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PA Ed Policy Roundup Oct. 8, 2018

You need to register to vote in PA by Tuesday. Here's how.

SB 1095 (Sen. Thomas McGarrigle, R-Chester/Delaware) which would amend the Public School Code to provide for alternative pathways to high school graduation, is on the PA House Calendar for third consideration on Tuesday, October 9^th

Here’s a PSBA summary of the bill:

https://www.psba.org/2018/09/summary-sb1095-092418/

Here’s a link to contact info for all PA House members:

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/mbrList.cfm?body=H&sort=alpha

Urge the IRS to End Tax Shelters that Harm Public Schools
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Have you weighed in on the IRS regulation that would end a school voucher tax shelter in PA? If not, go to https://www.ncpecoalition.org/take-action  and take 2 minutes to do so! Only 2 days left to comment.

You need to register to vote in Pennsylvania by Tuesday. Here's how.
JULIAN ROUTH Pittsburgh Post-Gazette jrouth@post-gazette.com OCT 8, 2018 6:17 AM
With the midterm elections less than a month away, residents in Pennsylvania have two more days to register to vote. Tuesday’s deadline is the last chance for Pennsylvanians to get their registrations ready for the Nov. 6 contests, and luckily, there are many ways to complete the task in time. There are three options to register to vote in Pennsylvania: online, in person or by mail. The easiest way is to go to www.votespa.com and click on “Register To Vote.” The state will obtain your signature from its transportation department records — if you have a Pennsylvania driver’s license or Pennsylvania Department of Transportation identification card — or you can upload a digital image of your signature or print and mail the signed application to your county’s election division. 
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2018/10/07/register-vote-midterm-election-day-2018-deadline-pennsylvania/stories/201810070221

Uber, Lyft offer free Election Day rides to polling places
Trib Live by CHRIS PASTRICK | Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, 10:18 a.m.
In an effort to help voters get to the polls, ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft have announced they will provide free rides to local polling stations on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6. You could say this year’s midterm elections are kind of important. In an effort to help voters get to the polls, ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft have announced they will provide free rides to local polling stations on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6. A Tuft University study found that 29 percent of young adults cited lack of transportation as a reason why they didn’t vote in the 2016 election. On Nov. 6, a “Get to the Polls” button will appear in the Uber app. Users (using the latest version of the app) can click on it to find their local polling place and book a free ride to vote, using a promo code. Uber is partnering with Democracy Works and #VoteTogether. On that same day, Lyft will offer free and discounted rides to the polls. Vote.org and TurboVote will have codes for 50 percent off rides, while Lyft will give free rides to members of underserved communities — provided through nonpartisan, nonprofit partners like Voto Latino, local Urban League affiliates, and the National Federation of the Blind.
https://triblive.com/business/technology/14154218-74/uber-lyft-offer-free-election-day-rides-to-polling-places

PA House Democratic Policy Committee hears prevention solutions for bullying
Johnstown Tribune Democrat By Jocelyn Brumbaugh jbrumbaugh@tribdem.com October 5, 2018
Funding to support behavioral- and mental-health issues, software to support anonymous reporting, and consistent prevention-training efforts were all proposed solutions to address bullying throughout schools in Pennsylvania during a State House Democratic Committee Hearing on Thursday at Hiram G. Andrews Center. Hosted by state Rep. Frank Burns, D-East Taylor Township, two panels included school administrators, software developers and representatives from the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Burns, vice-chair of the committee, was also joined by committee chair Rep. Mike Stula, D-Lancaster; Rep. Bryan Barbin, D- Johnstown; Chris Sainato, D-New Castle; and Jim Dawes, executive director of the committee. Burns has proposed legislation that calls for parental accountability and participation when their child bullies others, online anonymous reporting of bullying, and tracking of bullying data throughout schools statewide.
http://www.tribdem.com/news/democratic-policy-committee-hears-prevention-solutions-for-bullying/article_280eb358-c81a-11e8-9490-df51137c6efa.html

With domestic violence bill, a rare win for commonsense on gun-control | Editorial
By PennLive Editorial Board penned@pennlive.com Updated Oct 5; Posted Oct 5
A commonsense measure that would keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers is headed for Gov. Tom Wolf's desk, and the York County Democrat plans to sign it into law. In an institution notoriously averse to any kind of action on gun control, this is unalloyed good news for the victims of domestic violence and their families. As we'd noted before, among all the issues facing the Republican-controlled General Assembly in its ridiculously abbreviated fall voting session, the measure sponsored by Rep. Marguerite Quinn, R-Bucks,was an absolute lay-up. That was reflected in the vote, with just five members of the 50-member Senate voting against it. They were Republican Sens. Camera Bartolotta of Washington County; John Eichelberger of Blair County; Scott Hutchinson of Venango County; Elder Vogel of Beaver County, and Kim Ward of Westmoreland County.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/10/with_domestic_violence_bill_a.html#incart_river_index

Beaver County schools get combined $415,000 in safety grants
Beaver County Times Online By Jared Stonesifer  Posted at 2:01 AM
Eight local school districts have received a combined $415,000 in state grants to help pay for safety programs and hiring school resource or police officers. The funding, awarded through the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Safe Schools Targeted Grants program, totaled just under $415,000. The local school districts are Hopewell Area, Rochester Area, Beaver Area, Riverside, Midland, Big Beaver Falls Area, Central Valley and Quaker Valley. Of those, Central Valley, Hopewell, Rochester and Big Beaver Falls each received $60,000 to help pay for a school resource officer. In addition, Riverside got $40,000 for a police officer, and Quaker Valley received $20,000 for a school resource officer. Hopewell and Beaver each received $20,000 to help pay for the implementation of school safety programs, while Midland got $23,520 for school safety equipment. Also, the state gave $47,664 to the New Sewickley Township Police Department to help pay for an officer to be a school resource officer. All of the grants awarded to the local schools are part of an overall effort that’s already distributed $8.4 million to school districts to prevent and reduce violent incidents. The program also helps schools buy safety and security-related equipment, as well as training and compensation for school resource officers.
http://www.timesonline.com/news/20181008/local-schools-get-combined-415000-in-safety-grants

AP: Lawmakers buy industry fix to protect schools from guns
Intelligencer By REESE DUNKLIN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD / Associated Press Posted at 5:23 AM
Since the Parkland attack, security firms and nonprofit groups linked to the industry have persuaded lawmakers to elevate the often-costly “hardening” of schools over other measures that researchers and educators say are proven to reduce violence, an Associated Press investigation shows. Security companies spent years pushing schools to buy more products — from “ballistic attack-resistant” doors to smoke cannons that spew haze from ceilings to confuse a shooter. But sales were slow, and industry’s campaign to free up taxpayer money for upgrades had stalled. That changed last February, when a former student shot and killed 17 people at a Florida high school. Publicly, the rampage reignited the U.S. gun-control debate. Privately, it propelled industry efforts to sell school fortification as the answer to the mass killing of American kids. Since that attack, security firms and nonprofit groups linked to the industry have persuaded lawmakers to elevate the often-costly “hardening” of schools over other measures that researchers and educators say are proven to reduce violence, an Associated Press investigation shows. The industry helped Congress draft a law that committed $350 million to equipment and other school security over the next decade. Nearly 20 states have come up with another $450 million, and local school districts are reworking budgets to find more money.
http://www.theintell.com/news/20181008/ap-lawmakers-buy-industry-fix-to-protect-schools-from-guns

The Pa. legislature did something good. If only that would become a habit
Philly Daily News by John Baer | baerj@phillynews.com Posted: 1 hour ago
In case you missed it, your state legislature just did a (rare) good thing. And, shockingly, the thing involves firearms restrictions, which, as you may know, is out of character for your legislature – genetically a gun-loving group. The good thing was passing and sending to Gov. Wolf a bill to better protect victims of domestic violence. It requires those convicted of certain domestic-violence crimes, or under a final PFA (protection-from-abuse) order, to surrender guns they own within 24 hours. Current law allows such potential violent abusers to keep their firearms for 60 days, which seems a tad risky, no? Oh, and current law says one can give up guns to friends and family (like that's a foolproof safety measure). New legislation says the guns go to law enforcement, one's attorney or a licensed dealer. Wolf says he'll sign the bill.This common sense, more-safety-for-victims measure has been around for years. And necessary even longer.
http://www2.philly.com/philly/columnists/john_baer/pa-legislature-gun-domestic-violence-child-sex-abuse-20181008.html

Wolf runs 'ball-control' campaign in staying ahead of Wagner
Penn Live By Marc Levy The Associated Press Updated Oct 7, 11:46 AM; Posted Oct 7, 11:46 AM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Tom Wolf was in the midst of telling a Democratic Party dinner party crowd last month how important it is for Democrats to tell voters what they stand for in this mid-term election campaign when he interrupted himself. "Are you aware I'm running for re-election?" he said. The punchline elicited cheers, but Wolf seemed to voice a widely shared assessment of the race: The low-key governor is barely breaking a sweat in running a disciplined and conservative re-election campaign. Despite the fact that Republican Scott Wagner is burning up the campaign trail -- more than campaign 600 stops, according to Wagner -- the brash waste-hauling millionaire and former state senator has struggled to exploit a weakness in his opponent. Wolf has consistently led independent polls by double-digits and his huge campaign cash advantage over Wagner -- five-to-one, as of Sept. 17 -- was somewhat unexpected. More than one-third of the $28 million Wolf has reporting raising since the start of 2017 came from labor unions, a regular target of Wagner's sharpest attacks.
https://www.pennlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/10/wolf_runs_ball-control_campaig.html#incart_2box_politics

Dems' chances improve in two, key Pa. Congressional races | Monday Morning Coffee
Penn Live By John L. Micek jmicek@pennlive.com Updated 7:48 AM; Posted 7:42 AM
Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers.
With Election Day just about a month away, the likelihood of the Philadelphia suburbs turning entirely blue this midterm season may have just improved. A new ratings list from "Inside Elections" analyst Nathan Gonzaleshas upgraded the Bucks County-based 1st Congressional District from "lean Republican," to "toss-up," while the open 7th District seat in the Lehigh Valley goes from "tilt Democratic" to "likely Democratic." The 1st District fight pits Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a former FBI agent, against Democrat Scott Wallace. In the race for the open 7th District finds Democrat Susan Wild, a former Allentown City solicitor, faces Lehigh County Commissioner Marty Nothstein. The seat was most recently held by Republican Charlie Dent.  The changes were among the 24 that Gonzales released late last week at the height of the confirmation fight over now-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. 
https://www.pennlive.com/capitol-notebook/2018/10/dems_chances_improve_in_two_ke.html

In Pennsylvania’s Republican counties, John Fetterman is stirring Democratic interest
Inquirer by Chris Brennan | @ByChrisBrennan | brennac@phillynews.com Posted: 1 hour ago
TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. — John Fetterman stood in front of a large American flag hanging from the wood-paneled walls of a Moose Lodge and cracked a joke about the crowd of more than 100 people gathered for the Wyoming County Democratic Party's annual get-out-the-vote breakfast. "Have you guys ever felt here in Wyoming County like you're the center of the political universe?" he asked and then waited for the laughter to die down. "It sounds like I'm a stand-up comedian, right? But look around. This room is jam-packed with people. It's not supposed to be that way. You're just another rural county in Pennsylvania. It's all about Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with our party. But that's not the way with our campaign." Fetterman, who became Gov. Wolf's running mate after defeating Lt. Gov. Mike Stack III in the May 15 primary election, is on the trail with what, in many election years, would be the heaviest of lifts — kindling Democratic voter enthusiasm in counties controlled by the Republican Party. But in three stops across northern Pennsylvania last Saturday, Fetterman encountered something unusual: Crowded events and an activated party base eager to hear him.
http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/politics/elections/pennsylvania-john-fetterman-rural-democrats-lieutenant-governor-tom-wolf-scott-wagner-20181008.html

Your View: Allentown schools working for brighter future
Morning Call Opinion by Thomas E. Parker October 8, 2018
Thomas E. Parker is superintendent of the Allentown School District.
As I mark my first year as superintendent of the Allentown School District, I cannot help but reflect on how much progress has been made in such a short period of time. Since arriving, my goal has been to engage meaningfully with the members of our schools and our community. This engagement has included hosting community forums and town halls to gather information to better understand the needs of the district and the community it serves. I have been truly impressed with the level of commitment and pride shown by our teachers and staff. The district is fortunate to have great leaders committed to serving the children and community of Allentown. I want to formally thank the many students, families, community partners and staff members who taught me about the Allentown School District, and ultimately contributed to our first year successes.
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/yourview/mc-opi-allentown-school-district-superintendent-parker-20181008-story.html

Meeting set to discuss racism allegations in Haverford
Delco Daily Times by Linda Stein Oct 3, 2018
HAVERFORD — Several incidents documented in a report released earlier this year by the Havertown-Area Community Action Network (H-CAN) have led to an upcoming meeting to discuss racial issues and racial understanding in Haverford Township and the Haverford Township School District. The Haverford Human Relations Commission plans a town hall meeting Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at the township administrative building to discuss issues revealed in the report. The H-CHAN report cites first-person examples including a May 2017 incident in which an 11-year-old African-American child was riding his bike to the middle school when a white male man yelled out to him from a passing car, “Just because you have a new bike doesn’t mean you’re not a poor n-----.” Other examples include a swastika scrawled on the trash can of a Jewish resident and an immigrant family photographed at the Manoa Elementary playground then posted to social media with a false story accusing the family of being potential child abductors. The report uses census figures and township reports including police reports documenting that 29 percent of police stops involve African Americans in a township where only 3.3 percent of the residents are African American. The African-American population is 21 percent in Delaware County as a whole.
https://www.delcotimes.com/news/meeting-set-to-discuss-racism-allegations-in-haverford/article_4777b47e-c752-11e8-9a09-4742b0ea26c9.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share

IU13 work immersion programs place students with special needs into in-demand jobs
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer 1 hour ago
Montel Walton Clements is a changed young man. A high school dropout at age 15, Clements was using and dealing drugs and hanging around the wrong crowd. Now 21, he’s stopped using and dealing drugs, graduated from high school and makes $12 an hour at a local warehouse job — far better than his prior job at a local fast food restaurant that paid just above minimum wage. And, Clements said, it’s all because someone took a chance on him. “I never learned from my mistakes until I got older,” Clements said. “I never had the support that I needed.” The Solanco graduate is one of the many success stories from the work immersion programs offered by the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13. The work immersion programs serve 25 students in Lancaster County. IU13 accepts high school seniors with special needs and enters them into yearlong unpaid internships. The internships, which include hands-on job training and classroom sessions focused on skills related to the job and independent living, follow the same schedule as the typical academic year and essentially replace senior year for participating students. Students go through a competitive application and interview process. The applicants who are chosen are usually hired in some of the most high-priority positions in the county by the time they graduate.
https://lancasteronline.com/business/iu-work-immersion-programs-place-students-with-special-needs-into/article_ac968ef8-c7ec-11e8-a6c7-d3b571240a38.html

Is Christopher Columbus a hero? Schools grapple with how to teach a complicated legacy
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Posted: 1 hour ago
For some schools, Columbus Day is a day off, an occasion to commemorate Italian American heritage and the 15th-century voyage of a navigator who aimed to discover a new route to Asia but happened upon the Americas, instead. Others, such as Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School in Philadelphia, have opted to forgo the holiday, focusing instead on lessons about a polarizing historical figure who did not prove the earth was round or discover America — as schoolchildren were taught for decades — but who, scholars now say, brutally treated native people and spread colonialism. Kids at FACTS, as the Chinatown charter is known, replace normal classes with a daylong observation of "Many Points of View Day." Children start the day by singing a song called 1492: "In fourteen hundred and ninety two/Columbus sailed the ocean blue/It was a courageous thing to do/But someone was already here." They go on to sing the names of indigenous tribes: Inuit, Cherokee, Aztec, Menominee, Onondaga, Cree. "Our perspective is, 'Some people say Columbus is a hero, and other people say Columbus really hurt the people who were already here. What do you think?" said Lucinda Megill Legendre, a FACTS teacher and the school's social studies coordinator.
http://www2.philly.com/philly/education/christopher-columbus-day-schools-closed-teaching-lessons-indigenous-peoples-day-20181008.html

Controversial school mascot could disappear from Bucks County school district
WHYY By Aaron Moselle October 8, 2018
A suburban Philadelphia school district may be forced to retire its decades-old mascot following a public hearing set for January. The sports teams for the Neshaminy School District in Bucks County are nicknamed “The Redskins.” In a lawsuit filed against the district in 2015, the Pennsylvania Human Relation Commission argues the name discriminates against Native Americans, creates a “hostile educational environment,” and promotes negative stereotypes for all students. Through a spokesman, the district declined comment. It has denied the commission’s allegations, calling them “unfounded.” Former Neshaminy parent Donna Boyle, who is part Native American, said that’s simply not true. “The student section at the football games has kids dressed in paint and feathers and boys with their shirts off with the letters for Redskins. It’s so against what an educational institution should be,” she said.
https://whyy.org/articles/controversial-school-mascot-could-disappear-from-bucks-county-school-district/

Georgia wants to allow districts to use a series of "formative assessments" instead of one big test at the end of the year.
Georgia Wants In on the ESSA Innovative Assessment Pilot
Education Week Politics K12 Blog By Alyson Klein on October 4, 2018 3:54 PM
Georgia has said it wants to apply for the Every Student Succeeds Act's Innovative Assessment pilot. Applications aren't technically due until December for the next round of the pilot, but the Peach State has flagged its interest early. If approved, Georgia would join Louisiana and New Hampshire in trying out new kinds of tests in a handful of districts, with the goal of eventually taking them statewide. The U.S. Department of Education can allow up to seven states or groups of states to participate in the pilot, which was one of the most talked about pieces of ESSA. It has yet to attract a ton of applicants, though, in part because there are a lot of tough technical requirements andno extra federal money attached. New Hampshire is using the pilot to build a system of performance-based assessments, while Louisiana is combining social studies and language arts tests into a single assessment that includes passages from books students read in class, not brand-new material. But Georgia's plan is a little different from those approaches. The Peach State ran its own miniature innovative assessment competition, and ended up giving three consortia of districts the greenlight to work on new "formative" assessments. These assessments help teachers gauge where students are and adjust instruction. 
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2018/10/georgia-essa-innovative-test.html?cmp=soc-edit-tw

Ohio State Rep.: charter schools should not be run by for-profit management companies
By WTOL Staff Sunday, October 7th 2018, 6:51 pm EDTSunday, October 7th 2018, 7:00 pm EDT
An Ohio lawmaker is saying charter schools shouldn't be run by for-profit management companies and says they should be banned. Ohio State Representative Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) says many of the companies are more interested in turning a profit than what's good for the student. She cites as an example, K-12 Inc., which runs the Ohio Virtual Academy in Maumee and has been accused of padding attendance figures. Fedor also worries the companies are draining taxpayer dollars which should be going to public school districts. "They need to be held accountable just like public schools. Taxpayers need to be assured they're not getting ripped off and kids getting educated,” said Fedor.
http://www.wtol.com/story/39246154/state-rep-charter-schools-should-not-be-run-by-for-profit-management-companies

What top-rated Nevada charter schools have in common: fewer poor kids
Nevada Current By  April Corbin October 5, 2018
When the Nevada Department of Education released its performance ratings last month, “school choice” advocates were quick to boast that charter schools outperformed traditional public school districts, but demographic data at the individual school level paints a more complicated picture. Thirty percent of traditional public schools (meaning schools within Clark County School District, Washoe County School District and the small rural districts) received four or five stars in their state evaluation. More than 50 percent of schools sponsored by the State Public Charter Authority did. Put another way: A quarter of the five-star schools in Nevada are charters. Charter schools are open-enrollment, tuition-free schools that receive public funding but are managed privately, often by national academic management companies. The vast majority of charters fall outside the umbrella of traditional public school districts and are instead overseen by the state charter authority. Nevada legislators have fought tooth and nail over the issue of school choice — a phrase that incorporates charter schools as well as school vouchers or scholarships for private schools. Proponents of traditional public school districts argue school choice is essentially privatizationthat hurts public schools by affecting their enrollment and the per-pupil funding associated with it. Proponents of charter schools say they perform better despite having less taxpayer dollars at their disposal.
https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2018/10/05/what-top-rated-charter-schools-have-in-common-fewer-poor-kids/

When Communities Lose Their Public Schools For Good, What Happens To The Students? Michigan May Soon Find Out.
Education Opportunity Network by Jeff Bryant October 4, 2018
What if some communities no longer have public schools? That question, once unthinkable in America, may now be something policy leaders and lawmakers in at least one state may want to consider. In Michigan – home state to US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos whose political donations and advocacy for “school choice” and charter schools drastically altered the state’s public education system – some of the state’s largest school districts lose so many students to surrounding school districts and charter schools that the financial viability of the districts seems seriously in question. According to a new report, more than half of Michigan school districts experienced a net loss in enrollment last year, and the percent of student attrition in many of the state’s large districts is shocking, upwards of 60 to 70 percent. Can a school district experiencing such losses in student enrollment continue to keep the doors open?
http://educationopportunitynetwork.org/when-communities-lose-their-public-schools-for-good-what-happens-to-the-students-michigan-may-soon-find-out/


EdPAC reception helps support election of pro-public education leaders
Do you want to help strengthen public education in the commonwealth? Join with EdPAC, a political action committee that supports the election of pro-public education leaders to the General Assembly. EdPAC will hold a fundraising reception at the 2018 PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Cocoa 2-3. More details to come! Visit the conference website to register online.

PSBA Officer Elections: Slate of Candidates – Voting ends Oct. 11th
PSBA members seeking election to office for the association were required to submit a nomination form no later than June 1, 2018, to be considered. All candidates who properly completed applications by the deadline are included on the slate of candidates below. In addition, the Leadership Development Committee met on June 17 at PSBA headquarters in Mechanicsburg to interview candidates. According to bylaws, the Leadership Development Committee may determine candidates highly qualified for the office they seek. This is noted next to each person's name with an asterisk (*). Voting procedure: Each school entity will have one vote for each officer. This will require boards of the various school entities to come to a consensus on each candidate and cast their vote electronically during the open voting period (Aug. 24-Oct. 11, 2018). Voting will be accomplished through a secure third-party, web-based voting site that will require a password login. One person from each member school entity will be authorized as the official person to register the vote on behalf of his or her school entity. In the case of school districts, it will be the board secretary who will cast votes on behalf of the school board. A full packet of instructions and a printed slate will be sent to authorized vote registrars the week of August 7. Special note: Boards should be sure to add discussion and voting on candidates to their agenda during one of their meetings in August, September or October before the open voting period ends.
https://www.psba.org/2018/07/psba-officer-elections-slate-candidates/

2nd Annual National Black Male Educators Convening, Oct. 12-14, Philly

by The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice

Teacher diversity works. Increasing the number of Black male educators in our nation’s teacher corps will improve education for all our students, especially for African-American boys.Today Black men represent only two percent of teachers nationwide. This is a national problem that demands a national response. Come participate in the 2nd National Black Male Educators Convening to advance policy solutions, learn from one another, and fight for social justice. All are welcome. Register to attend. Nominate a speaker. Propose a workshop. Sponsor the event.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-national-black-male-educators-convening-tickets-46322952197

Save the Dates PASA/PSBA School Leadership Conference – Hershey, Oct. 17-19, 2018 

Mark your calendar! The Delegate Assembly will take place Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at 2:30 p.m.
Housing now open!

“Not only do we have a superstar lineup of keynote speakers including Diane Ravitch, Jesse Hagopian, Pasi Sahlberg, Derrick Johnson and Helen Gym, but there will be countless sessions to choose from on the issues you care about the most. We will cover all bases from testing, charters, vouchers and school funding, to issues of student privacy and social justice in schools.”
Our Public Schools Our Democracy: Our Fight for the Future
NPE / NPE Action 5th Annual National Conference
October 20th - 21st, 2018 Indianapolis, Indiana
We are delighted to let you know that you can purchase your discounted Early Bird ticket to register for our annual conference starting today. Purchase your ticket here.
Early Bird tickets will be on sale until May 30 or until all are sold out, so don't wait.  These tickets are a great price--$135. Not only do they offer conference admission, they also include breakfast and lunch on Saturday, and brunch on Sunday. Please don't forget to register for your hotel room. We have secured discounted rates on a limited basis. You can find that link here. Finally, if you require additional financial support to attend, we do offer some scholarships based on need. Go here and fill in an application. We will get back to you as soon as we can. Please join us in Indianapolis as we fight for the public schools that our children and communities deserve. Don't forget to get your Early Bird ticket here. We can't wait to see you.

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