"Susan - I am so glad you asked. My great concern is this. The only thing keeping the US from facing the kinds of trafficking of children and use of children as slave labor as in other countries are the laws imposed on education…"
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Joan Duvall Flynn replied to D. william Browning's discussion School Voucher Q & A: What Parents Need to Know
Joan Duvall Flynn replied to D. william Browning's discussion School Voucher Q & A: What Parents Need to Know
"Try to imagine our society with a totally privatized school system where schools choose the students. Try to imagine the loss of community. Try to imagine big business selliing education. There is much to know about this effort. It…"
Joan Duvall Flynn replied to D. william Browning's discussion School Voucher Q & A: What Parents Need to Know
"As written, Senate Bill 1 gives the receiving school the power of choice. The districts that are well funded and where the scores are stable get to choose whether or not to accept students from other districts. As with the private…"
Joan Duvall Flynn replied to D. william Browning's discussion School Voucher Q & A: What Parents Need to Know
"There are time lines in the bill. For instance, for this first year, should the bill pass, I have counted that there are 30 work days during which a parent could apply and a school could respond. That is probably why the Governor…"
Joan Duvall Flynn replied to D. william Browning's discussion School Voucher Q & A: What Parents Need to Know
"In the Governor's amendment proposal, he would extend the access to vouchers to people whose income is up to $78,000. Most people are satified with their pubic schools. They do not see a reason to go searching for a school for their…"
Joan Duvall Flynn replied to D. william Browning's discussion School Voucher Q & A: What Parents Need to Know
"There is a great deal of research on how charter schools have increased the resegregation of children in school. Under Senate Bill 1, private schools do the selecting of students (the parents do not really select the school in that…"
Joan Duvall Flynn replied to D. william Browning's discussion School Voucher Q & A: What Parents Need to Know
"Hello, I am Joan Duvall-Flynn, Education Committee for the PA NAACP.
According to Senate Bill 1, school districts will have to develop the applications. Then parents get the application from the home district. They then apply to the…"
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"Hi Joan,
Welcome to PA School Talk! It's great to see that you're already busy blogging. Feel free to start a Discussion and post an Event as well. Let me know if you have any questions.
Best,Connie S."
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This Nominee for Sec of Ed. is for vouchers
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:15pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
The whole purpose of the "vouchers" proposal is to sell children as "a vast new market" . S B 1,the Piccola proposal is in support of total privatization of unregulated school - opened by anyone with not rules or protections for children. No accountability for the use of public funds. And they have presented a long parade of Black children before the Senate Education Committe to put a Black face on voucher. The purpose of vouchers is to sell children to private business - with no… Continue
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Posted on March 29, 2011 at 4:08pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I am not sure where the nominee lives. Not PA.
His views onn property tax bothered me. Where does he think the money will come from if not property tax. He cannot support these cuts and pretend that he does not expect property tax increase. Chester proposed cuts: $20 million and it is suggested that they cannot make payroll right now.Allentown proposed cuts $15 million. Erie cuts, over $11 million. The whole notion of voucher - totally private system - sell children to the…
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- At 4:41pm on March 29, 2011,
Connie Sung said… Hi Joan,
Welcome to PA School Talk! It's great to see that you're already busy blogging. Feel free to start a Discussion and post an Event as well. Let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Connie S.
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