From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): Charter schools spend twice as much as district-run public schools do in administration costs. Charters pay their top officials far more. And since 2007, district reimbursements to charters have outpaced actual charter … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/to-address-the-effects-of-poverty-in-schools-we-must-see-and-accurately-measure-it/ If you take a driving vacation and you use a laptop instead of a smartphone, you soon learn that the best place to find Wi-Fi in little towns is in the parking lot of the public library. … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/august/new-approach-accountability-what-pa-schools-can-learn-us-womens-gymnastics-team Aug 10, 2016 02:36 pm | Stephen Herzenberg Americans today are celebrating the astounding success of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the summer olympics in Rio. The team won the gold medal last night, finishing nearly … Continued
From the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (http://fairfundingpa.org/): The Campaign’s infographics and one pagers are great resources for understanding why we need to fully fund Pennsylvania’s schools. Please share, and don’t forget to use our hashtag: #FairFundingPA Twitter: @FairFundingPA Facebook: fairfundingpa
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/government-schools-vs-public-schools/ Last weekend, the NY Times published an important story by Julie Bosman about the political importance of how we name our institutions: “Kansas has for years been the stage for a messy school funding fight that has … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-08-02/education/advocates-heading-to-court-over-school-funding/a53341-2 August 2, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Schools in poor districts may lack basics such as adequate computer labs. (Tomasz_Mikolajczyk/pixabay.com) PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit claiming that state school funding … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/priorities-gone-wrong-prison-spending-skyrockets-leaves-school-spending-behind/ The U.S. Department of Education just released a report, State and Local Expenditures on Corrections and Education, that reinforces what is known about the alarming explosion in the rate of incarceration in the United States. The Education … Continued
From the Education Policy and Leadership Center (http://www.eplc.org): Applications are available now for the 2016-2017 Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP). The Education Policy Fellowship Program is sponsored in Pennsylvania by The Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC). Click here for the … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/july/we-have-budget-2016-2017-what-does-it-mean-schools Jul 15, 2016 12:02 pm | Susan Spicka The 2016-2017 PA budget is now complete. Recently a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the PA House and Senate approved a revenue package and Governor Wolf signed it into law. But what does it … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/06/03/please-read-bill-mathis-profound-reflection-on-the-public-purpose-of-education-in-america/ According to his biography posted at the National Education Policy Center, “William J. Mathis is the managing director of the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado Boulder and the former superintendent of schools for … Continued