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Governor’s draft fiscal distress legislation:
SRC-like boards could cancel teachers’ contracts and turn district schools into
charters
Draft of a Corbett plan for
Chester Upland
district stirs a debate
By Dan Hardy, Inquirer Staff Writer Posted: Fri,
Jan. 27, 2012 ,
3:01 AM
As Delaware
County 's Chester Upland
School District
A draft legislative proposal from the governor's
office made public earlier this month by several state legislators sheds more
light on his views.
It calls for state takeovers of distressed
districts, starting with Chester Upland and Duquesne City
Those boards could cancel teachers' contracts
and turn all district schools into charters.
Latest Updates on Chester
Upland January 27, 2011
Chester Community
Charter School
and Chester Upland School District
CUSD and CCCS host
press conference to present new information that may avert a continuing
educational crisis in the City of Chester, PA
WHEN: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:00am
- 10:00am
WHERE: Chester Community
Charter School
Representatives of media
outlets are invited to attend a news conference wherein officials of the
Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) and Chester Upland School District will
provide information on their joint proposal for identifying previously budgeted
state funding that might avert a continuing educational crisis in the City of
Chester, PA, that has impacted both educational entities and nearly 7,000
school children.
Senator Piccola’s Weekly Column January 26, 2012 :
The critical issue of fiscally distressed school
districts in Pennsylvania Chester
Upland School
District
City controller says Philly School
District
By Martha Woodall, Inquirer Staff Writer Posted:
Thu, Jan. 26,
2012 , 8:37 AM
School district's fiscal future worries a
doubting Butkovitz
City Controller Alan Butkovitz expressed serious
concern Wednesday about the Philadelphia
School District
And he estimated that the district would have to
cut $400,000 per day between now and June 30 just to erase a projected deficit
of at least $61 million as it wrestles with continuing problems in matching
expenses to declining revenues.
NSBA’s School Board News
Interview with Kahn Academy
It began innocently enough in 2004 as a way for
Sal Kahn to tutor his young cousin, who was struggling with math and lived
miles away. Within two years, those virtual lessons blossomed into a full-time
career and the Kahn
Academy
“Although every educator wants and deserves a
good wage, no sane person goes into teaching to get rich. We go into teaching
to make a difference in the lives of kids. That is what parents want. They do
not want their child’s score to become part of a formula to determine someone’s
bonus.”
Using Test Scores to
Evaluate Teachers Is Based on the Wrong Values
Do test scores indicate teacher effectiveness?
New York Times Viewpoint By CAROL CORBETT
BURRIS, Jan. 25,
2012 , 12:17 p.m.
I should be a cheerleader for the New York
WHAT WORKS:Early Education a Crime-Fighting
Weapon?
You'd expect educators and parents to be front
and center advocating for early childhood education as state legislatures
debate school funding for the next fiscal year. In New
York and Maine
Charter schools don't
necessarily provide a better education
Charter schools under the microscope (Part 1/3) January 25, 2012
IndyWeek.com by Bob Geary @rjgeary
That picture you carry in your mind's eye of a
public school system? Set it aside. In the world of charter schools, you won't
find a lot of clocks on bell towers, yellow school buses or cafeterias, and
there are no elected boards of education to uphold a community's vision.
Typical charter schools, whether in North
Carolina
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