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PA Ed Policy Roundup for April 21, 2015:
Acting PA Education Sec'y Pedro Rivera begins
confirmation process
Lehigh Valley Forum on School Funding April 22, 7:00-8:30
Penn State Lehigh Valley 2809
Saucon Valley Rd , Center Valley , PA 18034
The entrance is at the back of the building and parking is available in lots by the school.
The entrance is at the back of the building and parking is available in lots by the school.
Confirmed panelists include:
Dr. Bill Haberl, superintendent, Pen Argyl Area SD
Dr. Joe Roy, superintendent, Bethlehem Area SD
Mr. Rich Sniscak, superintendent, Parkland SD
Mr. Russ Giordano, school board director, Salisbury Township SD
Dr. Russ Mayo, superintendent, Allentown SD
Ms. Stacy Gober, CFO, Bethlehem Area SD
Ms. Susan Gobreski, Executive Director, Education Voters of PA
Moderator: Roberta Marcus, School Board Director, Parkland SD
Dr. Bill Haberl, superintendent, Pen Argyl Area SD
Dr. Joe Roy, superintendent, Bethlehem Area SD
Mr. Rich Sniscak, superintendent, Parkland SD
Mr. Russ Giordano, school board director, Salisbury Township SD
Dr. Russ Mayo, superintendent, Allentown SD
Ms. Stacy Gober, CFO, Bethlehem Area SD
Ms. Susan Gobreski, Executive Director, Education Voters of PA
Moderator: Roberta Marcus, School Board Director, Parkland SD
Register HERE to attend
the Lehigh Valley education forum.
Spotlight
looms for Wolf's cabinet picks
ANGELA
COULOUMBIS, INQUIRER HARRISBURG BUREAU LAST UPDATED: Tuesday, April 21,
2015, 1:08 AM POSTED: Monday, April 20, 2015, 6:34 PM
Acting
Secretary Pedro Rivera will face questions on his policies and educational
approaches from members of the Senate Education Committee. But any hurdles
shouldn't be large ones.
"I
have not heard any concerns that would rise to the level of him not being
confirmed," the committee chairman, Lloyd Smucker (R., Lancaster), said
Monday.
Rivera
is one of three nominees scheduled for Tuesday hearings.
Wolf’s education pick to begin
confirmation process
abc27 By Ali Lanyon Published: April 21, 2015, 3:39 am
On
Tuesday, lawmakers will begin the confirmation process for Governor Tom Wolf’s
pick to lead the State Department of Education.
Pedro Rivera is the former superintendent of the Lancaster School District
House
Democrats sound off on budget, property tax reform
The PLS
Reporter Author: Jason Gottesman/Monday, April 20,
2015
House
Democrats are already chalking up a win in their column for this budget cycle:
Being included in the process. “The good
news is, unlike the last four years, House Democrats have been meeting with the
governor,” said Minority Leader Frank Dermody (D-Allegheny). “That’s a welcomed
change and it’s going well.” He also
said the caucus leadership is excited to see Rep. Stan Saylor’s (R-York)
property tax legislation get a committee vote this week as it puts a vehicle in
place to input common-ground findings on the issue. “It’s an indication and a sign that we can
hopefully find some common ground on the property tax issue and the rest of the
budget issues,” he stated. He called the
proposal “a start” but indicated it lacks elements important to his caucus like
education funding. “We think the
governor’s proposal works better for the school districts, the distribution of
that proposal—the governor’s proposal—is fairer,” he added, while arguing it
also addresses needs of the cities of Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh .
"Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
North
Penn Life Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 By Jarreau Freeman jfreeman@montgomerynews.com
@JarreauFreeman on Twitter
Lansdale
>> The North Penn School Board doesn’t seem to be shy about wanting a new
basic education funding formula, and at April 16’s action meeting, the board
unanimously approved a resolution urging the Pennsylvania General to do just
that. Pennsylvania currently has no funding
formula. “We need a funding formula,
instead of them taking a dart and throwing it at a wall,” board President
Vincent Sherpinsky said prior to the vote.
http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2015/04/21/north_penn_life/news/doc553524ad83290222097682.txt?viewmode=fullstory
http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2015/04/21/north_penn_life/news/doc553524ad83290222097682.txt?viewmode=fullstory
"I'm optimistic because
at least we're having conversations about that," Hite told reporters after
speaking at the Pennsylvania Press Club in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG,
Pa. (AP) — The superintendent of Philadelphia's public schools said Monday that
the district, Pennsylvania's largest, cannot cut anymore services or personnel,
as he lobbies state lawmakers for more aid to pull the district out of a
persistent deficit. William Hite said
the state has not adequately funded public education in its largest school
district. Funding cuts under former Gov. Tom Corbett has meant that the
district is receiving less state aid than it got four years ago to educate
200,000 students. Stopgaps and a new cigarette tax have helped while the
district shed about one in three employees and closed about one in eight school
buildings.
But Hite
also said he is optimistic about the possibility of getting more state help,
partly because Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's budget would deliver another $160
million to Philadelphia
schools and partly because education funding is a top issue.
Philly District
begins Round 2 of plan to reinvent neighborhood schools
the notebook By David
Limm on Apr 20, 2015 04:48 PM
For a
second year, the District is inviting proposals from schools and their
communities to overhaul neighborhood schools and reinvent high schools. Monday's announcement marks the kick-off of
Round 2 of the District's efforts to remake the city's neighborhood schools
into appealing, cutting-edge options tailored to Philadelphia 's mostly high-needs students.
"We
do believe that this is a really important way that local school communities
can engage in redesigning themselves," said Deputy Superintendent Paul
Kihn. Last year, the District approved
four schools from among 16 applicants. How many does the District want
to approve this year? "We'd love to have up to 10 to 15," said Kihn,
but "it will depend entirely on the applicant pool." Applications for redesign can be based on
transformations led by teachers or school leadership, the concept of community
schools, proposals from local organizations, or a category of
"other." All neighborhood schools except Promise Academies are
eligible.
Phila. schools
want to reward innovation
KRISTEN
A. GRAHAM, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Tuesday,
April 21, 2015, 1:08 AM
The Philadelphia school system
wants to open more new high schools and continue a program that encourages
teachers, principals, and community organizations to overhaul schools from
within. School
District officials announced Monday that they were seeking
interested parties to raise their hands to design and run innovative small high
schools, beginning in the fall of 2016. The new schools, like three opened in
the fall, would be neighborhood schools without admissions criteria, and would
open with first to ninth graders, adding one grade each year.
The
district is also looking for educators and community members to partner with
each other as part of its "School Redesign Initiative." Four district
schools are in the design phase of this overhaul program; all will implement
changes in September. The schools remain
part of the district, accepting neighborhood students.
Read
more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20150421_raise-hand-innovative-Philly-high-school.html#L85pUvwgmZsFE4hE.99
Mandatory
meetings before union vote at Olney Charter School
EXAMS
ARE around the corner for city students, and nearly every teacher is squeezing
in as much instructional time as humanly possible. Not so much at Olney Charter High School,
whose charter operator, ASPIRA Inc. of Pennsylvania, has pared back instruction
and parent-teacher conferences so staff can attend mandatory meetings to hear
what a union would mean for the North Philadelphia school. It's unclear what the cost would be to
taxpayers. Unidentified outside
consultants will run the informational meetings - some union advocates describe
them as an "anti-union" tactic - today, Wednesday and April 28. The
aim is "to assist you in making an informed decision on this matter,"
school board president Frederick Ramirez wrote in an email.
The
meetings were announced Thursday afternoon and leave Olney students with six
hours less instruction time at a critical juncture in the school year: Keystone
and advanced-placement exams will be held in early May.
Ready for a
nasty mayor's race?
JOHN BAER, DAILY NEWS POLITICAL COLUMNIST Monday, April 20, 2015, 12:16 AM
LET'S
TALK ABOUT what happens when the mayor's race gets nasty. It's Philadelphia .
So (a) it surely will; and (b) pretty soon.
In a month and a day, one of six (or if we're being honest, one of
three) candidates wins the Democratic primary on May 19. So let's-get-nasty stakes are high for top
contenders Anthony Hardy Williams, Jim Kenney and Lynne Abraham. There are issues tied to gender, age,
connections and candidate records during years of public service.
Who does
what to whom and how will decide the winner.
"Williams and Kenney have
emerged as the first two candidates to advertise on television. Williams’
campaign has spent almost $200,000 on buying airtime. American Cities, an
independent political action committee, has also spent over $1 million on
advertisements supporting Williams. While Kenney’s campaign has yet to spend
any money on television ads, two independent committees have spent around
$500,000 on buying airtime for ads supporting Kenney."
A month until the primaries, endorsements
are telling in Philadelphia
Daily
Pennsylvanian By JONATHAN
BAER April 20, 2015
As the Philadelphia mayoral
primary enters its final month, Philadelphians will look at two remaining factors
to help determine their next mayor: TV ads and endorsements.
Six
Democratic candidates are vying to win the Democratic primary on May
19, and the race remains wide open.
While State Sen. Anthony Williams, former District Attorney Lynne
Abraham and former City Councilman Jim Kenney have been viewed as the
favorites, due to a lack of independent polling, no true frontrunner has been
identified.
By Nick Falsone | The Express-Times
Email the author on April 20, 2015 at 6:10 AM, updated April 20, 2015
at 1:28 PM
Easton Area School District is
telling parents not to pull their children from school on Thursday for the
annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day because it conflicts with
state-standardized testing. District
Superintendent John Reinhart alerted parents
about the district's policy through a message on the district's
website. In an interview, he said any student who goes to work
with their parents instead of reporting to school on Thursday will be charged
with an unexcused absence. The
district's hard stance on the matter outraged one parent to the point that she
wrote Gov. Tom Wolf's office asking
to intervene.
Letter to the
editor: PSSAs not helping education
Centre
Daily Times Letter by James Hynes April 21, 2015
Standardized
testing is meant to be a means to an end: one measure of the extent to which
learners have mastered basic content, skills and competencies necessary to lead
fruitful, meaningful and productive lives. Unfortunately, standardized tests
like the PSSAs have become ends in themselves — collectively, a high-stakes
zero-sum game where the innate wonder and curiosity of children are twisted and
contorted into a confounding mess of ambiguity, self-doubt and stress. As with all PSSA seasons, this one is marked
by weeks of overly intensive “teach-to-the-test” cram sessions where stats and
game strategies take precedence over actual learning. Children are expected to
somehow sustain a love of learning in an atmosphere where teachers and
administrators nervously scramble to reach performance goals on pain of losing
funding and, by extension, jobs. The natural consequence of this is that our
kids learn the pointless art of cramming, testing and forgetting when they
ought to be taking ownership over the knowledge and skills needed to be willing
lifelong learners. Meanwhile, even talented veteran teachers burn out in the
demoralizing chase of scores that ignore subtle but real successes with diverse
flesh-and-blood learners.
Read
more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2015/04/21/4711243_letter-to-the-editor-pssas-not.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
"The budget's major
expenditure increases include benefits, $2.9 million; salaries, $706,225;
capital projects fund, $415,963; and charter schools: $100,000."
By Christy Potter Special to The Morning Call April
20, 2015
Will Nazareth school district
budget reaise real estate taxes?
Hempfield
board asks: How would possible program cuts impact students?
Come
One, Come All: No Telescope Needed
WHYY
April 20, 2015
Friday
marks the 5th Annual city-wide Astronomy Night, which is the first event of the
2015 Philadelphia Science Festival. Community
centers are the core locations of this NASA-funded City
Franklin
Institute Awards are Thursday, 4/24. Among the oldest and most prestigious
comprehensive science awards programs in the world. Since 1824, 113 F.I.
laureates have been awarded 115 Nobel prizes.
Lyrid
Meteors – oldest recorded shower – in Chinese observing records in 687 BC –
takes place this year Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
View the Storify recap of the 2015 PSBA
Advocacy Forum
PSBA members
gathered to learn, share and visit with Legislative leaders during 2015
Advocacy Forum, April 19-20
Teachers’ Unions Fight Standardized Testing, and Find Diverse Allies
New York Times By KATE TAYLOR and MOTOKO RICH APRIL 20, 2015
In Florida , the teachers’
union has lobbied to limit the use of standardized tests, and the governor last
week signed a bill that limits the number of hours students
can spend taking them.
The
union in New Jersey financed an advertising campaign in which a
grim-faced father talks about his son crying because of tests. And in New
York , where local unions have worked closely with
parent groups that oppose testing, the president of the state union went so far
as to urge
parents to opt out of the annual tests, which began last week.
The New York
Times Misses the Story: Opt Out Came from Parents, Not Unions
Diane
Ravitch's Blog By dianeravitch April
20, 2015
In a
story published in the New York Times, Kate Taylor and Motoko Rich describe
test refusal as an effort by teachers’ unions to reassert their relevance. This
is ridiculous.
Nearly
200,000 students opted out. They were not taking orders from the union. They
were acting in the way that either they wanted to act or their parents wanted
them to act.
I
emailed with one of the reporters before the story was written and gave her the
names of some of the parent leaders of the Opt Out movement, some of whom have
spent three years organizing parents in their communities. Jeanette Deutermann,
for example, is a parent who created Long Island Opt Out. I gave her the names
of the parent leaders in Westchester County , Ulster County, and Dutchess County
Thousands of
Kids Opt Out of Standardized Common Core Tests Across U.S.
Time
Magazine Christina A.
Cassidy/AP April 18, 2015
(ATLANTA )—Thousands
of students are opting out of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core
standards, defying the latest attempt by states to improve academic
performance.
This
“opt-out” movement remains scattered but is growing fast in some parts of the
country. Some superintendents in New
York are reporting that 60 percent or even 70 percent
of their students are refusing to sit for the exams. Some lawmakers, sensing a
tipping point, are backing the parents and teachers who complain about
standardized testing.
Parents all over U.S.
CNN By Kelly Wallace, CNN Updated 7:20 PM ET, Fri April 17,
2015
Kelly
Wallace is CNN's digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family,
career and life. Read her other columns and
follow her reports at CNN Parents and
on Twitter.
(CNN) Since one of my daughters is taking the public school state tests
for the first time this year, I thought I paid fairly close attention to the
debate surrounding the tests themselves, and the concern that schools are too
focused on "teaching to the test."
I heard that some parents might engage in a form of civil disobedience
and "opt out" -- they would refuse to let their children take the
tests. I thought only a few were making that stand. But then I learned from a friend whose
daughter attends a Long Island school that
only two kids in her third-grade class took the test. That means 20 or more of
her classmates didn't. I saw local media
reports about similar stories in other schools on Long Island, in New York City and its surrounding areas, and in upstate New York . Something bigger is going on, I thought.
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Study: No Academic Difference For Voucher
Students
StateImpact
Indiana BY RACHEL
MORELLO APRIL 17, 2015 | 10:53 AM
New
research is adding fuel to one of the most heated debates on Indiana ’s modern education scene. A new study released Thursday
suggests no measurable difference between students using school vouchers and
their peers studying in public schools.
According to a report from the
bipartisan Center for Tax and Budget Accountability in Chicago , school choice in Indiana is “designed to funnel taxpayer
money to private schools, with little evidence that demonstrates improved
academic achievement for students who are most at risk.” The
study compared Indiana ’s program with
those in Milwaukee , Cleveland
and Washington , D.C.
CTBA
researchers say their findings indicate “no compelling reason to subsidize
Indiana
school vouchers with public taxpayer dollars.”
Indiana
has one of the
biggest school voucher programs in the country, with close to
30,000 participants receiving public funds to attend private schools.
"Based at Electronic
Arts’ Silicon Valley headquarters, GlassLab is
bristling with PhD-level learning scientists and assessment experts who are
experimenting with ways to combine game mechanics with academic content. The
effort’s ultimate aim is essentially to do away with standardized testing as we
know it."
Smart video games can assess kids better
than standardized tests, a new book says
A new book is being released on Tuesday titled “The
Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids Smarter.” If you
doubt the title, read this post — and then the book.
It was
written by Greg Toppo, USA Today’s national K-12 education writer, who spent
eight years as a teacher in public and private schools before becoming a
journalist. He worked for the Associated Press as its national K-12 education
writer, moving to USA Today in 2002. In 2010, Toppo was a Spencer Fellow at Columbia University ’s
Graduate School of Journalism, and the next year, he co-led a team of USA
Today reporters that investigated educators cheating on standardized
tests, prompting the inspector general in Washington
D.C.
Young Voters
in the Capitol April 22 8:00AM - 5:00PM
N. 3RD ST.HARRISBURG , PA 17120
PCCY: Join your neighbors, meet your local
legislators and make a difference as we fight for a fair education funding
formula in this year’s state budget. We’ll provide: a brief training,
materials, lunch and transportation to and from the Capitol and we’ll even
schedule visits with legislators for you!
If you need transportation let us know! We will be departing from
in front of the United
Way Building 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
promptly at 8am. We will return to Philly by approximately 4:30pm. If you plan to meet up with us in Harrisburg , we will meet
in the Capitol by 10:30am. We will wrap
up the day back in Philadelphia
with a happy hour at Field House (1150 Filbert St. )
from 5-7 pm. We hope you can join us!
You're
invited to our 2015 YEA! Philadelphia
Investor Panel Competition on April 22nd at Rosemont College! 5:30 meet &
greet; 6:30 Presentations
Young Entrepreneurs Academy - Philadelphia
and suburban middle schoolers make presentations to a panel of local investors
to obtain funding for their business/social movements. We hope you can join us for this fun and
inspiring event. Registration is FREE:
DISTRICT TO HOLD SEVEN
COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETINGS
Wednesday,
April 15
Wednesday,
April 22
Tuesday,
April 28
Wednesday,
May 6
Tuesday,
May 12
Thursday,
May 14
Congreso, 216 West Somerset St .
Wednesday,
May 20
Nominations for PSBA
offices closes April 30
PSBA Leadership Development Committee seeks strong leaders for the association
Members interested in becoming the next leaders of PSBA are encouraged to complete an Application for Nomination no later than April 30. As a member-driven association, the Leadership Development Committee (LDC) is seeking nominees with strong skills in leadership and communication, and who have vision for PSBA. The positions open are:
PSBA Leadership Development Committee seeks strong leaders for the association
Members interested in becoming the next leaders of PSBA are encouraged to complete an Application for Nomination no later than April 30. As a member-driven association, the Leadership Development Committee (LDC) is seeking nominees with strong skills in leadership and communication, and who have vision for PSBA. The positions open are:
- 2016 President Elect (one-year term)
- 2016 Vice President (one-year term)
- 2016 Eastern Section at Large Representative -
includes Regions 7, 8, 10, 11 and 15 (three-year term)
Complete details on
the nomination process, including scheduled dates for nominee interviews, can
be found online by clicking here.
Please join Education Voters, school
officials, community leaders and guest legislators at upcoming community forums
in the Lehigh Valley, central PA, and Southeastern PA to discuss school
funding and state funding policy. Click HERE for more details.
Pre-registration for the forum is recommended, but not necessary.
Lehigh Valley Forum April 22,
7:00-8:30
Penn State Lehigh
Valley 2809 Saucon Valley Rd , Center Valley , PA 18034
The entrance is at the back of the building and parking is available in lots by the school.
The entrance is at the back of the building and parking is available in lots by the school.
Confirmed panelists
include:
Dr. Bill Haberl, superintendent, Pen Argyl Area SD
Dr. Joe Roy, superintendent, Bethlehem Area SD
Mr. Rich Sniscak, superintendent,Parkland SD
Mr. Russ Giordano, school board director,Salisbury
Township SD
Dr. Bill Haberl, superintendent, Pen Argyl Area SD
Dr. Joe Roy, superintendent, Bethlehem Area SD
Mr. Rich Sniscak, superintendent,
Mr. Russ Giordano, school board director,
Ms. Stacy Gober,
CFO, Bethlehem Area SD
Ms. Susan Gobreski,
Executive Director, Education Voters of PA
Moderator: Roberta
Marcus, School Board Director, Parkland SD
Register HERE to attend the Lehigh Valley education forum.
Central PA education forum
Tuesday,
April 28, 6:30-8:30
Grace Lutheran Church (in Harkins Hall), 205 S. Garner Street, State College
Grace Lutheran Church (in Harkins Hall), 205 S. Garner Street, State College
Panelists
Dr. Cheryl Potteiger, superintendent, Bellefonte Area School District
Ms. Kelly Hastings, superintendent, Keystone Central School District
Mr. James Estep, superintendent, Mifflin County School District
Mr. Sean Daubert, CFO, Mifflin County School District
Dr. Robert O’Donnell, superintendent, State College Area School District
Mr. David Hutchison, school board member, State College Area School District
Ms. Cathy Harlow, superintendent, Tyrone Area School District
Mrs. Linda Smith, superintendent, Williamsburg Community School District
Dr. Cheryl Potteiger, superintendent, Bellefonte Area School District
Ms. Kelly Hastings, superintendent, Keystone Central School District
Mr. James Estep, superintendent, Mifflin County School District
Mr. Sean Daubert, CFO, Mifflin County School District
Dr. Robert O’Donnell, superintendent, State College Area School District
Mr. David Hutchison, school board member, State College Area School District
Ms. Cathy Harlow, superintendent, Tyrone Area School District
Mrs. Linda Smith, superintendent, Williamsburg Community School District
Register HERE to attend the central PA education forum.
Southeastern PA Regional
Meeting on School Funding
Wednesday April 29th 7:00 pm Springfield High School Auditorium, 49 West Leamy Avenue, Springfield, PA 19064
Wednesday April 29th 7:00 pm Springfield High School Auditorium, 49 West Leamy Avenue, Springfield, PA 19064
Local school
district leaders will discuss how state funding issues are impacting our
children’s educational opportunities, our local taxes and our communities.
Hosted by Delaware County School Boards Legislative Council, Education Voters of PA, the Keystone State Education Coalition and Public Citizens for Children and Youth
Hosted by Delaware County School Boards Legislative Council, Education Voters of PA, the Keystone State Education Coalition and Public Citizens for Children and Youth
Panelists:
Mr. Frank Agovino, school board president, Springfield
School District and Board of Directors, Delaware County Chamber of Commerce
Dr. James Capolupo, superintendent, Springfield School
District
Dr. Wagner Marseille,
Acting Superintendent, Lower
Merion School District
Mr. Joe Bruni, superintendent, William Penn School District
Dr. Richard Dunlap, superintendent, Upper Darby School
District
Mr. Stanley Johnson.
Executive Director of Operations, Phoenixville Area
School District
Ms. Susan Gobreski, Executive Director, Education Voters of
PA
Moderator: Mr. Lawrence Feinberg, Chairman, Delaware County
School Boards Legislative Council
Registration HERE to attend.
Your Right to a Fair Shot: Discrimination Claims,
Post-Secondary and the Professions
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia Tuesday,
April 21, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
United Way Building 1709 Benjamin Franklin
Parkway, Philadelphia, 19103
Attendees will learn
about discrimination claims, post-secondary schools and the professions in this
session. You'll learn how federal law aids students with disabilities who
do not qualify for special education services, hear about recent cases, and
understand strategies for getting students services. This session is co-sponsored by the
University of Pennsylvania School of Policy and Practice, a Pre-approved
Provider of Continuing Education for Pennsylvania
licensed social workers.
Tickets: Attorneys
$200 General Public $100 Webinar $50
"Pay What You Can" tickets
are also available
Beyond a New School Funding
Formula: Lifting Student Achievement to Grow PA's Economy
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM (EDT)
Harrisburg, PA
7:30 am: Light breakfast fare and registration; 8:00 am:
Program
Harrisburg University Auditorium, Strawberry Square 326 Market
Street Harrisburg, PA 17101
Opening Remarks by Neil D. Theobald, President, Temple
University
SESSION I: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ACHIEVEMENT GAPS IN
PENNSYLVANIA’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS with introduction by Rob Wonderling,
President, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and Member, Center on
Regional Politics Executive Committee.
Presentation by Lynn A. Karoly, Senior Economist, RAND
Corporation
SESSION II: WHAT CAN PENNSYLVANIA LEARN FROM THE WORLD’S
LEADING SCHOOL SYSTEMS? with introduction by David H. Monk, Dean, Pennsylvania State University College of Education
Presentation by Marc S. Tucker, President and CEO,
National Center on Education and the Economy
Sessions to be followed by a response panel moderated
by Francine Schertzer, Director of Programming, Pennsylvania Cable
Network
Program presented by the University Consortium to Improve
Public School Finance and Promote Economic Growth
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