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PA Ed Policy Roundup February 20, 2016:
Community Schools: Transforming Struggling Schools
into Thriving Schools
RSVP Today for EPLC’s Education Policy Forum Series on
Governor Wolf’s 2016-17 State Budget Proposal in Pittsburgh
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - Pittsburgh
The Keystone State Education
Coalition will be compiling a list of current and former school board members
and educators who have decided to run for state office for the first time in
the primary election April 26th. Please
let us know of any such candidates. Thanks!
New filings set stage for Pennsylvania
AP State Wire By
MARK SCOLFORO February 20, 2016
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - It happens every four years in the world of Pennsylvania politics, and it looks like 2016 will be no different - legislative races will be overshadowed by the presidential contest and Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey's re-election campaign. But the current political dynamic inHarrisburg ,
with a Democratic governor and Republican House and Senate, has sown a year of
gridlock and a budget standoff that's at seven months and counting. This week was the deadline for legislative
candidates to file election paperwork. The large number of unchallenged incumbents,
along with the composition of districts that in many places make a cross-party
challenge fruitless, suggest Pennsylvania
is likely to continue to see divided government for the next two years.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - It happens every four years in the world of Pennsylvania politics, and it looks like 2016 will be no different - legislative races will be overshadowed by the presidential contest and Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey's re-election campaign. But the current political dynamic in
"Webb and Reagan figure
prominently in a new report on successful
community schools initiatives nationwide, released last week by the Center for
Popular Democracy, which frames community schools as a way for policy makers to
move past a single-minded focus on driving up test scores. The report particularly lauds Webb and
Reagan’s discipline policies built on restorative justice, early college
partnerships, daycare programs and mobile clinics for student mothers, new
mental health and trauma support programs, on-campus English classes for
parents, and new band, orchestra and dance troupes. From 2010 to 2015, Webb went from the
lowest-performing middle school in Austin ISD, based on its test scores, to one
of its best."
Years Into Austin’s Community Schools Experiment,
National Policy Catches Up
The Texas Observer by
Patrick Michaels February 18, 2016
When Allen Weeks
helped organize the first Save Texas Schools rally nearly five years ago, he
had a few school crises on his mind. The
“bookish former track coach” who the Observer named a
2011 “Tyrant’s Foe” was one of thousands at the Capitol who hoped their
combined voices could beat back the multibillion-dollar cuts lawmakers had
proposed, and would soon pass, for the state’s public school budget. But Weeks
was also in the midst of a more narrowly focused effort: rallying support and
building community connections in his Northeast Austin
neighborhood to save two nearby schools from closure. The fight over school funding is still
ongoing; we’re entering year four of the lawsuit
prompted by those funding cuts. Meanwhile, students who were in kindergarten
when the Legislature made that $5 billion cut are now nearly in junior high.
They’ve grown up knowing only a public school system where teacher layoffs and
crowded classrooms are the norm.
New Federal Education Law
Boosts Community Schools
Coalition for
Community Schools, Institute for Educational Leadership December 10, 2015
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
PROMINENT IN EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT
Community Schools: Transforming Struggling Schools
into Thriving Schools
The Center for
Popular Democracy 02/10/2016
For at least a decade, the dominant idea about
how to improve outcomes for children and youth has focused on control and
compliance; holding adults accountable for raising test scores. This approach
has proved least effective for our most vulnerable students. In our search for
silver bullets, reformers and policymakers alike have overlooked strategies
that have long shown promise and for which there is mounting evidence of
success. Community schools is one of these strategies.
"It does not take a
rocket scientist to recognize the damage that the lack of a state budget has
inflicted upon all government-related activities in Pennsylvania
For starters, consider the
money borrowed or drawn from “rainy day funds” by schools, counties, and
businesses and the interest that has been paid — or the interest that has been
forgone in reserve funds so costs could be met."
The hidden costs of Pennsylvania's long-running,
seemingly entrenched, budget impasse
THE ISSUE - The tone
of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s Feb. 9 budget address and the negative
responses of Republican legislative leaders did not bode well for a resolution
of our state’s
budget crisis. The impasse has been fueled by the unyielding
positions of both Wolf and the Republican-controlled state
Legislature. Wolf signed a partial state budget of $23.4 billion Dec. 29.
Two words
encapsulate the stands occupied by both sides of the commonwealth’s long-running
budget divide: “blame” and “intransigence.” While this seemingly endless drama occupies
our attention, overlooked is the toll the lack of a budget has upon the
operation of government itself. The commonwealth has
suffered and will continue to suffer long-term damage to its ability
to effectively serve our citizens — not to mention the damage inflicted on its
reputation and debt ratings. Government
is a business: money in, money out; plans made, plans executed; employees
hired, employees managed; budgets funded, services provided. For many of us,
state-provided human services and supports are critical and we depend upon a
properly created and implemented budget. Then there is the state funding
for 500
school districts, 67 counties, and countless government-related departments
and agencies.
"The state devoted
slightly more than $700 million to the state's two largest pension systems in
the 2010-11 budget. These obligations
grew to more than $2 billion in the last fully enacted state budget, and within
the next four years, pension costs are expected to climb to more than $3.5
billion. It goes without saying that if these costs were better controlled, we
wouldn't be facing a $1.9 billion deficit today."
Taxes should be a last
resort, but for Gov. Wolf, they're the first option: Jake Corman
PennLive
Op-Ed By Jake Corman on February 19, 2016 at 11:00 AM,
updated February 19, 2016 at 11:04 AM
State Sen. Jake Corman, a Republican from
Bellefonte, Centre
County
Last week, Gov. Tom
Wolf claimed that Pennsylvania 's current $1.9
billion budget deficit was an unparalleled crisis that could only be solved by
passing enormous tax hikes on Pennsylvania
families or enacting draconian cuts to schools and social services. It is beyond disappointing that the governor
bypassed the opportunity to embrace bipartisan solutions and meaningful
government reforms. Instead, he chose to
continue to push a false narrative about the choices facing our state. In truth, the most serious crisis we face
today is one of Governor Wolf's own creation.
Due to the governor's line-item vetoes, our schools are staring down a
$3.1 billion shortfall, rural hospitals are still operating without state
funding for critical services, and prisons are grappling with the issue of
having only half of their funding released.
These are all significant concerns, but they are problems that we can
solve immediately if the governor is willing to cooperate. It would be a shame
if he continued to let innocent Pennsylvanians suffer for the sake of his own
political gain.
Against
all odds, ‘we are a school on the rise’
At a cash- and resources-short Southwest Philadelphia school, teachers and staff do more
than educate. They feed, they clothe, they beg, they cheerlead – all to help
give disadvantaged students a future.
Inquirer By Kristen
A. Graham / Staff Writer, kgraham@phillynews.com
Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016
The tiny girl walked
into the Mitchell
Elementary School Southwest Philadelphia , didn't blink. She fished
something warm from one of her beat-up filing cabinets. A few minutes before,
she'd outfitted an older girl with pants and a shirt to replace the ill-fitting
uniform the girl had worn to school. Funding
Philadelphia
schools, for better or worse, is about much more than providing basic academic
needs. This month, Gov. Wolf made his
2017 budget proposal — whose outcome will have an enormous impact on Philadelphia schools.
Mayor Kenney's is due in a few weeks. Most days of the week, politicians have
something to say about the state of the cash-poor Philadelphia School
District
READING WHILE BLACK
A Read-In at the U School is designed to
kick-start reading in a population of non-readers
Philadelphia Citizen
BY ROXANNE PATEL SHEPELAVY FEB. 19, 2016
At the U
School, one of the city’s two-year-old small high
schools of choice, humanities teacher Sam Reed sees everyday what
the future might look like for his mostly black, mostly poor students in
Philadelphia, where only 65 percent of public school students graduate high
school and more than half of the adult population is low-literate. Many of
Reed’s 9th and 10th graders start high school reading well below their grade
level. Some never pick up a paper book, or choose to read anything not
assigned. For some, reading is such a struggle that pleasure never comes into
it. That’s why Reed organized today’s
African American Read-In at the U School,
turning the North Philly high school into a mini-literary festival for one day.
Part of a national movement led by the National Network of
Teachers of English, the Read-In was created 27 years ago to
encourage reading among African American students during Black History Month,
particularly by celebrating the works of black writers. Over a million readers
nationwide are expected to participate this year, and then report back on their
results. In Philadelphia, the U School, whose student population is 80 percent
black, is the only school officially participating.
Hanger departs Wolf
administration, other top level staff changes made
The PLS Reporter Author: Jason Gottesman/Friday, February
19, 2016
Gov. Tom Wolf
announced Friday that Secretary of Policy and Planning John Hanger has left the
administration and has been replaced by Deputy Secretary of Policy and Planning
Sarah Galbally. According to Friday’s
announcement, Hanger is leaving in order to spend more time with his wife and
daughter who currently reside in Worchester, Massachusetts, where his wife is a
top administration official with the University of Massachusetts Medical
School. “John’s service to my
administration has been invaluable, and it is difficult to see John leave his
current position. I have known John for many years and I am glad that John will
continue to provide me the benefit of his counsel and expertise in the years
ahead," Gov. Wolf said of Hanger's departure.
"Sarah has been
a key advisor for more than two and a half years. She has served ably as John’s
deputy, and I look forward to continuing to work with her in her new
role."
John Hanger, a key adviser
to Gov. Tom Wolf, leaves the administration
Penn Live By Wallace McKelvey
| WMckelvey@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on
February 19, 2016 at 10:43 AM, updated February 19, 2016 at 12:58 PM
John Hanger, a key
adviser to Gov. Tom Wolf, is leaving the administration after a year dominated
by wrangling
over the state budget. On Friday,
Hanger told PennLive that he had no immediate plans for another job. His
decision to step down as Wolf's secretary of policy and planning was based on
the need to spend more time with his wife and daughter in Massachusetts, he
said. "It's difficult
commuting and being in a very distant relationship," he said. "My
first goal is to literally spend a number of months not doing that and we'll
see from there." Hangar previously
led the state's Department of Environmental Protection in 2009 and 2010, under
former Gov. Ed Rendell, in the midst of the Marcellus Shale gas boom. In his
most recent position, he was tasked with advancing Wolf's policies, including aseverance tax on shale drilling. That tax faced serious
opposition from the Legislature and remains part of Wolf's most recent budget proposal.
Top aide leaving Wolf
administration
WHYY Newsworks/State
Impact BY MARY
WILSON, WITF NEWS FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Former DEP Secretary
John Hanger is stepping down from his job as Governor Tom Wolf's Secretary of
Planning and Policy. John Hanger, a top
policy adviser and rhetorical brawler for Governor Tom Wolf, is stepping down
from his post, the administration announced Friday. Hanger said he’s
leaving the governor’s office to spend more time with his family in Massachusetts , where his
wife has worked since 2010. Keeping two homes and a demanding job, he said,
have worn on him. “My back is giving
out,” said Hanger. “I’m not the kind of person, frankly, that can throttle back
very well.” Throughout the state budget
impasse, Hanger was seen as the governor’s in-house flamethrower. Just last
month, during an interview on
WITF’s Smart Talk, Hanger referred to the Legislature as
irresponsible and called GOP House Speaker Mike Turzai part of the “radical
right.” “I don’t apologize for obviously
advancing the governor’s positions strongly and hopefully clearly,” said
Hanger. “That’s part of the job here.”
With policy chief John
Hanger's exit, Wolf's 'team of rivals' is no more: John L. Micek
By John L. Micek |
jmicek@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on February 19, 2016 at 12:15 PM, updated February 19, 2016 at 3:59 PM
In a building full
of sharp elbows, John Hanger possessed some of the sharpest. But you wouldn't
know it to look at him. Wonkish to a
fault, the Wolf administration's Policy Czar could come off as a tad rumpled
and academic in person. But if you spent more than a couple of minutes in
conversation with Hanger, it wouldn't take long for the gloves to
come off. And they'd come off hard. The GOP he'd tell you, had been co-opted by
"extremists" who weren't interested in compromise. If you really
wanted to get him going, you could ask him about state Sen. Scott Wagner,
R-York. Then, Hanger would start declaiming like an Old Testament prophet.
The feeling was
mutual. Republicans despised Hanger and complained that his corrosive rhetoric
was one of the biggest obstacles to getting a deal on Pennsylvania's
long-delayed state budget.
PSBA: How late is the full 2015-16 budget?
Charter official gets
probation in $6 mil. scheme
Inquirer by Martha Woodall, STAFF WRITER. Updated: FEBRUARY 19, 2016 —
12:45 PM EST
Joan Woods Chalker,
a veteran educator who admitted helping charter founder Dorothy June Brown
defraud the schools of more than $6 million, was sentenced in federal court
Friday to three years probation. She
also was directed to pay $69,156 restitution, as she'd promised in her plea
agreement. "I'm extremely sorry for
what I did," Chalker, 78, told Judge R. Barclay Surrick. "I greatly
regret it." Chalker, who has a
doctorate in education, said she hadn't intended to hurt any of the children or
the schools where she worked. She had
pleaded guilty to three counts of obstruction of justice and testified against
Brown in a federal fraud trial that ended in a hung jury in 2013.
Countdown to the Every Student Succeeds Act
PSBA website
February 18, 2016
- December 10, 2015 – President Obama
signs the ESSA, a major revamp of No Child Left Behind
- August 1, 2016 – NCLB waivers expire and
ESSA transition begins
- 2017-2018 school year – State plans
implemented nationwide
- NOW is the time to roll up our sleeves!
To this end, PSBA has
established a study group of stakeholders to provide recommendations to the
Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Legislature in four subject areas
addressed by the ESSA:
Seeking input on state of Philly schools, City Council
gets an earful
Testimony: $300 million budget
cut in 2011 has had lasting consequences
BY HAYDEN MITMAN PhillyVoice Staff FEBRUARY 18, 2016
City Council members
on Tuesday listened to parents, employers and experts discuss the state of city
schools, specifically to learn the impact of a $300 million cut in state
funding in 2011 under the watch of former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett. They got an earful.
For almost five
hours, council's Education and Children and Youth committees heard testimony
about many of the issues that affect the school district, mostly due to budget
cuts.
Councilwoman Helen
Gym, chair of the Children and Youth committee, said the meeting was the first
in a series of four community hearings that will be held through next
month. During Thursday's hearing, four panels of attendees detailed the
lingering impact of those cuts.
Karyn Lynch, the
district's chief of student support services, opened the meeting by saying the
district is doing as much as it can with its budget.
White House picks Philly
for anti-truancy pilot
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham and Susan Snyder,
STAFF WRITER Updated: FEBRUARY
19, 2016 — 3:41 PM EST
For as long as
Principal James Williams can remember, the freshman class at Kensington Health
Sciences Academy has struggled with showing up to school every day. That is, until two weeks ago, when the school
joined a White House initiative aimed at addressing chronic absenteeism in
schools in 10 cities around the U.S. Once
the school's worst-attending class, 90 percent of Kensington Health Science's
freshman showed up to school Thursday, besting the school average of 83 percent
attendance. "There's no
comparison," said Williams. "Our freshman class now has the highest
attendance by far, and we attribute that to the relationships and the programs
we have now." In a news conference
Friday, White House officials touted Philadelphia's efforts - and those in
Austin, Boston, Columbus, Denver, Miami, New York, Providence, San Antonio and
Seattle.
White House wants to pair 1 million students with
mentors to reduce absenteeism
The White House
announced Friday that it plans to tackle the problem of poor school attendance
by connecting 1 million at-risk students with mentors over the next five years. The mentorship program, part of Obama’s My
Brother’s Keeper initiative, is starting in 10 cities. It aims to reach 250,000
children in grades six through nine over the next two years, and then to expand
to students in grades K-12 and in additional cities. “This is a solvable problem. We have evidence
that we can attack this and figure out how to help kids come to school,” said
Robert Balfanz of Johns
Hopkins University Austin ; Boston ; Columbus , Ohio ; Denver ; Miami-Dade; New York ;
Philadelphia ; Providence ,
R.I. ; San Antonio ;
and Seattle . The mentors will be people who work in or are
somehow linked to schools, officials said, including coaches, teachers,
security guards and AmeriCorps members. They will get extra training and meet
with students three times each week.
What Went Wrong With Teach
For America
The Progressive by Peter Greene 2016
Peter Greene has been a
classroom secondary English teacher for over thirty-five years. He lives and
works in a small town in Northwest Pennsylvania ,
and blogs at Curmudgucation.
Teach for America
is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Twenty-five years may not seem like much,
but TFA has changed a great deal since Wendy Kopp first turned
her Princeton paper into a real organization, and those changes help
explain why some folks are throwing anniversary bouquets but others are throwing
less fragrant and attractive projectiles.
What’s the fuss? Why would anyone object to a program to put America ’s best
and brightest college grads in underserved classrooms? After all—if it’s a good
and noble thing to join the Peace Corps straight out of college to go serve the
poor and needy on foreign shores, why not direct a similar effort to people in
need in our own country? From the
beginning, TFA tapped into the most noble and inspiring images of teaching, the
idea of standing in front of a group of young people and really Making a
Difference. Who wouldn’t want to make the world a better place, to step into
the classrooms that strapped districts couldn’t fill on their own?
- See more at: http://www.progressive.org/pss/what-went-wrong-teach-america#sthash.TYXi8321.dpeTEfYd.dpuf
‘School choice’ is an idea whose time has
passed
nondoc.com By John Thompson - February 19,
2016
Dr. John Thompson is an award-winning
historian and an award-winning inner-city teacher.
For more
than 25 years, I have cautiously supported school choice — at least in terms of homegrown
charter schools offering alternatives to local families. Oklahoma
City has been fortunate. We have excellent private
schools and charters serving lower-poverty and alternative-school populations,
and we even have a few outstanding higher-poverty charters serving as many
at-risk students as they can handle. But, the first generation of
competition-driven school improvements went hand-in-hand with the outmoded
1990s gentrification and the urban revitalization that sought to lure sports
teams and convention centers from one city to another.
Urban charters, like
other schools embracing win-lose policies, helped some children gain access to
a better education while leaving others behind in even worse conditions. Thus,
choice helped create schools with more brutal concentrations of kids who have
endured extreme trauma from generational poverty. And, we must not forget, many
charters and private schools have failed in their own right — imposing
education malpractice, increasing segregation and opening the doors to
corruption.
Education Bloggers Daily
Highlights 2-20-16
Record number of astronaut wannabes apply to NASA –
18,300
Applicants double the previous
record
NASA promoted openings on
social media
Odds of getting picked are
small – only 8-14 will be chosen
Centre Daily Times BY
MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
Space travel never
looked so good.
NASA announced
Friday it received a record number of applicants – some 18,300 – for its next
astronaut class. That’s more than double the previous record of 8,000 for the
first space shuttle astronaut class in 1978. This time, NASA hit social media
hard to promote the openings. The odds
of getting picked are small; only eight to 14 Americans will be chosen. NASA
expects it will take 1 1/2 years to whittle down the list. Like the eight-member Class of 2013, the
future astronauts will train to fly to the International Space Station on
capsules under development by SpaceX and Boeing, as well as on NASA’s Orion
spacecraft intended for deep-space exploration.
The two-month
application period closed Thursday.
PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATION
POLICY FORUM
“Western Region Forum Series” – Thursday,
February 25, 2016
Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center – 100
Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Continental Breakfast – 8:00 a.m. Program – 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
An Overview of the Proposed 2016-2017 State Budget and Education Issues Will Be Provided By:
Representative of The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
Ron Cowell, President, The Education Policy and Leadership Center
Continental Breakfast – 8:00 a.m. Program – 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
An Overview of the Proposed 2016-2017 State Budget and Education Issues Will Be Provided By:
Representative of The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
Ron Cowell, President, The Education Policy and Leadership Center
Statewide and
Regional Perspectives Will Be Provided By:
Karina Chavez, Executive Director,Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education
Dr. Jeffrey Fuller, Superintendent,Freedom
Area School
District
Cheryl Kleiman, Staff Attorney,Education
Law Center
Nathan Mains, Executive Director,Pennsylvania School
Karina Chavez, Executive Director,
Dr. Jeffrey Fuller, Superintendent,
Cheryl Kleiman, Staff Attorney,
Nathan Mains, Executive Director,
RSVP
for the Pittsburgh forum by clicking here.
While there is no registration fee, seating is limited and an RSVP is required.
While there is no registration fee, seating is limited and an RSVP is required.
'Beyond Measure' to be
shown Feb. 24 at Bucks County Community College
Bucks County Courier Times Joan Hellyer, staff writer Sunday, February 14, 2016 11:45 pm
The general public
is invited to a free screening of "Beyond Measure," a documentary
about education reform, on Feb. 24 at Bucks County Community College,
organizers said. The movie, from Vicki
Abeles, director of the award-winning film "Race to Nowhere," begins
at 7 p.m. in the Zlock Performing Arts Center on the BCCC campus at 275 Swamp
Road in Newtown Township.
In "Beyond
Measure," Abeles examines public schools across the country that are
working to "create a more equitable, empowering, student-centered
education culture from the ground up," event organizers said. The college’s Department of Social and
Behavioral Science, Future Teachers Organization, and Amy McIntyre, founder of
the Council Rock Parents Facebook page, are sponsoring the free event. Register online at tinyurl.com/BCCCBeyondMeasure.
For more information call 215-504-8545 or send an email to Kate.DAuria@bucks.edu.
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United Opt Out Conference in Philadelphia February 26-28
United
Opt Out: The Movement to End Corporate Reform will hold its annual conference
on Philadelphia from February 26-28.
The Pennsylvania Budget
and Policy Center will host its Annual Budget Summit on Thursday, March 3, 2016
9:00 - 3:30 at the Hilton Harrisburg.
PA Budget and Policy Center website
Join us for an in-depth look at the Governor's 2016-17 budget proposal, including what it means for education, health and human services, and local communities. The Summit will focus on the leading issues facing the commonwealth in 2016, with workshops, lunch, and a legislative panel discussion. Space is limited, so fill out the form below to reserve your spot at the Budget Summit.
PA Budget and Policy Center website
Join us for an in-depth look at the Governor's 2016-17 budget proposal, including what it means for education, health and human services, and local communities. The Summit will focus on the leading issues facing the commonwealth in 2016, with workshops, lunch, and a legislative panel discussion. Space is limited, so fill out the form below to reserve your spot at the Budget Summit.
Thursday, March 3,
2016 Hilton Hotel, Harrisburg Pennsylvania
The event is free,
but PBPC welcomes donations of
any size to help off-set costs.
PASBO 61st Annual
Conference and Exhibits March 8 - 11, 2016
Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
PenSPRA's Annual Symposium, Friday
April 8th in Shippensburg, PA
PenSPRA,
or the Pennsylvania School Public Relations Association, has developed a
powerhouse line-up of speakers and topics for a captivating day of professional
development in Shippensburg on April 8th. Learn to master data to
defeat your critics, use stories to clarify your district's brand and take
your social media efforts to the next level with a better understanding of
metrics and the newest trends. Join us the evening before the
Symposium for a “Conversation with Colleagues” from 5 – 6
pm followed by a Networking Social Cocktail Hour from 6 – 8 pm.
Both the Symposium Friday and the social events on
Thursday evening will be held at the Shippensburg University Conference
Center. Snacks at the social hour, and Friday’s breakfast and lunch is
included in your registration cost. $125 for PenSPRA members and $150 for
non-members. Learn more about our speakers and topics and register today at
this link:
The Network for Public Education 3rd Annual
National Conference April 16-17, 2016 Raleigh ,
North Carolina
The
Network for Public Education is thrilled to announce the location for our 3rd
Annual National Conference. On April 16 and 17, 2016 public education advocates
from across the country will gather in Raleigh, North Carolina. We chose Raleigh to highlight the tremendous
activist movement that is flourishing in North Carolina. No one exemplifies
that movement better than the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, who will be the
conference keynote speaker. Rev. Barber is the current president of
the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the National NAACP chair of
the Legislative Political Action Committee, and the founder of Moral Mondays.
2016 PA Educational
Leadership Summit July 24-26 State College
Summit Sponsors:
PA Principals Association - PA Association of School Administrators
- PA Association of Middle Level Educators - PA Association of
Supervision and Curriculum Development
The 2016
Educational Leadership Summit, co-sponsored by four leading Pennsylvania education associations,
provides an excellent opportunity for school district administrative teams and
instructional leaders to learn, share and plan together at a quality venue in
"Happy Valley."
Featuring Grant
Lichtman, author of EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education,
Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera (invited), and Dana
Lightman, author of POWER Optimism: Enjoy the Life You Have...
Create the Success You Want, keynote speakers, high quality breakout
sessions, table talks on hot topics and district team planning and job alike
sessions provides practical ideas that can be immediately reviewed and
discussed at the summit before returning back to your district. Register and pay by April 30, 2016 for the
discounted "early bird" registration rate:
Interested in letting our
elected leadership know your thoughts on education funding, a severance tax,
property taxes and the budget?
Governor Tom Wolf,
(717) 787-2500
Speaker of the
House Rep. Mike Turzai, (717) 772-9943
House Majority Leader Rep. Dave Reed, (717) 705-7173
Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Joe Scarnati, (717) 787-7084
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Jake Corman, (717) 787-1377
House Majority Leader Rep. Dave Reed, (717) 705-7173
Senate President Pro Tempore Sen. Joe Scarnati, (717) 787-7084
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Jake Corman, (717) 787-1377
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