contributor By Janel
Myers and Fletcher McClellan May 6, 2020
Janel Myers holds an undergraduate degree in
political science and a master’s of public policy degree from Elizabethtown
College in Elizabethtown, Pa. Opinion contributor Fletcher McClellan is a
political science professor at Elizabethtown College. His work appears biweekly
on the Capital-Star’s Commentary Page.
At this time in most school years, teachers
are struggling to maintain the attention of their summer-dazed students. This
year, teachers have an additional layer of challenges as both they and their
students navigate remote learning. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 46 states have
extended their initial school closures for the remainder of the academic year.
In addition, Pennsylvania and several other states are
exploring the possibility of extending the closure beyond this spring. While
the move to online learning protects both student and employee safety, it has
brought into question issues of access and long-term attainment.
With schools going virtual during COVID-19, cyber schools
take center stage
COVID-19 brought traditional school to a
grinding halt in 2020 and many haven’t adjusted well to remote learning.
Al Dia By Nigel Thompson May 04,
2020
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, there
has been a growing desire for things to return to normal. Two and a half
months into the quarantine, there is starting to be light at the end of the
tunnel for parts of the country least affected by the virus. However, those
heavily-affected areas are still in the dark when it comes to a timeline. For
adults, it’s meant two-and-a-half months at home, either operating under the
new normal of remote work or filing for unemployment having seen their job
vanish. As their parents stress, children and young adults desire the same
return to normal with a similar uncertain or absent timeline. Schools, like
every other big gathering in society have been canceled for the duration of the
pandemic. In some states, like Pennsylvania, it’s for the remainder of the
school year. Districts are instead operating remotely, introducing a new
reality to students three-quarters of the way through the year.
That’s been a struggle for many, but at Agora Cyber Charter School, CEO Michael
Conti said his students “never missed a beat.” “We’re very fortunate that
our infrastructure is built for something like this,” he said.
Founded in 2005, Agora is one of 15 cyber
charter schools in PA that serve upwards of 32,000 students across the
commonwealth.
Ciresi sponsors bill to extend budget deadlines for
school districts
Rep. Joseph Ciresi May 4,
2020 | 5:21 PM
HARRISBURG, May 4 – State Rep.
Joe Ciresi, D-Montgomery, today announced that he is sponsoring H.B. 2482, which
would extend the deadline for school districts to pass their annual budgets
past the state-mandated July 1 deadline. The bill was introduced with a
bipartisan group of 26 legislators signed on as co-sponsors. “With the new
challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts have had to
adjust to new ways of conducting public business while maintaining social
distancing,” Ciresi said. “Given this disruption to budget timelines and new
obstacles to public participation, school districts deserve more flexibility
from the state-mandated deadline. In the best interests of our students,
teachers and the community as a whole, we need to make sure that our school
districts have the time to pass funded and vetted budgets that allow for public
input and are inclusive of taxpayer voices.” Several federal and state
deadlines already have been extended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under the bill, deadline extensions would be granted by the Pennsylvania
Department of Education. For more information on the bill, those interested can
contact Ciresi’s office at (484) 200-8265.
From virtual ceremonies to drive-thrus, here's how
Lancaster County schools are handling commencement this year
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer May 6, 2020
Lancaster County high schools have begun
announcing alternative plans for
commencement in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Many schools have shifted to
a blended format with procedures in line with social distancing – students
either walking across the stage in-person wearing their cap and gown, but
without an audience, or receiving their diplomas through a drive-thru line –
plus a pre-recorded online presentation. Here’s when – and how – the county’s
public schools, charter school and largest private schools that have announced
detailed plans as of Tuesday say they’re going to ring in the class of 2020.
A drive-thru commencement? It's one way schools plan to
honor seniors during the coronavirus pandemic
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer May 6, 2020
Not even the coronavirus pandemic will stop
Mataya Hostetter from walking across the stage to receive her high school
diploma. Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Garden Spot High School senior
will experience the moment she’s waited for the last 13 years – granted, it
will look different than expected. Garden Spot plans to have about 250 seniors
and their immediate families participate in a blended commencement ceremony –
part in-person, part online – with students, one by one, collecting their
diplomas on stage. Each student will then pose for a photo, which will be
stitched into a commencement video with pre-recorded speeches and music. In the
age of social distancing, there won’t be much of an audience – only the handful
of mask-wearing families allowed inside waiting to watch their child’s cherished,
albeit brief, moment in the spotlight. “I’m really happy that we get to walk
across the stage,” Hostetter said. Despite the health crisis, which has
shuttered schools for at least the last three months of the 2019-20 school
year, school districts are attempting to salvage a portion of the traditional
commencement experience. Many schools, like Garden Spot, have announced
semi-virtual ceremonies. Others have planned drive-thru diploma exchanges. A
few are holding onto a sliver of hope that in-person ceremonies could still
take place in the summer.
Two Delco schools plan 'virtual' graduation, followed by
summer in-person event
Delco Times by Pete Bannan Pbannan@21st-Centurymedia.com May 6, 2020
As the calendar turns to May, area school
districts are confronting the biggest ultimate tradition of the school year -
graduation - against the realities of social distancing during the COVID-19
pandemic. On Thursday, Penn-Delco School Superintendent Dr. George Steinhoff
announced Sun Valley High School will hold a virtual graduation, followed by a senior recognition and
celebration in August. “I, along with so many others, remain heartbroken over
the effect of the COVID-19 virus on the senior year experience for graduates
across the country, but particularly Sun Valley,” Steinhoff wrote in a letter
to parents. “I have watched many of these young men and women grow and mature
from the first grade. I join you in your disappointment with the
interruption of their senior year.” The Class of 2020 does not deserve this end
to their high school career, Steinhoff said. He noted that social distancing
requirements from the State will prohibit any school events that would draw a
group in excess of 50 persons, regardless of location.
With those realities, the district began to
plan a “virtual” graduation followed by a potential in-person event at a later
date
Barack Obama will headline televised prime-time
commencement on May 16
Inquirer by The Associated Press, Updated: May
5, 2020- 12:31 PM
NEW YORK — Former President Barack Obama will
deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the Class of 2020
during an hour-long event that will also feature LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai
and Ben Platt, among others. ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC will simultaneously air the
special May 16 at 8 p.m. Eastern along with more than 20 other broadcast and
digital streaming partners, according to the announcement Tuesday from
organizers. Several high school students from Chicago public schools and the
Obama Youth Jobs Corps will join, as will the Jonas Brothers, Yara Shahidi, Bad
Bunny, Lena Waithe, Pharrell Williams, Megan Rapinoe and H.E.R. The event is
titled “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020.” It's
hosted by the education advocacy group XQ Institute, The LeBron James Family
Foundation and The Entertainment Industry Foundation.
Obama will reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic's
disruption of school life, especially for seniors who have missed out on their
milestone rites of passage.
School districts plan summer learning, fearing learning
loss from time outside classroom
Trib Live by TEGHAN SIMONTON | Tuesday, May
5, 2020 11:42 a.m.
After spending nearly a month out of class
for a pandemic, Pittsburgh Public Schools is hoping the summer might provide an
opportunity to make up for lost time – but planning the programs has become a
challenge. The district is looking for ways to modify and extend the annual
Summer Dreamers Academy, a free learning camp for student up through fifth
grade. Chief of School Performance David May-Stein is also hoping to allow
single courses at the high school level. “But that may change based off of any
new information that comes in and our ability to ensure that every student does
have the device they need to participate,” he said. After the coronavirus
forced schools across the country to teach online, educators in Western
Pennsylvania are contemplating how they will tackle the issue of summer
learning. And as students spend excessive time outside the classroom, many
worry the learning loss that typically occurs over the summer will be worse
than usual. At Kiski Area School District, Superintendent Tim Scott said the
district is holding off on finalizing plans for its extended school year
program. He’s hoping there will be some scenario where students and teachers
can meet in person.
Philly student journalists document life during the
pandemic
Producing articles and videos helps students
"through this roller coaster ride of a time."
The notebookby Lynn Oseguera May 5 — 12:12
pm, 2020
Kaitlyn Bradley, 27, an English Language Arts
teacher at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering & Science,
stumbled into teaching journalism as a “happy accident.” Her principal asked
whether she would be interested in taking over a journalism class this school
year for 9th- through 12th-grade students, and she decided to give it a try. Now
she and other teachers and students in the District are determined to keep
student journalism alive while schools are out for the rest of the semester due
to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Once we were out of school for a week or so, I was
thinking of a way I could keep connected with students,” Bradley said. “Since
we already had the Carver Times website set up and ready to go, I figured it
would be an easy way to hear from students and allow them to hear from each
other.” On the Carver Times website, Bradley set up the Carver Corona Blog, where
each week she posts submissions from students, teachers, and community members.
She said, “Students are sending in videos, pictures, and writing. I put pretty
much everything in the post.”
Philly highschoolers join forces to launch new citywide
student newspaper
The Bullhorn is currently available online,
with print editions expected this fall.
Billy Penn by Grace Del Vecchio Yesterday, 11:30 a.m.
Although the pandemic has forced schools to
close for the remainder of the academic year, members of the Philadelphia
Student Union are determined to make the best of the situation. On May 1, they
launched The Bullhorn, a first-of-its-kind student newspaper that involves kids
from all parts of the city. “We all have really good ideas and we want to
support each other during this time and organize more direct events to
alleviate some of the stress,” said Aden Gonzalez, a junior at Masterman High
School. “For students to have an outlet for this is perfect.” Discussions
around starting a collaborative student newspaper actually started at a chapter
meeting last fall, Gonzalez said, as a way to bring students from across the
city together in a collaborative effort. Back then, the major issue wasn’t the
coronavirus — it was the deteriorating condition of city school buildings.
Virus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science’s
march
AP News By CALVIN WOODWARD May 5, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a century’s
progress in science, 2020 is looking a lot like 1918.
In the years between two lethal pandemics,
one the misnamed Spanish flu, the other COVID-19, the world
learned about viruses, cured various diseases, made effective vaccines,
developed instant communications and created elaborate public-health networks. Yet
here we are again, face-masked to the max. And still unable to crush an
insidious yet avoidable infectious disease before hundreds of thousands die
from it. As in 1918, people are again hearing hollow assurances at odds with
the reality of hospitals and morgues filling up and bank accounts draining. The
ancient common sense of quarantining is back. So is quackery: Rub raw onions on
your chest, they said in 1918. How about disinfectant in your veins now?
mused President Donald Trump, drawing gasps instead of laughs over what he
weakly tried to pass off as a joke. In 1918, no one had a vaccine, treatment or
cure for the great flu pandemic as it ravaged the world and killed more than 50
million people. No one has any of that for the coronavirus, either. Modern
science quickly identified today’s new coronavirus, mapped its
genetic code and developed a diagnostic test, tapping knowledge no one had in
1918. That has given people more of a fighting chance to stay out of harm’s
way, at least in countries that deployed tests quickly, which the U.S. didn’t. But
the ways to avoid getting sick and what to do when sick are little changed. The
failure of U.S. presidents to take the threat seriously from the start also
joins past to present.
Schools should be ready for phased reopening, future
closures, pediatrics group says
By Maggie
Fox, CNN Updated 5:03 PM ET, Tue May 5,
2020
(CNN)Schools
should be ready to phase in their reopenings, perhaps starting with reduced
hours, before returning to full activity amid the coronavirus pandemic,
pediatricians said Tuesday. Schools should also plan for intermittent closures
in the future if the virus begins to rebound, the American
Academy of Pediatrics said in new guidance. "Until
the broad availability of a vaccine and/or treatment for Covid-19 exists, there
is a risk for future waves of disease impacting communities across the country;
it is important that schools plan for the possibility of additional periods of
school closures and prepare strategically for distance learning or other educational
options," it said. So far, 46 states and Washington, D.C., have announced
school closures through the end of the 2019-2020 academic year. While it will
be hard for schools to plan for reopening, it's clear that distance learning is
less than optimal, the group said.
Education Groups Crank Up Pressure on Congress With $250
Billion Request
Education Week By Andrew Ujifusa on May
5, 2020 10:00 AM
Dozens of groups sent a new request to
Congress Tuesday, calling for at least $250 billion in
new federal aid for K-12 schools and
higher education, as part of a broader push to shore up state and local government
funding. The request for schools also says congressional relief should focus on
students from low-income households and special education, as well as
efforts to help students connect to the internet. And the groups say it should
support key programs under laws like the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The
letter to congressional leaders was backed by more than 70 organizations, from
the two national teachers' unions—the American Federation of Teachers and the
National Education Association—to groups like the Center for American
Progress, the Education Trust, GLSEN, the NAACP, Sandy Hook Promise, and
Teach For America. "While we don't yet know what the full impact of
the novel coronavirus that has spread across the nation will be," the
groups wrote, "we do know that both the economic hardship and the grief
and trauma that ensue from COVID-19 will be unprecedented for today's
school-age children and college students."
If you previously registered for this live event at the Capitol
please register for the virtual event.
PSBA Virtual
Advocacy Day 2020 MAY 11, 2020 • 9:00
AM - 4:30 PM
Now
more than ever before – Make your voice heard!
Join
us virtually to support public education!
All
public school leaders are invited to join us for our first ever Virtual
Advocacy Day on Monday, May 11, 2020 via Zoom. We need all of you to
help strengthen our advocacy impact. The day will center around reaching out to
your legislators to discuss the steps you have taken to deal with the pandemic
crisis and the steps legislators can take to provide schools the flexibility
and creativity needed to weather the storm. Mandate relief, budgeting
flexibility, charter funding reform and other legislative changes need to be
considered to give school district flexibility.
Info
and Registration: https://www.psba.org/event/advocacy-day-2020/
Register today for the 2020 PASA/PA Principals
Association PA Educational Leadership Summit, August 2-4, at the Lancaster
Marriott at Penn Square
(hosted by the PA Principals Association and
the PA Association of School Administrators). Participants can earn up to 80
PIL hours (40 hours for the Summit and - for an additional cost of $50 -
40 hours for EdCamp) for
attending the conference and completing program requirements. Register
early to reserve your seat! The deadline to take advantage of the Early Bird
Discount is April 24, 2020.
Click here to
register today!
Network for Public Education 2020 Conference in Philly Rescheduled
to November 21-22
NPE Website March 10, 2020 7:10 pm
We so wanted to see you in March, but we need
to wait until November!
Our conference will now take place on November
21 and 22 at the same location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please
read the important information below.
Registration: We will be rolling over our
registration information, so there is no reason to register again. You will
be automatically registered for the November dates. If you cannot attend in
November, we ask that you consider donating your registration to absorb some of
the costs associated with rescheduling the conference. If you feel you cannot
make such a donation, please contact: dcimarusti@networkforpubliceducation.org.
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