Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-11-15/education/shift-in-federal-ed-priorities-worries-advocates/a54963-1 Play Audio in Browser Window Advocates say shifting funds to charter and private schools would hurt public education. (Hunter Kahn/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – The coming administration in Washington, D. C., may redirect billions of dollars of … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-11-08/education/new-truancy-law-2-steps-forward-1-step-back/a54856-1 November 8, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Jailing and fining students or parents for truancy can trap families in a cycle of debt. (pexels.com) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s new … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/instead-of-building-more-charter-schools-for-the-few-improve-public-education-for-all/ Roland S. Martin is a journalist and the host and managing editor of TV One’s News One Now. For years he has promoted market-based school choice. He recently moderated a town hall, “Is School Choice the Black … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/bill-ayers-asks-what-will-happen-if-we-consider-education-a-human-right-not-a-mere-product/ It was great to escape the deplorable, scary election news to spend Friday evening in conversation with Bill Ayers, on a tour to promote his new book, Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto. Ayers is best known … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/community-schools-steady-improvement-for-students-and-support-for-families/ A test-score-yardstick and a short time line—those are the tools we use these days to evaluate school improvement. Bush’s No Child Left Behind and Obama’s Race to the Top gave us four approved plans for school “turnaround,” … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): The PA legislature has gaveled out of its final session day before the elections. Thanks to your strong advocacy, HB 530, truly terrible charter school legislation, did not come up for a vote this week. … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/11511/ It is October, when the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) updates its report on overall school spending across the states. In this year’s version, released last week, CBPP presents new numbers (in inflation-adjusted dollars) depicting … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/issues/child-care-and-early-education/in-focus/a-broad-base-is-speaking-up-for-child-care OCT 11, 2016 By Christine Johnson-Staub As a testament to the critical role that child care plays in supporting today’s working families, a diverse array of voices is undertaking an important national conversation on the affordability and accessibility … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/fairtest-uncovers-one-possible-path-away-from-test-and-punish/ FairTest, the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, has released an important brief, Assessment Matters: Constructing Model State Systems to Replace Testing Overkill. The new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced No Child Left Behind … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): State lawmakers widely acknowledge that Pennsylvania’s charter school law is flawed, outdated, and must be revised. Nevertheless, year after year, Harrisburg has failed to fix its own broken charter school law. Lawmakers have failed to … Continued