Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Pushing vouchers: For some, it's about tax dollars for church schools

Daily postings from the Keystone State Education Coalition now reach more than 1000 Pennsylvania education policymakers – school directors, administrators, legislators and members of the press via emails, website, Facebook and Twitter.

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"No child should be trapped in a failing school system, and the Legislature should fund alternatives and reforms that work. But lawmakers must keep in mind that for some of the biggest backers of vouchers, the movement is about channeling public dollars into religious education -- in opposition to the will of Pennsylvania's founders."
Pushing vouchers: For some, it's about tax dollars for church schools
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Editorial Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
No one should be surprised that leaders in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh want families served by its schools to push for passage of a tuition voucher bill in Harrisburg. The legislation is in the schools' interest, and it's the right of parents to speak out.
But an email last month to Catholic school principals from Ronald T. Bowes, the diocese's assistant superintendent for policy and development, revealed a coercive attempt to tie a family's tuition aid to its degree of lobbying. As reported Tuesday by the Post-Gazette's Mackenzie Carpenter, Mr. Bowes wanted parents not only to contact their legislators but also to complete a form describing their efforts.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11337/1194195-192.stm#ixzz1ffPYoT9f

Pro-voucher group hits Harrisburg airwaves

MONDAY, 05 DECEMBER 2011 09:19
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE EARLY RETURNS BLOG WRITTEN BY LAURA OLSON
The boys are back in town, and with limited days left on the 2011 state legislative calendar, the pro-voucher movement met them with a message as they entered the media market.
A radio ad from Students First, one of the most active groups lobbying for a measure to create school vouchers, began airing this morning in Harrisburg. 
http://earlyreturns.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/early-returns-20/53-post-gazette-staff/3695-pro-vouchers-group-hits-hbg-airwaves

Originally Published: 12/4/2011  
Pa. cyber charter schools not passing test
Their proponents say growth of individual students is not being assessed accurately
By David Meekeel. Reading Eagle
Most cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania failed to make the grade on state standardized tests during the last school year, fanning the flames for critics who say they siphon money from traditional public schools.
But supporters of cyber charters say the tests do not show an accurate reflection of the programs.
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=349968

Media Advisory from Education Committee Chairman Senator Piccola's office December 5, 2011
Senate Education Committee to Consider SRC Nominee, Receive Update on Teacher Evaluation Proposal & Briefing by Philadelphia Mayor
 HARRISBURG – The Senate Education Committee will meet on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 8EA-EW for the following purposes:
Informational briefing by Mayor Michael Nutter, City of Philadelphia, on Senate Bill 1303, sponsored by Senator Anthony Williams.  (The committee will not be voting upon Senate Bill 1303 at this meeting.)
Update on the Corbett Administration's teacher evaluation overhaul with a presentation by the Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Ron Tomalis.
Consideration of Governor Corbett's nominee to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, Feather Houstoun.
http://piccola.org/press/2011/1211/120511.htm

Act 1 Referendum Exception Guidelines for 2012-2013
From the Education Policy and Leadership Center
On November 9, the PDE issued Referendum Exception Guidelines for 2012-2013 for school districts that may seek approval for referendum exceptions to increase tax rates above theadjusted index.  Section 333 of the Taxpayer Relief Act, as amended by Act 25 of 2011
allows for certain exceptions (school construction, special education expenditures and retirement contributions) that require PDE approval.  Detailed information about each referendum exception and submission procedures are contained in the guidelines.  These regulations reflect changes in the state law enacted earlier this year that have the effect of further restricting the ability of school districts to increase property taxes without voter approval.

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Why School Choice Fails

New York Times Opinion By NATALIE HOPKINSON, Published: December 4, 2011
IF you want to see the direction that education reform is taking the country, pay a visit to my leafy, majority-black neighborhood in Washington. 

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011

Billionaire Education Policy (Guest Post)

The Education Optomists Blog Posted by Sara Goldrick-Rab
The word "policy" makes us think of politicians and bureaucrats. But what happens when powerful policy-makers aren't elected or appointed? Today, billionaires are shaping education policy in the United States. Buying political influence—-even legally—-feels dirty, so let me try again: 
Philanthropists are saving our schools! 
http://eduoptimists.blogspot.com/2011/12/billionaire-education-policy-guest-post.html?spref=tw

If you are in the Camp Hill, Cumberland Valley, East Pennsboro, Mechanicsburg or West Shore School Districts please consider attending this legislative forum.
Reps. Grell, Delozier to Co-Host Town Hall Meeting on Education Reform
Wednesday, December 7th 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Press Release 11/30/2011
HARRISBURG – Rep. Glen Grell (R-Hampden Twp.) and Rep. Sheryl Delozier (R-Lower Allen Twp.) announced today that they are co-hosting a special town hall meeting on educational reform legislation currently under consideration in the General Assembly. The event will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 7 -9 p.m. at Good Hope Middle School, 451 Skyport Road in Hampden Township. Residents of the 87th and 88th Legislative Districts are invited and encouraged to attend. 
Among the speakers expected to attend are Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis, and representatives from the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools, the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the Pennsylvania-American Civil Liberties Union, and the Commonwealth Foundation
For more info: http://www.repdelozier.com/NewsItem.aspx?NewsID=13076

The Southeastern Pennsylvania First Suburbs Project's
Second Annual Fundraiser and Inaugural Awards Ceremony
Thursday, December 8, 2011 – 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050
Join the Southeastern Pennsylvania First Suburbs Project to celebrate our organization's progress in realizing our collective vision to make southeastern Pennsylvania a fair, stable, and prosperous place to live.
Keynote Speaker — Estelle Richman, U.S. HUD Acting Deputy Secretary
HONOREES:
U.S. Congressman Jim Gerlach
State Senator Ted Erickson
Rev. Ed Crenshaw, Victory Christian Fellowship
Kirby Hudson, City of Coatesville Assistant Manager
For tickets and info: http://firstsuburbsproject.org/


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Monday, December 5, 2011

PA Voucher Status Update December 5th, 2011


Daily postings from the Keystone State Education Coalition now reach more than 1000 Pennsylvania education policymakers – school directors, administrators, legislators and members of the press via emails, website, Facebook and Twitter.

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The PA House and Senate are scheduled to reconvene at 1:00 pm today, Monday December 5th. 

There are two education bills slated for second consideration in the House:

HB 1454, which would provide for value added assessment

SB 612, which provides for suspension of professional employees for economic reasons as part of a plan to reduce or control school district costs.

 

Take Five Minutes for the Statewide “Call” to Action for Public Education on Monday, December 5th

Please consider passing this info on to any and all public education stakeholders.

http://www.educationvoterspa.org/index.php/site/news/statewide-call-for-education-take-the-pledge/


 “There is strong opposition to the voucher legislation among educators, school directors and teachers unions, which argue that it's unfair for private schools to receive state money without being held to the same accountability in the forms of standardized testing, financial audits and compliance with state open records and open meeting laws.
They also argue that it is unconstitutional for public money to go to religious schools. It's expected that much of the voucher money will be used by students to attend parochial schools.”
State House to take up vouchers, economic furloughs in schools
Sunday, December 04, 2011
By Mary Niederberger and Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- Republican State Sen. Jeffrey Piccola wants to see students in Pennsylvania's lowest-achieving school districts qualify for taxpayer-funded vouchers that would allow them to attend private schools.  State Sen. Mike Folmer, who's also a Republican, wants school boards to be able to operate like corporate boards and furlough teachers during tough economic times.  The state Senate has approved both measures, which are among the bills that supporters hope the state House will consider when lawmakers return here Monday.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11338/1194204-454-0.stm#ixzz1fZBQn3sG

Guest Opinion

Vouchers a bad choice for Pennsylvanians

Bucks County Intelligencer Posted: Sunday, December 4, 2011 12:00
By Andrea Kircher and Connie Borichevsky co-presidents of the Bucks County League of Women Voters.
Educational vouchers are a bad choice for Pennsylvanians. Why? Passing the bucks from public schools to nonpublic educational agencies only makes troubled schools that are low-performing more at risk. There will be fewer resources for public schools and little, if any, accountability for how money is spent outside public purview. Vouchers do little to solve the disparity between rich and poor school districts.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer_news/opinion/vouchers-a-bad-choice-for-pennsylvanians/article_27a04006-c485-5e33-9644-56913b9a3d47.html

Gov. Corbett hopes to sign bill for voucher program by end of month

Published: Saturday, December 03, 2011, 10:24
By CHARLES THOMPSON, The Patriot-News 
This should be the time for the final charge to deliver a school voucher program to Pennsylvania, advocates say.
Gov. Tom Corbett says he wants families to have taxpayer-funded vouchers so they can move children out of bad schools. With a General Assembly controlled by his fellow Republicans, Corbett hoped to see a voucher program in place for parents next fall.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/12/gov_corbett_hopes_to_sign_bill.html

School-voucher debate is underscored by opinions, circumstances of parents in failing school districts

Published: Sunday, December 04, 2011, 12:00 AM
By IVEY DEJESUS, The Patriot-News 
“If schools start to accept state funding, we must ask whether a requirement is their willingness and capacity to serve challenging kids. It’s easier to post higher test scores when you don’t have to keep struggling kids in your school. Our public schools don’t have that option.” 
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/12/school-voucher_debate_undersco.html

Archive: January 3, 2011

Follow The Students First PAC Voucher Money

Senate Education Committee Majority Chairman Jeff Piccola was quoted in the Lebanon Daily News last week discussing the introduction of a new voucher bill, Senate Bill 1:
"The legislation Sen. Williams and I will introduce in the next session will be somewhat broader than the bill he introduced last session," Piccola said. "Our bill, which will be Senate Bill 1, would provide opportunity scholarships to low-income children across the Commonwealth who wish to attend either a private school or a public school in a school district other than where they reside."

School chiefs blast charters 

Area superintendents see lack of oversight, unfair funding, under-performing students.
By Samantha Marcus, Of The Morning Call, 11:11 p.m. EST, December 2, 2011
Reporter John L. Micek contributed to this story.
A coalition of superintendents from five area counties released a report Friday, on the eve of a House debate in Harrisburg, condemning charter schools for operating without the same intense scrutiny and mandates as public schools while producing lesser achievement across the board.
The report compared state test scores of public and charter school students in Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Pike counties, its findings generally reinforcing standard criticisms of the public schools' counterparts.
The report, initiated by 26 superintendents, also rips the funding formula that allows cyber and charter schools to use local tax revenue — often amounting to millions of dollars — from public school systems.
"Using vouchers to fund private schools or to funnel public school dollars away from local schools to fund charter schools is fundamentally wrong and inequitable," the group said in a news release.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-superintendents-charter-school-report-20111202,0,6956.story

Click here to read the Executive Summary

Click here to read the full report - Regional Position Paper: Rationale to Course-correct the Funding for Charter and Cyber Charter Schools

Should Schools Be Run for Profit?

Education Week Bridging Differences Blog By Diane Ravitch on November 29, 2011 9:10 AM
Dear Deborah,
The next big idea in "education reform" is online instruction and cyber charters. I know that teachers are doing wonderful, creative activities with technology, and there is no doubt that technology can bring history, science, and other studies to life in vivid ways. But there is a cloud on the horizon, and that is the growth of the for-profit cyber charters. I confess that it troubles me to think of children sitting at home, day after day, with no opportunity for discussion and debate, no interaction with their peers, no face-to-face encounters with a real teacher.  
I recently read several shocking articles that have reinforced my concern about for-profit companies that provide virtual schooling. One must-read is Lee Fang's remarkable investigative article, titled "How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools." It is a chilling account of a well-developed campaign to persuade state legislatures to endorse for-profit virtual schools.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2011/11/should_schools_be_run_for_prof.html

I'm a New School Board Member, Now What?
PSBA New Board Member Orientation, 2 day Program November 2011-April 2012
Guided by our mission of leadership, service and advocacy, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association is committed to providing practical and up-to-date professional development to help the commonwealth's school directors and other school leaders provide public education of the highest quality. This unique learning opportunity will help prepare you for the challenging life of a school board member. Learn school governance basics and gain the knowledge you will need to become a successful member of the Team of 10!
For more info and to register: http://www.psba.org/workshops/?workshop=129

Posted at 04:00 AM ET, 12/04/2011

Choking on the Common Core Standards

By Valerie Strauss
This was written by Joanne Yatvin, a longtime public school educator,author and past president of the National Council of Teachers of English. She teachers part-time at Portland State University and is writing a book on good teaching in high poverty schools.
By Joanne Yatvin
Many things that are commonplace activities for adults — driving, voting, and paying taxes, for example — are not appropriate for children. I count the Common Core State Standards, proposed for all our country’s public schools, among them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/choking-on-the-common-core-standards/2011/12/02/gIQAG6cpPO_blog.html

If you are in the Camp Hill, Cumberland Valley, East Pennsboro, Mechanicsburg or WestShore School Districts please consider attending this legislative forum.
Reps. Grell, Delozier to Co-Host Town Hall Meeting on Education Reform
Wednesday, December 7th 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Press Release 11/30/2011
HARRISBURG – Rep. Glen Grell (R-Hampden Twp.) and Rep. Sheryl Delozier (R-Lower Allen Twp.) announced today that they are co-hosting a special town hall meeting on educational reform legislation currently under consideration in the General Assembly. The event will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 7 -9 p.m. at Good Hope Middle School, 451 Skyport Road in Hampden Township. Residents of the 87th and 88th Legislative Districts are invited and encouraged to attend. 
Among the speakers expected to attend are Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis, and representatives from the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools, the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the Pennsylvania-American Civil Liberties Union, and the Commonwealth Foundation
For more info: http://www.repdelozier.com/NewsItem.aspx?NewsID=13076

The Southeastern Pennsylvania First Suburbs Project’s
Second Annual Fundraiser and Inaugural Awards Ceremony
Thursday, December 8, 2011 – 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050
Join the Southeastern Pennsylvania First Suburbs Project to celebrate our organization’s progress in realizing our collective vision to make southeastern Pennsylvania a fair, stable, and prosperous place to live.
Keynote Speaker — Estelle Richman, U.S. HUD Acting Deputy Secretary
HONOREES:
U.S. Congressman Jim Gerlach
State Senator Ted Erickson
Rev. Ed Crenshaw, Victory Christian Fellowship
Kirby Hudson, City of Coatesville Assistant Manager
For tickets and info: http://firstsuburbsproject.org/

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday Mix

Daily postings from the Keystone State Education Coalition now reach more than 1000 Pennsylvania education policymakers – school directors, administrators, legislators and members of the press via emails, website, Facebook and Twitter.

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State's handling of Keystone Exams isn't the answer

Published: Thursday, December 01, 2011, 5:30 AM
By Patriot-News Op-Ed 
Dominic J. Cavallaro is superintendent of Montoursville Area School District.
In 2009, the state Board of Education made end-of- the-course exams one of the requirements for graduation. Exams will be required for all students beginning with the class of 2015. 
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2011/12/states_handling_of_keystone_ex.html

"Though the tax dollars to educate charter school students will come through the local school district, it will have no say in how the school runs."
Editorial: Charter schools now a local issue
Washington PA Observer Reporter11/30/2011 3:34 AM
While Pennsylvania's Legislature considers a bill to issue vouchers to some public school students to attend private or parochial schools, that body is also expected to act on bills that would encourage the formation of charter and cyber schools and allow them to operate more autonomously.
http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/editorial11/11-30-2011-Charter-schools--Editorial

Is K-12 Inc. The Future Of Education? Here's Why I'm Skeptical

Nicholas Pardini, SeekingAlpha.com November 30th, 2011
The internet has radically altered the media, financial markets, retail, and service industries to improve their services at a lower cost. Can the same be done to primary and secondary education?  K12 Inc. (LRN) is a company that is trying to do that by using the internet to customize the learning experience for students, while lowering the cost below the expenses incurred by brick and mortar public and private schools.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/310860-is-k-12-inc-the-future-of-education-here-s-why-i-m-skeptical

Michelle Rhee Can't Shake Cheating Scandal at D.C. Public Schools

The Daily Beast, by Rita Beamish, Nov 25, 2011 9:47 PM EST

The darling of education reformers insists she welcomes a probe of student scores during her tenure as D.C. schools chancellor—but admits to no mistake. Rita Beamish on how it’s complicating her legacy.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/25/michelle-rhee-can-t-shake-cheating-scandal-at-d-c-public-schools.html

And in Pennsylvania, six weeks later, still no news in this one…….
State slow to provide information on PSSA probe
by Benjamin Herold on Oct 21 2011
for the Notebook and WHYY/NewsWorks
Pennsylvania's inquiry into suspicious state test score results appears to have slowed to a crawl.
http://www.thenotebook.org/blog/114180/state-refuses-release-pssa-probe-reports

Opinion: Press release from Senator Jeffrey Piccola (R-15, Dauphin/York Counties), a prime sponsor of Senate Bill 1 and Chairman of the Senate Education Committee.

Pennsylvania's School Choice Movement Must Address the 'Bottom 5%'

Pennsylvania has a simple choice to make.  We can embrace change and welcome educational reform or we can choose to satisfy ourselves with the tired old policies of the past that, by any reasonable standard of measure, have failed our children.
http://piccola.org/press/2011/1111/113011.htm

If you are in the Camp Hill, Cumberland Valley, East Pennsboro, Mechanicsburg or West Shore School Districts please consider attending this legislative forum.
Reps. Grell, Delozier to Co-Host Town Hall Meeting on Education Reform
Wednesday, December 7th 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Press Release 11/30/2011
HARRISBURG – Rep. Glen Grell (R-Hampden Twp.) and Rep. Sheryl Delozier (R-Lower Allen Twp.) announced today that they are co-hosting a special town hall meeting on educational reform legislation currently under consideration in the General Assembly. The event will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 7 -9 p.m. at Good Hope Middle School, 451 Skyport Road in Hampden Township. Residents of the 87th and 88th Legislative Districts are invited and encouraged to attend. 
Among the speakers expected to attend are Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis, and representatives from the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, the Education Law Center of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools, the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the Pennsylvania-American Civil Liberties Union, and the Commonwealth Foundation
For more info: http://www.repdelozier.com/NewsItem.aspx?NewsID=13076

Upper St. Clair school board opposes state legislation that would use public funds for private schools
Thursday, December 01, 2011
By Mary Niederberger, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Upper St. Clair school board on Monday approved a resolution opposing state legislation that would provide tuition vouchers for public school students to use to attend private schools and would expand tax credits for scholarship funds.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11335/1193588-55.stm#ixzz1fJz2R3AL

The Southeastern Pennsylvania First Suburbs Project's
Second Annual Fundraiser and Inaugural Awards Ceremony
Thursday, December 8, 2011 – 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050
Join the Southeastern Pennsylvania First Suburbs Project to celebrate our organization's progress in realizing our collective vision to make southeastern Pennsylvania a fair, stable, and prosperous place to live.
Keynote Speaker — Estelle Richman, U.S. HUD Acting Deputy Secretary
HONOREES:
U.S. Congressman Jim Gerlach
State Senator Ted Erickson
Rev. Ed Crenshaw, Victory Christian Fellowship
Kirby Hudson, City of Coatesville Assistant Manager
For tickets and info: http://firstsuburbsproject.org/


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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Maybe our Founding Fathers were on to something with that whole pesky, inconvenient “separation of church and state” thing.

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**********     Begin Opinion:      **********

My understanding is that for 28 days the Diocese's $2.9 million in state EITC scholarships (did I mention that there is no fiscal or academic performance accountability in the EITC program?) were part of the assistance threatened to be withheld from parents who did not actively lobby their legislators for the voucher bill.

 

So state funds were being used by a church to lobby the state legislature to obtain more state funds for that church.  Maybe our Founding Fathers were on to something with that whole pesky, inconvenient "separation of church and state" thing.

***********     End Opinion     **********

 

According to the article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "currently, the diocese receives tuition-assistance funding from two sources: the Scholastic Opportunity Scholarships fund and the Bishop's Education Fund. The SOS fund -- which distributed $2.9 million in grants to more than 3,800 students in the 2010-11 school year, comes from the Education Improvement Tax Credit, which allows businesses to provide scholarship money to private parochial schools in exchange for tax credits." 

Posted at 01:58 PM ET, 11/30/2011

Washington Post : Diocese letter pushed principals to promote vouchers

Washington Post Answer Sheet Blog By Valerie Strauss
Just how involved did the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh get in the effort to promote vouchers? Very.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/diocese-letter-pushed-principals-to-promote-vouchers/2011/11/29/gIQAoLzJDO_blog.html



Voucher Mea Culpa: Pa. Church Leaders Recant Lobby-Or-Else Order To Needy Parochial School Parents

Americans United for Separation of Church and State
November 30, 2011 by Simon Brown in Wall of Separation Blog
The Catholic hierarchy in Pennsylvania experienced a teachable moment recently when one of its officials demanded that needy parents lobby lawmakers for a school voucher bill or lose tuition assistance their children are receiving to attend parochial school.
http://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/voucher-mea-culpa-pa-church-leaders-recant-lobby-or-else-order-to-needy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Saving Catholic Education

Over 50 years, the U.S. Catholic school population has dropped by almost two-thirds.

Wall Street Journal Opinion By RICHARD RIORDAN

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Catholic Education Foundation announced a campaign to raise $100 million for Catholic schools in our area.
Mr. Riordan, who was mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001, is the founding president of the Los Angeles Catholic Education Foundation.

 

West Chester write-in VOTE member wins school board seat

By Anthony Campisi, Inquirer Staff Writer, December 1, 2011

A candidate who was part of an unprecedented write-in campaign in November won a seat on the West Chester Area school board, according to official results certified Wednesday.

Sue Tiernan, a retired educator and school administrator, won the last of five seats on the nine-member board that were up for election.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20111201_West_Chester_VOTE_member_wins_school_board_seat.html?ref=more-like-this

 

Report finds Chicago charters struggling like other CPS schools

Poverty dogs students despite schools' flexibility, autonomy

By Joel Hood and Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune reporters
12:08 a.m. CST, November 30, 2011
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other city leaders have long heralded charter schools' innovative approach to education, but new research suggests many charters in Chicago are performing no better than traditional neighborhood schools and some are actually doing much worse.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-charter-schools-performance-1130-20111130,0,1660032.story

In Upper St. Clair, perhaps an innovative "outside the box" solution to state education funding cuts
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11334/1193698-100.stm?cmpid=MOSTEMAILEDBOX


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