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> From: Kenneth Derstine <phila....@gmail.com> > Subject: Pennsylvania Education Crisis Highlights - June 24, 2012 > Date: June 24, 2012 8:59:50 AM EDT > > > > Pennsylvania Education Crisis Highlights - June 24, 2012 > > These daily posting are are available and archived at the Pennsylvania SOS > blog at http://www.pa-sos.org. If a link is broken in the daily email the > corrected link will be at this blog. > > FYI: Important documents from Parents Across America about the Broad > Foundation. > The two Superintendent candidates in Philadelphia are graduates of the Broad > Superintendent Academy. > > A Parent Guide to the Broad Foundation’s training programs and education > policies > http://parentsacrossamerica.org/2011/04/a-guide-to-the-broad-foundations-training-programs-and-policies/ > > How to tell if your School District is infected by the Broad Virus > http://parentsacrossamerica.org/2011/04/how-to-tell-if-your-school-district-is-infected-by-the-broad-virus/ > > Don't forget while reading these, Arlene Ackerman was on the Board of the > Broad Foundation while she was Superintendent of the Philadelphia School > District from 2008-2011. > > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/broad-center-announces-new-board... > > She was the first superintendent-in-residence of their Superintendents > Academy in 2007-2008. > http://www.broadeducation.org/asset/0-090504tbasuptsinresidence.pdf > Do a search for "Ackerman" in the document. > > > > No Confidence vote on Dr. William Hite: > August 10, 2011 comment on Dr. Hite, one of the two candidates for > Superintendent in Philadelphia, from his current District in Prince George's > County, Maryland > from Reform PGCPS Sasscer > "Some accusations leading to the Community’s perception of betrayal and lack > of confidence in Superintendent William Hite Jr. this school year include:" > http://sasscer.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/vote-of-no-confidence-on-dr-hite/ > > > Reminder: PA Voucher Alert House votes tomorrow > from Keystone Education Coalition > “HB2468 is the largest and most aggressive voucher proposal yet and it is > fast-tracked to be part of the ongoing budget negotiations. > Roebuck: New bill 'vouchers on steroids... worst bill yet' > Estimates 85 to 90 percent of kids getting voucher would already be in > private schools > Harrisburg, June 22 – State Rep. James Roebuck, D-Phila., Democratic chairman > of the House Education Committee, said a bill set for a Monday vote in the > committee is "school vouchers on steroids – the worst bill yet." > Roebuck said H.B. 2468 goes well beyond previous bills to give out tax-funded > private-school vouchers, both from the Ridge era in the 1990s and bills > introduced in the current session. > "Make no mistake – it's just vouchers through a tax credit. The business > donations would be 90 percent reimbursed with state tax credits. It deserves > careful scrutiny just as the Shell Oil tax credit proposal does," Roebuck > said. > Roebuck said key areas of concern with the bill include:” > http://keystonestateeducationcoalition.blogspot.com/ > Note: It should be noted that Rep. Roebuck was recently reelected by a slim > margin. He was targeted by Michelle Rhee’s Students First and other right > wing philanthropists for his opposition to vouchers. His pro-voucher opponent > received more than $400,000 in donations from outside the district. > > > SRC renews five charters, adds 1,600 seats > from the Philadelphia School Notebook > “Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission renewed all five charters up for > consideration Friday, but not before a sometimes brusque debate among the > commissioners about the growing cost to the District of expanding charter > enrollment.” > http://thenotebook.org/blog/124962/src-renews-five-charters-adds-1600-seats > > No one will get exactly what was wanted in the $3.6 billion budget City > Council is set to pass next week. > Council's $3.6 billion budget plan spreads pain around > from the Philadelphia Inquirer > “Mayor Nutter had hoped to install his property tax reform, the Actual Value > Initiative (AVI). Council plans to delay it a year. > The School District wanted - said it needed - $94 million in new revenue. The > district is going to have to make do with $40 million instead.” > http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20120623_Council_s__3_6_billion_budget_plan_spreads_pain_around.html > > > > Must viewing since 10% of the Philadelphia School District budget goes to > debt service. (Contracts which “must be honored” unlike collective bargaining > agreements.): > > How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy > from Bill Moyers and Company > “JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s appearances in the last two weeks before > Congressional committees — many members of which received campaign > contributions from the megabank — beg the question: For how long and how many > ways are average Americans going to pay the price for big bank hubris, with > our own government acting as accomplice?” > http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-how-big-banks-victimize-our-democracy/ >
