March 26^th: Last day to register to vote in the April 24^th PA Primary Election

You do have the power to change the direction of education policy in Pennsylvania

The last day to REGISTER before the primary is March 26 , 2012.  Make sure that you, your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers are all registered to vote in the April 24^th Pennsylvania…

Fall Back in Love with Public Education: Valentine's Day Rally at the Harrisburg Capitol

February 14, 2012

Rally at 12pm in the Harrisburg Capitol Rotunda

Rally sponsored by: Philadelphia Student Union, Project Peace (Reading PA), TeenBloc (Pittsburgh PA), Juntos, Campaign for Nonviolent Schools

 Contact…

These legislative guides provide handy information on our elected state senators and state representatives.

Entries include contact info, committee assignments and a list of the school districts that they represent.

Print some up and take them to your next PTO meeting.

Thanks Ed Voters - hope to see these for more counties....

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As our own General Assembly debates the merits of school vouchers, it is important to remember that the United States is far from being a pioneer in such policies.

In Chile, a nation-wide system of vouchers and state support for private schools has been in place for decades. State subsidization of private schooling is so extensive that an entire class of state-funded private schools has emerged. Chilean policies have wholeheartedly embraced the principle that market forces and "school…

Use Education Voters PA website to contact your PA State Representatives asking them to oppose taxpayer funded vouchers:

http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6041/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4788

For more info/background -  PSBA’s Tuition Voucher Issue Page…

Voucher Heads Up – SB1 Scheduled for Senate Education  Committee Vote on Tuesday, Oct. 25th

We have been advised that the Senate Education Committee will be considering the voucher bill, SB1 at their meeting scheduled for 10 am on Tuesday morning.  Senators Piccola and Williams are expected to offer an amendment which will be ready for circulation to the committee on Monday.  The meeting will be held in Hearing Room 1, North Office Building.

Students First…

Chester County League of Women Voters to Hold Forum on Public Education, Friday October 21, 7 – 9 pm

The League of Women Voters of Chester County will host a panel on public education on Friday, October 21, from 7-9 p.m at the East Goshen…

Gov. Corbett and the state legislature recently passed a budget containing nearly $1 BILLION in cuts to our public schools!  This is already having a negative impact on students and communities throughout the state.  We need to tell our (or the) story of how these cuts are hurting our communities and why public education is so critical to the success of the entire state.

Education Voters Institute of Pennsylvania (EVI) is conducting a video project to…

Three Hundred Delco School Parents Meet to Discuss Education Issues with Legislators

If improving schools is, as we’re told, all about “leadership,” recent events in Philadelphia pose some questions about what that quality really is.  A couple of days ago, our now-ex-Superintendent, Dr. Arlene Ackerman, wrote that the District had gained “national recognition” for the progress that it had made on her watch.  But yesterday, as charges and counter-charges over her tenure escalated, she changed her…

Tune in this Wednesday, July 27th, starting at 10:00AM for live updates from the House Education Committee hearing on school choice.

The schedule of speakers is as follows:

10:00-10:15     Introductions

10:15-11:00     School Reform Commission-Dr. Lee Nunery, Assistant Superintendent

11:00-11:45     City of…

The House Education Committee is hosting a hearing on Wednesday, June 22 to discuss various bills regarding charter schools, school vouchers, and the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. Each piece of legislation is significant and deals with the fundamental structure of Pennsylvania's public education system. These massive bills are on the verge of being fast-tracked through the legislature without debate or transparency  (remember the pay raise?) and instead tucked…

Baruch Kintisch, Director of Policy Advocacy for the Education Law Center, appeared on WHYY's Radio Times Tuesday, June 1 to discuss the state's proposed school budget cuts, the disproportionate number of impoverished schools and communities targeted by the cuts, and the potential impact on student achievement.

Listen to the program here.…

Over the last year I have developed a few addictions, harmless ones that I can’t seem to shake. I know everyone has their own guilty pleasures so I just wanted to come forth and show mine.



10. Gummy Bears. I don’t know where the obsession started but I can’t seem to get enough of these things. They are so chewy and they eliminated chocolate from my list of guilty pleasures. They are so delicious that I find myself eating…

  When I first heard we were having an Exhibition Night for sophomores I was half excited and half confused. I knew it was a big thing at our school because the sophomore class last year would always talk about it, but I didn’t know what actually went on. Now I know that our Exhibition Night project is a project about who we are, where we are going and how we are planning to get there. It’s a PowerPoint featuring slides about our grades and plans for high school, our dream college and our…

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…