From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): PBPC has released a new 30-second video at https://www.facebook.com/PennBPC/videos/10155682839380789/ that explains the current budget impasse, highlights the risks, and calls for action. We’re heavily promoting it on Facebook, with customized versions targeted … Continued
Published on Friday, September 08, 2017 by Diane Ravitch’s Blog “Her stance seems likely to discourage rape victims from coming forward, since doing so is already hazardous and puts them at risk of ostracism.” By Diane Ravitch “Given that she … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): PBPC has created an interactive spreadsheet (http://pachoice.org/potential-education-cuts-pa/) that projects the financial losses to school districts (& to House districts based on the SDs within them) of 12% across-the-board cuts to Basic Education … Continued
The Washington Post “According to a new national survey … a majority of public school parents give higher grades – A’s and B’s – to the traditional public schools in their neighborhoods than they have in years. A majority of … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): This fall, too many kids will enter kindergarten having missed the opportunity to attend high-quality pre-kindergarten. PPC is a founding member of the Pre-K for PA Campaign and our goal is that by 2022 … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): After more than a year of taking extensive input from public education stakeholders at 30 sessions throughout the state, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released PA’s plan to comply with the Every Student Succeeds … Continued
From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): The final straw that breaks the “worst” law? What’s it going to take for legislators to finally take action? We all know Pennsylvania’s charter school law is terrible. It doesn’t hold charter … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-08-16/education/plan-to-reduce-standardized-testing-draws-praise/a59008-1 August 16, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The plan signed by Gov. Tom Wolf could eliminate up to two full days of testing at some schools. (Michelle Collins/Wikimedia Commons) … Continued
This post was written after the July session on the School to Prison Pipeline held at Circle of Hope Brethren in Christ. POSTED ON JULY 13, 2017 BY BENJAMIN WHITE at https://www.circleofhope.net/blog/lots-of-people-care-about-the-school-to-prison-pipeline/ On July 11, more than 100 people gathered at our building … Continued
From the NAACP PA (http://pastatenaacp.org/): President Trump’s Proposal Cuts: Title 1 funding for disadvantaged students – cut by $578 million Special education funding – cut by over $110 million Title II funding to support teacher professional development – eliminated entirely … Continued