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PA Ed Policy Roundup for March 30, 2020
What the Coronavirus Aid Bill Trump Signed Does for
Education, in One Chart
Education Week By Andrew Ujifusa on March
27, 2020 4:40 PM
Details of a prior version of this Senate
bill are here. More on a
House bill that didn't advance is here. President
Donald Trump has signed a roughly $2 trillion coronavirus
aid package that includes billions to help schools weather
upcoming economic hardship, but falls short of what many in the education
community say students and educators will need. Below is a chart with major
education funding provisions in The Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act that
Trump signed Friday:
Schools Get $13.5 Billion in Coronavirus Package Signed
Into Law
Groups already raising the need for added
relief
Education Week By Andrew Ujifusa March 27,
2020
The massive economic aid package passed by Congress
and signed by President Donald Trump in response to the coronavirus pandemic
directs billions in federal funding to shore up K-12 education budgets, and
also gives states and schools new avenues to seek waivers from federal mandates
from U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Education groups were already
anticipating and discussing the need for another round of coronavirus aid—the
package falls far short of the (at minimum) $75 billion that some, including
the two national teachers’ unions, asked for in a March letter to Congress.
What that might look like (or whether lawmakers will pass another such bill)
won’t be clear for weeks. In the meantime, however, this package “provides
historic levels of emergency funding” and the prospect of “much-needed
resources,” said Carissa Moffat Miller, the executive director of the Council
of Chief State School officers, speaking as the package moved through Congress.
SB751: Gov. Tom Wolf signs emergency school bill that
addresses issues created by coronavirus outbreak
Penn Live By Jan
Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com March 27, 2020 11:37 AM
The 2019-20 school year is now officially
permitted to be shorter than the state mandated 180 instructional days, a move
necessitated by Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom Wolf’s March 13 order to close K-12
schools due to the coronavirus outbreak. Wolf on Friday announced he signed legislation that
waives the 180-day state mandate as well as requires schools to immediately
develop plans to ensure continuity of education to students through distance
learning. “I expect our public education system will meet the challenges we are
all facing in this crisis and answer the call of their communities in the same
way every other unit of government is doing at this time,” said House Majority
Leader Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster County. “School districts have an obligation
to do all they can to teach students even during these difficult
circumstances.”
Bill guarantees pay to school workers during COVID-19
closure
Ellwood City Ledger By Chrissy
Suttles @ChrissySuttles Posted
Mar 29, 2020 at 5:13 PM
Pennsylvania lawmakers passed emergency
legislation last week that shortens the school year and guarantees pay to
public schools employees amid statewide closures. Pennsylvania lawmakers passed
emergency legislation last week that shortens the school year and guarantees
pay to public schools employees amid statewide school closures. Gov. Tom Wolf,
who ordered all K-12 schools closed on March 13 to mitigate the spread of
COVID-19, signed the bill on Friday. Senate Bill 751 waives the requirement for
schools to be in session at least 180 days, ensures school employees are paid
during the closure and gives the Secretary of Education authority to waive a
number of standardized assessments. The measure was passed by the House 198-0
and by the Senate 50-0 on Wednesday. It dictates that any school employee,
professional or support staff, employed by schools on March 13 will be paid and
earn pension credits the same as they would had schools not closed. It also
expands the use of flexible instructional days, allowing students learning from
home in emergency situations to earn equal credit. Before the legislation
passed, schools were limited to five flexible instructional days a year. Additionally,
the bill guarantees schools will not lose state funding and addresses payments
to school bus contractors and private rehabilitative businesses.
Why the CEO of Comcast and his family gifted $5M for
computers to help Philly kids learn during coronavirus school closures
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Updated: March
27, 2020- 4:12 PM
Decades ago, Comcast Corp. founder Ralph
Roberts had an idea. The internet was new and promising for educational uses,
and he wanted to get computers into every classroom in the Philadelphia School
District. The donation never happened. District officials said they weren’t
equipped to accept the technology and they had no curriculum in place, Roberts’
son Brian, now the Comcast CEO, said. But the idea lingered. So, when Aileen
Roberts read that Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. had said the school system
would need to purchase millions of dollars worth of technology to make
large-scale learning during the pandemic possible for Philadelphia’s children,
she told her husband about the need. Then, Brian, Aileen and their three adult
children began talking about covering some of the cost. On Thursday, the family
gave $5 million to the Fund for the Philadelphia School District, the school
system’s charitable arm, to help pay for 50,000 Chromebooks for students in the
Philadelphia School District.
COVID-19 in Philly: City schools will spend $11M on
ChromeBooks for students who don’t have computers
By John N. Mitchell Special to the
Capital-Star March 29, 2020
John N. Mitchell is a reporter and columnist
for the Philadelphia Tribune, where this story first
appeared.
PHILADELPHIA — One day
after the School District of Philadelphia Board of Education decided to spend
$11 million to buy up to Chromebooks so teachers can continue to educate
students while the city is under a stay-at-home order, Comcast Corp. CEP Brian
Roberts and his wife donated $5 million to help the effort. School district
administrators plan to get the laptops into the hands of all students who need
them in the approximately 130,000-student district by the week of April 13. “The
digital divide in Philadelphia has been long standing, with many communities
having access to in-home computers and internet services for their children
while many still do not,” School District of Philadelphia Superintendent
William Hite said in a statement. “This inequality is a significant barrier
barrier to our goal of helping all students in every neighborhood reach their
full academic potential.” Roughly 55 percent of school district students in
grades 3 to 5, 44 percent in grades 6 to 8, and 42 percent in grades 9 to 12 do
not have access to a computer and/or internet at home, according to a 2019
survey conducted by the school district.
The district currently has about 40,000
laptops. The Board of Education authorized the purchase of up to 50,000
Chromebooks. District administrators will work with the staff at each school to
determine how many more they need to buy to be able to distribute one to every
student.
Lunch by bus: Schools should consider buses for meal
deliveries
The effort provides a tiny bit of normalcy
for students who are experiencing huge disruptions in their education
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Pittsburgh Post-Gazette MAR
27, 2020 6:00 AM
The continued shutdown of schools across
Pennsylvania not only places a strain on the ongoing education of more than 1.7
million school-age children, but it also raíses the concern that many of them
will not have enough food to eat. School districts, particularly those in areas
where nearly 100% of the children qualify for free or reduced-price lunches and
breakfasts, are scrambling to make sure children do not go hungry while schools
are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. One possible solution that has
been employed successfully in some area districts and other states, and one
more districts should consider, is using school buses and the regular drivers
to deliver meals to the bus stops where children would normally wait on school
days. School districts in Minnesota, Ohio, Missouri, Washington, Virginia and
Indiana, along with some in the region, have instituted such delivery programs.
The details vary somewhat, but basically they use school buses driven by the
usual driver so that children see a familiar face. Many follow the designated
bus route and bus stops, where a school staff member will unload packaged meals
for the children who normally board a bus there. Children and their parents who
gather for the deliveries are encouraged to maintain social distancing, and the
bus drivers and staff members do likewise, but the effort provides a tiny bit
of normalcy for students who are experiencing huge disruptions in their
education.
“Before implementing remote instruction, several districts were
evaluating their students’ resources — internet connection, access to computers
and devices. Districts also had to determine how they would serve students with
special needs without face-to-face instruction — a dilemma that had caused some
leaders to cancel
assignments altogether. But now, with the state’s blessing,
many districts are ready to start rolling out their plans, not wanting to waste
another day of instruction.”
School districts develop plans, implement online learning
TRIBUNE-REVIEW by TEGHAN SIMONTON | Sunday,
March 29, 2020 4:43 p.m.
Kiski Area School District, like many other
districts, will begin teaching students remotely this week, relying on Google
tools, email and the cooperation of parents to stream lectures and distribute
assignments. It’s going to be a challenge, Superintendent Tim Scott said. But
at this point, there are few options. “We’re going to put our best plan
forward, knowing that as soon as we implement that will be an opportunity to
begin making adjustments.” With school buildings closed
until at least April 6, the state
Department of Education has urged all school districts to move forward with
“continuity of education” plans, as the school year will not extend past June 30. Here’s a look at how to get more information for every school district in the region. On
Wednesday, state Education Secretary Pedro Rivera said districts should proceed
“in good faith” with whatever resources they have. “Every district should be
planning and moving into some sort of continuity of education,” Rivera said.
“When it comes to access and equity for all students, that’s an area where we,
as a department, are asking districts to make reasonable and appropriate
efforts in good faith.” Now, area school districts are grappling with the best
way to proceed with online or distance learning strategies.
Pittsburgh Public Schools to start required instruction
in April
ANDREW GOLDSTEIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette agoldstein@post-gazette.com MAR 27,
2020 6:32 PM
The Pittsburgh Public Schools will restart
required instruction for all of its nearly 23,000 students in April even though
its buildings will likely remain closed. Classes were suspended earlier this
month amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the district began providing students
with optional grade-level school work during the shutdown. But Minika Jenkins,
the district’s chief academic officer, said the district began preparing
lessons that students will be able to access outside of the classroom.
The mandatory lessons — which will come in different formats — will start
April 14. “We’re doing our best to address as much as the current
instructional day that students have in all grade levels,” Ms. Jenkins said
Friday afternoon in a phone interview. Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the closure of all
K-12 schools across Pennsylvania amid the pandemic. Pittsburgh Public Schools
announced this week that the district schools would remain closed through April
13, but the shutdown will likely last longer.
“Remote learning is also occurring at the four brick-and-mortar
charter schools that enroll students who live in the city of Erie, said Neal
Brokman, executive director of operations for the Erie School District. He
handles charter-school issues for the district. The four — Erie Rise (415
students), Perseus House Charter School of Excellence (552), the Robert
Benjamin Wiley Community Charter School (492) and the Montessori Regional
Charter School, in Millcreek Township (585) — are public schools that get
tuition payments from the Erie School District and other school districts.”
Erie private, charter schools also go remote
GoErie By Ed
Palattella @etnpalattella Posted
at 12:02 AM Updated
at 5:14 AM
Several private high schools in Erie County
have already moved to full and mandatory online learning during the statewide
shutdown that started March 16 because of the coronavirus. They are the
465-student all-boys Cathedral Preparatory School and the 333-student all-girls
Villa Maria Academy, which fall under one administration, as well as the 518-student
co-educational Mercyhurst Preparatory School, school administrators said. Prep-Villa
started mandatory classes on March 23, a week into the shutdown, and Mercyhurst
Prep on March 18, the administrators said. All three school are Roman Catholic
and operate within the Catholic Diocese of Erie. Elementary and middle schools
across the 13-county diocese are using online instruction as best they can,
realizing that home technology and internet access can vary widely, said Jim
Gallagher, superintendent of the diocese’s school system. Teachers can also use
other forms of instruction for the elementary and middle school students, such
as sending paper resources to homes, Gallagher said.
Online learning resources you may have missed
With your help, we plan to update the list as
we become aware of additional worthwhile resources.
the
Notebook March 28 — 11:29 am, 2020
UPDATED 3/28: The Notebook is
collecting online learning resources that teachers and parents may not know
about. We plan to update the list as we become aware of more worthwhile
resources – with your help. Draw the Lines PA ,
devised by the Committee of Seventy, was designed as an online teaching tool
about elections and gerrymandering. Since the coronavirus outbreak has closed
schools, the Committee of Seventy has created a new activity packet for
teachers and professors to make it easier to use. They are available for
classroom Zoom sessions and are now hosting webinars for interested
educators. Draw the Lines meets Pennsylvania’s new mandate for civics
education. The educational services organization Foundations Inc. has curated and vetted a series of online
sites, broken down by area of study. There
are links to virtual field trips, artists leading doodle sessions, and
suggestions for physical activity, as well as more traditional sources of
reading and math lessons.
During coronavirus, school districts must deliver online
learning now. This isn’t optional | Maria Panaritis
Inquirer by Maria
Panaritis | @panaritism | mpanaritis@inquirer.comUpdated: March
28, 2020 - 5:04 AM
Cherry Hill schools got computers out to
students within a few days of shutting down. Cheltenham was still asking
parents this week if their kids had access to technology with plans for some
structured learning in mid-April. Philadelphia remains frozen in instructional
limbo because it’s short 50,000 computers. Only on Thursday, as it got $5 million
from the personal coffers of Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, did Philadelphia
officially authorize funding to arm kids with laptops. Roberts, his tech empire
just blocks from beleaguered school offices, said he had been “moved” to help
the long-underfunded district. This is no way for our nation’s most essential
civic institution to be crawling through the coronavirus shutdown. It is a
scotch-tape approach to figuring out how to educate children during the forced
shutdown of schools and an order for everyone to stay home. Sure — let’s grant
a pass for a week or two. This pandemic has been disorienting, at the least.
But here is why anything short of a full commitment to continue with full
instruction will be failure: The have-nots will be left in last year if we
don’t fix this, and quickly.
Public charter schools, a working system benefiting
children is under attack | Opinion
Penn Live Opinion By Alicia Santi, Posted Mar
27, 2020
My son, like many children in Pennsylvania,
is a student with special needs – specifically, developmental disorders
requiring him to receive individual tutoring. Like the experiences of many
others who have found that the public cyber school option works best for their
child, my son would easily get distracted by other children in the traditional
classroom setting, and frankly, the teacher would seem to lose track of him.
Now, he is showing progress and gaining confidence in his work by attending PA
Cyber. Even during this coronavirus pandemic with our county under a stay-at-home
order from Gov. Wolf, we’ve been able to maintain a normal routine because his
school is built to provide instruction remotely. While school districts have
been unable to teach their students, my son is attending virtual classes,
working on assignments and viewing regular lectures online.
Locked Out of the Virtual Classroom
The coronavirus pandemic has forced a
nationwide reckoning with the lack of internet connectivity and devices for
students.
New York Times By The Editorial Board March 27,
2020
The editorial board is a group of opinion
journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain
longstanding values. It is
separate from the newsroom. America came face to face with the festering
problem of digital inequality when most of the country responded to the coronavirus
pandemic by shutting elementary and high schools that serve more than 50 million
children. Even before the shutdown, an estimated 12
million children were having difficulty completing routine homework assignments
— not to mention writing research papers — because they lacked the home
internet access their better-off classmates take for granted. The
so-called Homework Gap has
taken on crippling dimensions now that closed school districts have been trying
to maintain a semblance of instruction by putting teachers or
course materials online. Internet-savvy school systems that serve
connected populations appear to be moving ahead relatively smoothly with the
new order of business. At the same time, some districts that lack
infrastructure and serve heavily poor populations have given up altogether
on remote learning. Still others are hesitant to pursue online instruction out
of fear they might be hauled into court for
offering course materials to which broadband-deprived families cannot gain
access.
Online Education That Fits Each Child
If remote instruction becomes mainstream
because of school closures, it has a chance to accelerate student learning
Wall Street Journal By Sal Khan March 27, 2020 1:04 pm ET
Mr. Khan is the founder and CEO of Khan
Academy, a nonprofit organization providing free online educational resources
for students, parents and teachers.
Today, there are more than a billion students
world-wide whose schools have closed to try to slow the spread of the
coronavirus. Many school closures are likely to last through the end of this
school year, and more may be needed in the fall if the virus’s spread picks up
then. These shutdowns have created a range of dire short-term problems,
including inconsistent access to home internet and the disruption of essential
meal programs and child care for working parents. In the long term, they may
bring about profound changes in how we school our children. In the coming year,
students and teachers may need to break down barriers between in-person and
at-home schooling, and be ready to shift from one to the other with little
notice. It may be a deeply challenging period for families and educators. A
constant uncertainty about when school will be in session could force a
re-evaluation of the traditional methods we use to pace students and track
progress. “Seat time,” a term to measure the duration of classroom instruction,
won’t seem sufficient when seats may be in different places and times. The idea
of individual pacing and mastery of subjects may become mainstream, because
they’ll be a necessity.
U.S. Schools Trying to Teach Online Highlight a Digital
Divide
The children who lack internet and computers
now also lack access to education.
Bloomberg News by By Suzanne Woolley, Nikitha Sattiraju, and Scott Moritz March 26,
2020, 7:00 AM EDT
As Ohio began closing school buildings in
mid-March and shifting to online education to limit the novel
coronavirus, 30-year-old Alexandria Stottlemire worried about how she, her
four children, her two school-age siblings and her mother would be able to get
by with one computer. Stottlemire’s mother, who works from home, needed it
during the day, and Stottlemire needed the computer at night for an online
distance learning program. It’s a problem unfolding across the U.S.: Many
students lack computers or high-speed internet at home, and school districts
can’t provide the same online education to every student when some can’t
log on at all. “Even before this, my kids were having to do stuff online every
night, and it takes a lot of time to rotate them out on one computer,” said
Stottlemire. “It was a struggle.” As schools shut down, the Sheffield-Sheffield
Lake City School District, west of Cleveland, informed families about PCs
for People, a nonprofit that refurbishes and redistributes used computers.
Within a week Stottlemire was able to pick up five laptops for her family. The
nonprofit also provided a hotspot device, which connects to cellular towers and
creates a Wi-Fi network to which other devices can connect. That should ease
the bandwidth slowdown on their home connection when everyone uses their
computers at once.
DeVos: Leaving Students Behind And Launching National
School Vouchers.
Forbes by Peter Greene Senior Contributor Mar 29, 2020,12:01pm
EDT
On Friday afternoon, education secretary Betsy DeVos spoke as
part of the coronavirus task force presentation. In eight and a half minutes,
DeVos touched on several points, including indications that she may try to use
the widespread pandemic-driven shutdown to create a path to national school
vouchers. After thinking Trump for his “clear-eyed leadership,” plus a few
other nods to her boss, DeVos moved on some actions the department is taking. First,
as most states are already aware, the federal government has waived the mandate
for this year’s Big Standardized Test. Next, she attempted to clarify the
department’s stance on education for special needs students. This has been a
point of concern for many school districts; if distance learning or other
solutions cannot be made available to all students, including those with
special needs, then that would be illegal. The department has said A) yes, it
would be illegal and B) school districts should not let that hold them back. On
Friday, DeVos emphasized both messages. She stated that the transition to
online or distance learning must happen quickly and “it needs to include
meaningful instruction and supports for children with disabilities.” She
followed that immediately with “Learning should not stop or be denied because
schools fear federal regulators.”
“The San Diego branch passed a resolution opposing the national
NAACP’s call for a moratorium on expanding the number of charter schools, which
are public schools that often operate independently of elected school boards
and don’t have to follow many of the rules and requirements imposed on public
schools. Among other reforms, the national resolution requested more
transparency in charter schools and regulations preventing school
administrators from expelling lower-performing students.”
President of San Diego NAACP chapter suspended by
national board
Decision removing Clovis Honoré comes amid
dispute over charter school resolution
San Diego Union Tribune By JEFF MCDONALD MARCH 28,
2020 5 AM
The national board of the NAACP recently
suspended the San Diego chapter president for three years, saying in a letter
his conduct was contrary to the best interests of the storied civil rights
organization. Clovis Honoré, who has served as head of the local branch since
2018, was dismissed “after it was determined that your activities, behavior and
conduct were detrimental and inimical to the NAACP,” a field director wrote to
the former leader. The one-page letter dated Feb. 28 does not specify what
Honoré is accused of doing to undermine the historic organization that last
year marked its 110-year anniversary. Honoré disputed the penalty, which was
initially imposed last fall. He requested and received a hearing before a panel
of national board members but directors upheld the suspension order, which will
be in effect until September 2022.
Project Propaganda AKA Project Forever Free
TUlticab Blog By Thomas Ultican 3/28/2020
During final months of 2019, the Education
Post was reorganized. In 2014, four billionaires spent $5.5 million to
establish a new digital media channel in response to the massive and effective
push back against their favored education reforms. Actually, it was more than
four billionaires. One of those funders was the Walton Family Foundation made
up of multiple billionaires. The channel was called Education Post but its
official non-profit name was the Results in Education Foundation (RIEF)
whose existence seemed to be purposely obscured. Peter Cunningham was listed on
tax forms as President of RIEF, but publicly Cunningham was only known as the
founding Executive Director of
Education Post. During the first four years of operation, the top contributor
to REIF has been Michael Bloomberg. Available tax records show
that between 2014 and 2017 he granted it more than $7 million and when added to
the sizeable donations by the Waltons, Eli Broad, Laurene Jobs Powell, Bill
Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg the total is almost $20 million. Spending since
December 31, 2017 is unknown because there is a lag time of almost two years
for non-profit taxes to be filed and made public.
PSBA FAQ Sheet Regarding Closure of School Due to
Coronavirus
PSBA has compiled answers to your most
pressing questions surrounding school closures due to the #coronavirus outbreak.
View this resource here:
Request@PSBA.org: PSBA establishes
channel to answer COVID-19 questions
POSTED ON MARCH 19, 2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
In light of statewide school closings and as
the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, PSBA is here to provide support to
members and answer questions regarding how schools will operate, meet
instructional requirements and provide services both now and in the future.
Please send your questions to request@psba.org with
your name, district and contact information. A member of PSBA staff will
respond directly or will funnel your inquires to the Pennsylvania Department of
Education. PSBA will act as your voice and ensure you receive the answers and
information you need to make decisions at this crucial time.
PSBA: Coronavirus Preparedness Guidance
In the last few weeks, the novel coronavirus
(SARS-CoV-2), which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19, has become a topic
of concern nationwide. Although the virus is not widespread in Pennsylvania at
this time, that status could change. Being proactive is key to prevention and
mitigation. Below, you will find a list of resources on all aspects of
preparedness, including guidance on communication planning, policy, emergency
management and disease control. Use these resources to help you make decisions
regarding the safety and health of those in your school district.
The former Sectional Meetings have been converted to a webinar
format. PSBA will be hosting six webinars (starting today), presented by an
expert on critical and timely topics related to #Coronavirus (COVID-19).
PSBA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Schools:
Webinar Series
As PSBA announced in an email on
March 12, the former Sectional Meetings have been converted to a webinar format
to comply with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
Each of the six upcoming virtual sessions will be offered as a one-hour
webinar: a 45-minute presentation by an expert on critical and timely topics;
communication practices during the coronavirus pandemic; the business of boards
during shutdown; facilities restoration and clean-up, and other essential
topics. Each session will include 15 minutes of direct Q&A at the
conclusion of the 45-minute content presentation.
Members are welcome to register for any of
the six complimentary webinars.
All webinar sessions are 6:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m.
Monday, March 30, 2020 Facilities
Restoration: Coronavirus Clean-up
Presenter: SERVPRO, expert presenter
Presenter: SERVPRO, expert presenter
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Risk Mitigation:
Strategy for Operational Continuity and Reducing Adverse Impacts
Presenter: CM Regent Insurance, expert presenter
Presenter: CM Regent Insurance, expert presenter
Registration here: https://www.psba.org/2019/10/coronavirus-webinar-series/
Blogger note: support Governor Wolf’s proposed charter reforms:
Reprise: PA Ed Policy Roundup for Feb 10, 2020
1. Adopt resolution for charter funding
reform
2. Ask your legislators to cosponsor HB2261
or SB1024
3. Register for Advocacy Day on May 11th
Adopt: the 2020 PSBA resolution for charter school funding
reform
PSBA Website POSTED ON FEBRUARY 3,
2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
In this legislative session, PSBA has been
leading the charge with the Senate, House of Representatives and the Governor’s
Administration to push for positive charter reform. We’re now asking you to
join the campaign: Adopt the resolution: We’re asking all school
boards to adopt the 2020 resolution for charter school funding reform at your
next board meeting and submit it to your legislators and to PSBA.
Cosponsor: A 120-page
charter reform proposal is being introduced as House Bill
2261 by Rep. Joseph Ciresi (D-Montgomery), and Senate Bill 1024,
introduced by Senators Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny) and James Brewster
(D-Allegheny). Ask your legislator to sign on as a cosponsor to House Bill
2261 or Senate Bill 1024.
Register: Five compelling reasons for .@PSBA .@PASA .@PAIU school leaders to come to the Capitol
for Advocacy Day on May 11th:
Charter Reform
Cyber Charter Reform
Basic Ed Funding
Special Ed Funding
PLANCON
For more
information: https://www.psba.org/event/advocacy-day-2020/
Rescheduled: Join us for Advocacy Day in Harrisburg to support public
education Monday May 11, 2020!
All school
leaders are invited to attend Advocacy Day at the state Capitol in
Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA), Pennsylvania
Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU) and the Pennsylvania Association of
School Administrators (PASA) are partnering together to strengthen our advocacy
impact. The day will center around meetings with legislators to discuss
critical issues affecting public education. Click here for more information or register
at http://www.mypsba.org/
School
directors can register online now by logging in to myPSBA. If you need
assistance logging in and registering contact Alysha Newingham, Member Data
System Administrator at alysha.newingham@psba.org
PSBA Board Presidents Panel April 27, 28 and 29; Multiple
Locations
Offered at 10 locations across the state,
this annual event supports current and aspiring school board leaders through
roundtable conversations with colleagues as well as a facilitated panel of
experienced regional and statewide board presidents and superintendents. Board
Presidents Panel is designed to equip new and veteran board presidents and vice
presidents as well as superintendents and other school directors who may pursue
a leadership position in the future.
PARSS Annual Conference April 29 – May 1, 2020 in State
College
The 2020 PARSS Conference is April 29 through
May 1, 2020, at Wyndham Garden Hotel at Mountain View Country Club in State
College. Please register as a member or a vendor by accessing the links below.
Register today for the 2020 PASA/PA Principals
Association PA Educational Leadership Summit, August 2-4, at the Lancaster
Marriott at Penn Square
(hosted by the PA Principals Association and
the PA Association of School Administrators). Participants can earn up to 80
PIL hours (40 hours for the Summit and - for an additional cost of $50 -
40 hours for EdCamp) for
attending the conference and completing program requirements. Register
early to reserve your seat! The deadline to take advantage of the Early Bird
Discount is April 24, 2020.
Click here to
register today!
Network for Public Education 2020 Conference in Philly Rescheduled
to November 21-22
NPE Website March 10, 2020 7:10 pm
We so wanted to see you in March, but we need
to wait until November!
Our conference will now take place on November
21 and 22 at the same location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please
read the important information below.
Registration: We will be rolling over our
registration information, so there is no reason to register again. You will
be automatically registered for the November dates. If you cannot attend in
November, we ask that you consider donating your registration to absorb some of
the costs associated with rescheduling the conference. If you feel you cannot
make such a donation, please contact: dcimarusti@networkforpubliceducation.org.
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