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PA Ed Policy Roundup for April 24, 2020
PSBA Virtual Advocacy
Day 2020 MAY 11, 2020 • 9:00 AM - 4:30
PM
Now more than ever before – Make your
voice heard!
Join us virtually to support public
education!
All public school leaders are invited
to join us for our first ever Virtual Advocacy Day on Monday,
May 11, 2020 via Zoom. We need all of you to help strengthen our advocacy
impact. The day will center around reaching out to your legislators to discuss
the steps you have taken to deal with the pandemic crisis and the steps
legislators can take to provide schools the flexibility and creativity needed
to weather the storm. Mandate relief, budgeting flexibility, charter
funding reform and other legislative changes need to be considered to give
school district flexibility.
Info and Registration: https://www.psba.org/event/advocacy-day-2020/
Coronavirus fallout could devastate Philly schools, cause
billion-dollar deficit
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent April 23, 2020
In roughly a month, the economic fallout from
the coronavirus pandemic has flipped the economic fortunes of the School
District of Philadelphia. The extent of the fiscal damage was laid out in a
budget meeting Thursday, where district officials projected an immediate, $64
million hit to district revenues and a five-year deficit projection of $1
billion. In March, for a fleeting moment, the district unfurled a budget
projection that was unusually sunny. Revenues and expenses were predicted to
grow at about the same rate, and five years down the road officials thought the
130,000-student district would still have about $160 million in the bank. That
was before COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the national economy and government
budgets. Now, the district thinks it will be $1 billion in the red by fiscal
year 2024-25. That projection does not include the potential implications of
new contracts for the district’s two largest labor unions, both of which have
deals that expire this year. There is still much to be decided between now and
2024-25, including the status of federal aid, the budget decisions of state
lawmakers, and the elasticity of city revenues that depend on local economic
activity. But the grim tone of Thursday’s meeting suggested that officials have
a mammoth challenge ahead, and that they’re relying on political pressure to
stave off the worst cuts.
“We definitely do not want to repeat the mistakes of the last
recession when federal funds were used to supplant state aid, and education
funding was slashed for every district across the state,” said Staley. “It took
nearly a full decade to recover from those cuts.”
District to state: stop austerity before it starts
With massive deficits once again looming,
officials and advocates say stimulus dollars should go to districts, not state
deficit reduction.
The notebook by Bill
Hangley Jr. and Dale
Mezzacappa April 23 — 11:23 pm, 2020
The unprecedented coronavirus crisis could
soon put Philadelphia school officials in a very familiar position: begging
Harrisburg legislators for money. But District officials say they don’t want
that to happen, even as the prospect of a billion-dollar deficit has demolished
what had been a balanced budget. Thursday, the Board of Education used its
first budget hearing since the arrival of the global pandemic to urge officials
to keep state education spending robust even as revenues fall, and keep federal
stimulus dollars flowing to local school districts. The pandemic’s hit to the
state education budget “has the potential to erase all of the progress we have
made over the last eight years,” said Superintendent William Hite. During
Thursday’s hearing, conducted virtually over Zoom and streamed live over the
internet and public access channels, officials laid out a raft of unpleasant
fiscal projections based on the economic shutdown the pandemic has triggered.
This year’s District budget took a modest hit but is still in the black, they
said. But next year’s budget gap could approach $40 million, officials said,
and within five years the District could face a shortfall of as much as a
billion dollars. The looming revenue shortfall could undermine not just the
District’s finances but its fragile gains in academics, staffing levels and
school climate, officials said. “This is not just about a budget, dollars and
cents,” said Board President Joyce Wilkerson. “There are real children’s
futures on the line.”
Why the U.S. economy won’t fully recover until the
mid-2020s, says Moody’s Mark Zandi
by Mark Zandi, For The Inquirer, Updated: April
23, 2020- 12:00 PM
As infections from COVID-19 peak, so, too,
does the economic fallout from the virus. The statistics in coming weeks will
be grim, but a recovery should begin by Memorial Day. The critical question is
how strong a recovery. Unfortunately, not very, at least not until there is a
vaccine in widespread use, and even then the economy will take years to fully
recover. First, the statistics. The virus is causing unprecedented economic
damage. The jobs lost this month will top more than 20 million. This will
entirely wipe out the increase in jobs during the previously record-long
economic expansion. Unemployment will surge to more than 15%, far and away the
highest unemployment rate since the 1930s Great Depression. And this
significantly understates the stress in the job market, because many of the
unemployed will not be actively looking for work (because they can’t) and thus
won’t be counted as unemployed by government statisticians. A broader measure
of underemployment that includes these workers will approach a mind-boggling
25%. This should be the worst of it, as some businesses across the country
appear likely to reopen in coming weeks. Governors of many states are under
intensifying pressure to ease the lockdowns regardless of whether this makes
the most sense in combating the virus.
Technology investment allows North Allegheny to focus on
online education in time of COVID-19
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE APR 23, 2020 11:58 AM
Editor’s note: This series of interviews with
local school superintendents is based on interviews over recent weeks, which
have been edited for length.
Robert J. Scherrer, 45, heads the North
Allegheny School District, an 8,600-student behemoth that draw kids
from Bradford Woods, Franklin Park, Marshall and McCandless. There are
more than 1,000 staff members to run the district’s seven elementary schools,
three middle schools, and two high schools. Although he lives in McCandless,
Mr. Scherrer is a South Hills kid. He grew up in Whitehall and also lived in
Pleasant Hills but moved when he got the superintendent’s job seven years ago
as a way to grapple with the challenging commute. He lives with his wife and
son, an eighth grader at North Allegheny, and their daughter, a 2018 graduate
who recently had to come home from Duquesne University, where she is a
sophomore, because of the COVID-19 virus. Mr. Scherrer’s father was an
engineer, his mother ran preschools. He once was principal of Taylor Allderdice
High School in Pittsburgh. In July he will take over as executive director of
the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, the regional public education agency.
When children return to school, they will most likely
need to wear masks, Philly superintendent says
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Updated: April
23, 2020- 11:28 AM
Whenever children are allowed to return to
schools, they will almost certainly need to wear masks, Philadelphia
Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. said Thursday. Referring to the color-coded system Gov.
Tom Wolf introduced this week for reopening the
state amid the coronavirus pandemic, Hite, in a call with reporters, said the
directions were clear. “In the governor’s plan, it had the wearing of masks
into the late fall,” said Hite. “We are planning as if … we would need masks
for young people to show up for school.” Pennsylvania officials have ordered in-person classes
canceled for the remainder of the school
year, and it’s not yet clear whether students who qualify will be able to
attend in-person summer school or even whether school doors will open in the
fall. Hite also said Philadelphia, which has distributed 75,000 Chromebooks to
students to date, will not be able to purchase enough mobile hot spots — small,
portable devices that create a wireless connection by using the data of a
smartphone, computer or tablet. Some families who lack internet access will be
able to get connected for free, but some students, particularly those who live
in homeless shelters or in other situations where wireless networks cannot be
installed, will have trouble connecting to their teachers via the internet.
Hite said numbers are not yet firm, but estimated that thousands will be in
that category.
Remote instruction begins for Philly public schools, meal
distribution changes
By Chanel Hill Special to the Capital-Star -April
24, 2020
Chanel Hill is a reporter for the
Philadelphia Tribune, where this story first appeared.
The School District of Philadelphia
implemented its formal digital learning plan this week, which begins with two
weeks of enrichment and review before going to graded instruction in early May.
“We’re not sure what the grades will look like, but it won’t be based on just
students who can log on,” School District of Philadelphia Superintendent
William Hite said Thursday. “The students can also email, text message, and use
phone calls, but [grading] could be just on participation. We’ll also be
looking at the completion of assignments.” The school district has distributed
approximately 75,000 Chromebooks to help students participate in digital
learning activities. Students and families can drop off Chromebooks in need of
repair or service at one of two parent and family technology support centers. Centers
will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, and
are located at the Education Center, 440 N. Broad St. (First Floor Lobby) and
FitzPatrick Annex Building, 4101 Chalfont Dr. (rear of FitzPatrick Elementary
School). Families can also pick up a loaner Chromebook at these locations if
they did not previously receive one through their student’s school.
“Building a school community remotely is hard. The physical
space, routine, and other elements that unite us aren’t available. Schools are
trying to work around this in different ways: spirit weeks, daily advisory
meetings, phone calls, digital office hours, text messages, video messages
offering hope and “we miss you,” and increased social media efforts. How do we
know if it’s all working? Families and schools must evaluate these approaches
often. As we navigate the rest of the school year, here are questions, based on
my experience as an educator, we can use to guide us:”
Is remote learning working? A teacher’s perspective on
how to measure success. | Opinion
By Nancy Ironside, For the Inquirer Updated: April
23, 2020 - 9:00 AM
The highlight of my quarantine happened
Saturday, several weeks into “online school.” It was an email from one of my
students who, in typical times, is a go-getter. She uses inquiry and research
artfully — not just for a fifth grader, but for a human. She wrote: “I know
I’ve been missing work and I know you noticed too. I am deeply sorry for not
doing work. Right now I do not have access to my chromebook. I will have access
to it by Sunday or Monday to do my missing work. I take school very seriously
and I love school so much. Missing you.” I was moved to tears by her words —
not just out of relief that she was OK, but for her clear sense of worry. Bad
enough to have to move (which she told me she had to do the previous weekend),
or not have access to your technology, but to fear that these real and human
conditions would count against her and hurt her grade, along with her
reputation — that was just too much to bear. “Falling behind” seems to be a
pervasive fear for kids and their families. But in a world where everything is
different, it seems natural to focus first on survival, and then reflect on the
things we thought mattered so much. This student’s email, for me, articulated
the fears of so many and illuminated the ways educators and parents can
alleviate those fears. Rather than fixating on what we don’t have access to,
schools and families should evaluate what we can do.
REMOTE LEARNING SHOWS DISPARITY IN PA. SCHOOLS
Centre Daily Times Letter by Sandra Miller,
Bethlehem. The author is a member of the PA Schools Work campaign. April 24,
2020
Your recent article from April 9th (“A
quarter of BEA students don’t have internet access. Here’s how remote learning
will take place”) highlights the differences school districts in Pennsylvania
regarding their ability to transition to online instruction. The Bald Eagle
Area School District is not unlike districts across the state trying to find
the necessary resources to ensure students in their districts are able to learn
while schools are closed. An unexpected event like the COVID-19 pandemic can
reveal the fault lines in society – in Pennsylvania, one of those major fault
lines is the gap between school districts that are the “haves” and school
districts that are the “have-nots.”
This disparity is a symptom of Pennsylvania’s
inadequate school funding system. And the disparities exist all the time. They
are seen in differences in course options, class sizes, number of critical
support staff like counselors and librarians, and availability of classroom
resources. This is exactly the kind of inequities that the PA Schools Work
coalition has been working to rectify for years. Where a child lives has
entirely too much bearing on what kind of public education they get. Once
Pennsylvania emerges from the current crisis, we must make sure that all
students have the resources they need to achieve, no matter where they live. As
districts face even more financial uncertainty, this will mean more assistance
from the federal government, but it also means a commitment from state
government that no district will see cuts in funding next school year.
SVRCS agrees to new five-year charter with KCSD
KC vote scheduled for May 14
Lock Haven Express by CHRIS MORELLI
CMORELLI@LOCKHAVEN.COM APR 24, 2020
LOGANTON — Schools might be closed, but progress
has been made between Sugar Valley Rural Charter School and the Keystone
Central School District. Earlier this week, the charter school’s board of
trustees unanimously agreed to a new five-year charter with KCSD. The Keystone
Central board is expected to approve it at its next voting session, which is
scheduled for Tuesday, May 14. Tracie Kennedy, CEO of Sugar Valley Rural
Charter School, said that the new five-year charter is significant. “Keystone
Central and SVRCS collaborated to amend the charter. Agreements were made on
both sides to develop a relationship that will allow parents to continue to
have a choice in their child’s education,” Kennedy said. “We
felt this was the beginning of a new era for both parties. Now that the SVRCS
board of directors has approved the amended charter, Keystone will be voting on
the amended charter on May 14.” That May 14 meeting, originally scheduled
for 7 p.m. at Bucktail High School, will now be held via Zoom. KCSD had
originally scheduled a pair of meetings on Tuesday, April 28 and Thursday,
April 30, “for the purpose of reviewing all relevant matters relating
to the renewal request from the Sugar Valley Rural Charter School.” Those
meetings were canceled after Sugar Valley approved the contract. If the KCSD
board also approves the amended charter, it will put an end to several months
of back-and-forth between the schools.
Erie Rise parents, others question CEO’s firing
GoErie By Ed Palattella @etnpalattella Posted
Apr 23, 2020 at 8:21 PM
Charter school’s board remains mum on reasons
for unexpected dismissal of Terry Lang, who had led school nearly 5 years.
The abrupt firing of the CEO of the Erie Rise
Leadership Academy Charter School led upset parents and residents to question
the school’s board on Thursday night. But their questions elicited little
information from the board members during a special meeting held via
teleconference due to COVID-19 restrictions. “I was a bit shocked and dismayed
about the news about the CEO,” Erie Rise parent Daryl Craig said, referring to
the board’s dismissal a week ago of
Terry Lang, who had headed Erie Rise since June 2015. Craig said
he was concerned that the board let Lang go during the COVID-19 outbreak, when
school buildings are closed and schools must teach students through remote
learning. “With all the uncertainty,” Craig said, “was it so important that we
need to make this change now?” Four other speakers, including another parent,
asked similar questions. Another speaker criticized Lang’s work at the school,
whose charter the Erie School Board in late 2019 nearly declined to renew due
to poor academic performance and other issues. The Erie School District
continues to monitor Erie Rise.
Can North Penn High’s student reporters fill a news gap
in Montgomery County?
Inquirer by Mike Sielski, Updated: April 23, 2020-
9:00 AM
Eight and a half minutes into the April 6
episode of “North Penn Right Now,” produced and staffed by students at North
Penn High School on its broadcast network, NPTV, came the centerpiece of any
news show: the big “get.” Senior Erik Jesberger — clad in a blue blazer, crisp
white shirt, and orange-and-periwinkle tie, his hair slick and parted —
interviewed North Penn schools superintendent Curtis Dietrich about the
district’s implementation of distance learning in response to the coronavirus
pandemic. That Jesberger was conducting the interview digitally from his
bedroom, with a baseball-shaped Phillies poster on the wall behind him, did not
seem to faze him. “What can you say to students such as myself?” Jesberger
asked Dietrich. “My classroom is my bed, and also my cafeteria is my kitchen.
What can you say to students at these times?” “Well,” Dietrich said, “we’re
doing our best to present the lessons in a way you can understand, comprehend,
and learn. So we ask that you continue to have patience with us.” The exchange
— broadcast on NPTV’s YouTube and Facebook Live feeds and on the station’s
cable channel, carried on Comcast and Verizon — was more than an
administrator’s attempt to get a message out to parents or a courtesy to an
ambitious teenager, although, as Jesberger said, “It was cool to have him talk
to me and [talk about] what’s going on in these crazy times.” The truth is,
NPTV is becoming an unexpectedly important news source in Montgomery County,
whose traditional media landscape is changing. The North Penn Reporter, the
region’s daily newspaper, has seen its circulation shrink over time, the result
of an industrywide struggle of print media to keep its presses running. Earlier
this month, in fact, The Inquirer learned that
MediaNewsGroup, which owns The Reporter and several other newspapers in the
Philadelphia suburbs, was looking to cut staff, according to internal memos.
Derry Area sets virtual graduation for June 10
Trib Live by JOE
NAPSHA | Thursday,
April 23, 2020 11:38 p.m.
Derry Area has joined other school districts
across the state in abandoning the traditional commencement ceremony for the
Class of 2020 for a virtual one. Superintendent Eric Curry told the school
board Thursday that “we are fairly confident” the virtual commencement ceremony
on June 10 will be held on the last day of school, unless there are some
unforeseen changes. Curry said he hopes that sometime over the summer, at a
date not yet announced, the school officials will be able to say goodbye to the
graduating class “in a personal way.” Derry Area School Director Sean Kemmerer
said the district will explore options for the seniors to have the graduation
ceremonies they deserve. Derry also is following the guidelines against large
gatherings and canceling the high school prom that was planned for May 8.
Seniors support
Beaver County Times Posted
Apr 23, 2020 at 5:01 PM
With students working from home and a
physical graduation canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lincoln High
School has found a way to honor this year’s seniors with placards placed on the
Crescent Avenue school’s front lawn.
Here's which Lancaster County schools have canceled or
postponed prom [updates]
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer April 23,
2020
With Pennsylvania schools closed for the
remainder of the 2019-20 academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic, many
are wondering what’s the next domino to fall. It appears more and more likely
that it’ll be prom. Here’s which Lancaster County high schools have already
canceled or postponed the big dance, as of Friday. More announcements are
expected in the coming days.
How School Districts Are Outsmarting a Microbe
Schools thrust into turmoil by the
coronavirus are slowly finding ways to cope.
New York Times By Chris Berdik April 23,
2020
This article is part of our latest Learning special report, which
focuses on the challenges of online education during the coronavirus outbreak.
In some cities, school buses now deliver
daily paper packets of schoolwork, along with bagged breakfasts and lunches. In
others, schools use PBS’s “Nova” program to help teach science. Elsewhere,
teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional
well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. Confronting the
unprecedented challenge of lengthy school closures because of coronavirus, the nation’s roughly 13,000 public
school districts are scrambling to cope. Almost no district was truly ready to
plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no
one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools.
Leaders have largely had to find their own way, spurring a hodgepodge of local
innovations. As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned —
about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate
this crisis on the fly. “Nobody knows the right path forward,” said Robin Lake, director of the Center on
Reinventing Public Education, a
nonpartisan education research center in Seattle that has compiled an online database of coronavirus response plans provided
by scores of districts as a resource for other educators. “We’re all going to
have to try things and give each other grace.”
Betsy DeVos Releases Billions More in Coronavirus
Education Aid
Education Week By Andrew Ujifusa on April
23, 2020 2:35 PM
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has
officially announced that $13.5 billion in emergency coronavirus funding for
K-12 schools is now available.
The billions in additional aid was included
in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed into
law by President Donald Trump last
month. The money will initially go to states, but at least 90 percent
ultimately must be passed along to school districts via the Title I
formula designed to help schools with large shares of students from low-income
households. Schools can use this pot of CARES Act money for a variety of
purposes to help them deal with the fallout of the virus, which has forced dozens of states to
shut down in-person classes for the rest of the school year.
For example, educators can use it to provide access to the internet for
students struggling to learn remotely, mental health supports, and support for
special populations of students such as those who are homeless. "This
national emergency continues to shine a light on the need for all schools to be
more agile," DeVos said in a statement. "Now is the time to truly
rethink education and to get creative about how we meet each student's unique
needs." She added that there are "very few bureaucratic strings"
attached to the money. The department said it intends to process
applications for the aid three days after it receives them. States have until
July 1 to apply for the funds.
Teachers and Students Describe a Remote-Learning Life
They talk about how the change to online
instruction has affected them.
By The New York Times April 23, 2020
This article is part of our latest Learning special report, which
focuses on the challenges of online education during the coronavirus outbreak. We
asked teachers and college students about their experiences with the change to
online instruction. The Learning Network, a site about teaching and learning
with content from The New York Times, asked students in grades K through 12 how
they have been coping with remote learning. The following comments have been
edited and condensed.
Teachers’ Voices
So much of what we do in classrooms are
driven by student responses and reactions. I’d give anything to watch their
faces light up, their hands in the air, their smiles and fist pumps when they
share a new learning or big idea with me. – Meg Burke, teaches grades 3
through 8, Doylestown, Pa.
Here I am, at 66, within a year of full
retirement, having to learn how to use Google Classroom with 35 first graders
at various places in their learning. I feel as though I am attempting to drive
on a road that I am simultaneously paving while also following a paper map.
– Janet Kass, teaches first grade, Bloomingburg, N.Y.
Now Virtual and in Video, Museum Websites Shake Off the
Dust
Homebound and feeling the wanderlust? Our
critic’s guide to the best online presentations from the world’s leading art
palaces and picture galleries.
New York Times By Jason
Farago April 23, 2020
In times of adversity, we look to art to give
form to chaos. But where do you go when the chaos keeps you from art entirely?
It will have to be online. As the coronavirus pandemic stretches into yet
another month, keeping arts institutions closed across the globe, museums’ websites
are now posting traffic numbers that were once unimaginable. The Musée
du Louvre in Paris has reported a tenfold
increase in web traffic, from 40,000 to 400,000 visitors per day. Visits to the
websites of the National Gallery of Art in
Washington and the Courtauld
Institute of Art in
London are also up by huge multiples.
Audiences are seeking out arts material for children — the Metropolitan Museum of Art reports
an elevenfold uptick to #MetKids, its youth
education initiative. Remember just a decade ago, when the Met raised hackles,
within and beyond its walls, for its ambitious digitization initiative, as if it
were dangerous to offer more than 400,000 high-resolution, free-to-download
images of the collection? No one’s saying that now.
PSBA Board Presidents Panels (Zoom) April 27, 28, 29 and
30 (depending upon the size of your district)
This annual event supports current and
aspiring school board leaders through facilitated discussion with colleagues in
leadership. 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.
Due to current social distancing
requirements, this annual program will shift from a series of in-person
regional events to a digital platform using Zoom Meetings. Participants of each
of the four sessions will meet in small groups using virtual breakout rooms.
Experienced facilitators will guide discussions on attendees’ unique
challenges, solutions and experiences related to board leadership during the
COVID-19 school closures.
This year’s program will be organized to
group together leaders from schools of similar enrollment sizes for relevant
conversation. Members may register for one or two nights to participate in all
of the topics offered. If your district's average enrollment is above 3,500,
you are invited to join the sessions on Tuesday, April 28 and/or Thursday,
April 30. If your district's average enrollment is below 3,500, opt to join the
sessions on Monday, April 27 and/or Wednesday, April 29.
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.
PSBA Virtual
Advocacy Day 2020 MAY 11, 2020 • 9:00 AM - 4:30
PM
Now
more than ever before – Make your voice heard!
Join
us virtually to support public education!
All
public school leaders are invited to join us for our first ever Virtual
Advocacy Day on Monday, May 11, 2020 via Zoom. We need all of you to
help strengthen our advocacy impact. The day will center around reaching out to
your legislators to discuss the steps you have taken to deal with the pandemic
crisis and the steps legislators can take to provide schools the flexibility
and creativity needed to weather the storm. Mandate relief, budgeting
flexibility, charter funding reform and other legislative changes need to be
considered to give school district flexibility.
Info
and Registration: https://www.psba.org/event/advocacy-day-2020/
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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