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'P' Is For Politics, Not Parents: National PTA Looks to Expand Federal Lobbying Efforts by Charlene K. Haar, EPI President Related Stories: Break Away From the PTA Alternatives to the PTA National PTA leaders are urging delegates to its Chicago convention next month to approve a 100 percent dues increase. The change is only from $1 to $2. But if it is approved, National PTA revenues will increase by more than $6 million. Why a dues increase? Lobbying. "With this increase, PTA can be everywhere you would like to be," promise PTA's leaders, "whether it's mentoring in the classroom, keeping neighborhoods safe, influencing legislative decisions or helping to bring needed resources into our schools." Already, four of National PTA's 68 full-time staff members work at its government relations office in Washington, D.C. lobbying for and against federal legislation on public schools. PTA sponsors a legislative conference at which state and local officers and members develop lobbying skills and then return home to train other members to lobby. Through its web site, National PTA provides members with sample messages and directions on how teachers, parents, students and others should lobby on issues of concern to the organization's leaders. According to its treasurer's report, National PTA had revenues of $8.4 million in fiscal year 1998. That's insufficient, say PTA's leaders.

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ECS Executive Summary Education Commission of the States • 700 Broadway, Suite 1200 • Denver, CO 80203-3460 • 303-299-3600 • fax 303-296-8332 • www.ecs.org Every Student A Citizen: Creating the Democratic Self Campaign for Action Compact for Learning and Citizenship National Study Group on Citizenship in K-12 Schools Acknowledgments The National Study Group on Citizenship in K-12 Schools Sheila Bailey, education consultant, Vermont Elsa Banuelos, student organizer, West High School, Colorado Jill Blair, principal, BTW Consultants – informing change, California Steve Bonchek, executive director, Harmony School Education Center, Indiana Bernadette Chi, graduate student researcher, University of California-Berkeley Todd Clark, executive director, Constitutional Rights Foundation, California Thomas Ehrlich, senior scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford University, California Donald Ernst, government affairs director, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Virginia Robert Franco, chairman – social science; professor of anthropology, Kapi'olani Community College, Hawaii

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News and Articles Past Articles from 2002 Past Articles from 2001 Past Articles from 2000 Past Articles from 1999 ... Past Articles from 1997 November 6, 2002 EDITORIAL Board vs. Simpson involves State Police Fairfax deputy killed in hunting accident Mosque vandalism suspects charged ... Obituaries Election Night Election night––any election night––is a time to celebrate. While we have been on the losing end of more election results than we care to remember, we continue to celebrate the system. This election night, as we join the nation in watching the returns roll across the screen, a few thoughts that appear to be political truths come to mind. The returns on the transportation sales tax increase seen to prove again that just about anything with the word “tax” in it is all but doomed to failure. We are surprised that the referendum received as many yes votes as it did, although it was heavily funded. Ironically, it may have received even more support had some commuters not been tied up in traffic Tuesday evening. It was not an embarrassing loss, and the margin may play a role in future political planning. The majority seldom volunteers to approve tax increases, regardless of the reasons. We consider the outcome another victory for this theory, not for those who do not want roads. A small segment immediately claimed the outcome was a victory for “smart growth,” which in this county means dirt roads. We strongly disagree. We could point out that Congressman Frank Wolf defeated a self-styled “smart growth” candidate and leave it at that. This would not be fair. The candidate lost because he was under-funded and unknown. It is doubtful that most voters even knew of his philosophy. For any chance, candidates who oppose incumbents such as Wolf and John Warner must be serious candidates. The sales tax increase was defeated by those who do not support any additional taxes, especially under these economic conditions. If there was a coalition among conservatives and a limited number of elitist no-growthers, it will not last beyond the night.

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News and Articles Past Articles from 2002 Past Articles from 2001 Past Articles from 2000 Past Articles from 1999 ... Past Articles from 1997 October 9, 2002 EDITORIAL Board steps back from Sheriff’s audit Budget on horizon leading to cutbacks Arcola area zoning subject of meeting ... Obituaries Saving money The powers-that-be on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors are taking drastic actions to save money in the face of a budget crisis. This week, the Board voted not to spend a full $5,000 to assist the Dulles Rail Corridor Association. However, it may take more than that for the Board to leave a legacy of penny-pinching. We would remind the Supervisors that they have made a bad habit of handing out grants and love offerings to their friends for years now, and never batted an eye in spending $10,000,000 on property without a clue of what would be done with it. The full spending record is clear, and we will leave it to those who oppose them at the polls to produce a documented accounting. Chairman York himself commented this week that we just cannot afford to spend that $5,000. Supervisor Jim Burton, who was known to pinch a few pennies before he joined in the spending frenzy on the board, joined York on fixing the blame elsewhere as usual. In the case of the county budget problems, they said, the state is to blame. There is always a target for our board to aim their fingers. Burton, at this late date, says “county economists” warn that a property tax increase of as much as 26 cents may be needed. Among some boards, it is the practice to set up a large straw horse to cut it down to size when the budget is finalized. In this case, Burton thinks sound management may reduce any increase to 6 cents on the tax rate. What we do know is that Loudoun County taxpayers will be asked to spend more in the future. Some of it may be blamed on the state, but the economic warnings are not new, and the big county spending continued until Monday.

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PRINCETON University Press SEARCH: Keywords Author Title More Options Power Search Search Hints E-MAIL NOTICES NEW IN PRINT E-BOOKS ... HOME PAGE School Choice: The Moral Debate Edited by Alan Wolfe Book Description Endorsements Class Use and other Permissions . For more information, send e-mail to permissions@pupress.princeton.edu This file is also available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format INTRODUCTION Alan Wolfe I After a long period during which the minds of most Americans turned to other matters, questions of education are now very much a central concern to them, both as parents and as citizens. Many of the issues that have begun to dominate the news and the speeches of political candidates have a long history behind them, such as school discipline, testing, character education, and issues of income and racial inequality. Accompanying them, however, has been a concern with school choice that suggests a departure from previous debates. Whether hailed as a needed kick in the pants or condemned as a radical attack on public schooling, school choice is a new terrain involving new ideas, new figures, new alignments, and new solutions. Because it is so controversial an idea, school choice has generated an impassioned debate. A good deal of that debate involves questions of effectiveness. Scholars on different sides of the issue challenge one another's methodologies, findings, and, alas, motives. That is, except perhaps for motives, as it should be. Eventually the dust will settle, the statistical evidence will point one way or another, or perhaps both, and minds will (or will not) be made up. But it is also important to remember that questions of effectiveness are not the only questions raised by a greater emphasis on parental choice. Ideas about choice, like ideas about education throughout all of American history, touch on fundamental questions of our public philosophy: the kind of people we want to be, the requirements for economic and racial equality, the nature of the institutions we wish to see flourish, and our ideas about private and public character.

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Councils Websites from Linkspider UK Keyword: Councils Linkspider UK Directory Councils Search for Directory Tree: Top Society Organizations Education ... PTA : Councils (186) Add URL Advertise Here! Personalize Amazon ... Weather See Also: Society: Organizations: Education: PTA: Local Units Lewisville ISD Council of PTAs - Council provides online resources, leadership worksops and PTA links for 51 local units in 9 North Texas communities. Knox County Council PTA - Council online resource for local Tennessee PTAs with links to FAQs, ideas for Projects and Services, Events and Awards. Champaign PTA Council - Council dues, news and links for units in the PTA community of District 10, Champaign, Illinois. Culver City Council PTA - Council calendar, news, and local PTAs links for officers and chairmen in California. Alachua County Council of PTAs and PTSAs - Council PTA answers the questions to: Who, What, When and How as pertaining to this Florida unit. Fremont Council PTA - Resource for families within the 30 PTA units in California. Akron Council of PTAs - Council calendar, e-mail access, and Resource links, online at this Ohio PTA Council site.

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Synopsis of Services Publications Resources Selected Articles from School Leader As the millennium approaches, New Jersey's public schools find themselves in the throes of a facilities crisis. Growth in student enrollment, expanding technological needs and aging facilities are problems faced by school districts across the state. These problems are not unique to any geographical region or class of school system; they affect special needs, urban, suburban and rural communities alike. Calendar year 1998 saw school boards in New Jersey bring 75 bond referenda before the public for a total of $893.919 million in proposed spending, 45 of which were approved. These numbers are expected to increase in 1999 as school facility needs continue to grow. As more bond referenda are brought before the public, boards of education continue to wrestle with the issue of how to best support their passage. The techniques used by local boards to spark interest and increase voter turnout are as widespread as they are innovative. However, the board's authority to communicate with the voters is not without legal limitations. The purpose of this article is to set forth the legal constraints under which boards of education must operate in addressing their facility needs through passage of a bond referendum. Expenditure of Public Funds The primary constraint on boards of education is in their ability to expend public funds in support of a bond referendum. The leading case on this issue, Citizens to

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Texas School Performance Review Fort Bend Independent School District August 2000 Appendix D PARENTS SURVEY RESULTS A. Demographic Data / Survey Questions B. Verbatim Comments B. VERBATIM COMMENTS The narrative comments below reflect the perceptions and opinions of parent survey respondents. I feel that FBISD schools are giving good education to all children. I wish them best wishes and will do a good job for the coming years. I am extremely unhappy with Missouri City Middle School. There are many differences in that school and First Colony Middle School. There are many services not offered at Missouri City Middle School. Some of the teachers are not teaching the students. My son did no science project, because no information was given. The students know the teachers that don't care and are discouraged by them. There are skills my son should know by the seventh grade he is not being taught. A large number of students are behind in their education. I have tried working with the teachers to help my son, they don't care (some). There is no program for students at Missouri City Middle School. Teacher styles need to be modified to meet the needs of the students. The main concern should be the students. They are not being prepared for their futures to succeed. Overall I believe FBISD to be a good place for a child to receive an education. Unfortunately gangs, drugs and violence cannot be totally eradicated. That is unrealistic. However, D.A.R.E. type programs may be helpful in middle and high school. Why does Missouri City middle school have no track?

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Lake County Area Action Discussion Wednesday, December 1, 1999 I. Purpose and Location The Partnership conducted the Lake County Area County Area Action Discussion to achieve: A public review of goals and preliminary objectives. These goals, drafted by The Partnership's community dialogue subcommittee and its executive steering committee, are the product of information collected at 21 community dialogues held between April and November 1998. A total of 700 area residents from all walks of life participated. The preliminary objectives are the product of information collected at 12 focus sessions held from February to April 1999. An additional 190 area residents participated in the second series of public meetings. Provide the community with an opportunity to discuss in a priority ranking consistent with the site the preliminary objectives and to offer potential actions for accomplishing objectives. The goals and preliminary objective statements are: EDUCATION GOAL: A system of lifelong learning opportunities that engages all area residents in the practice, appreciation, and participatory experience of arts and culture. Preliminary Education Objectives: To develop collaborations To integrate with core curriculum To communicate values RESOURCES GOAL: Financial and other capacity building resources to sustain and grow the arts and cultural sector for regional residents' long-term benefit.

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Making Schools Work Better for All Children CER News Alert The National PTA: Not your mother's parent group? (June 19, 2001) The concerns of parents over the quality of education being delivered to their children have grown overwhelmingly since hard data became available about our nation's schools in the mid-1980s. Far from content with the state of American education, parents became frustrated by a decline in quality and a lack of responsiveness to their concerns by traditional education leaders. Once they would have flocked to the PTA. But over the years, the PTA has increasingly become a group targeted to endorse school policy, rather than an outlet for school improvement and parent demands. Not convinced? As the National PTA convenes this weekend in Baltimore, The Center For Education Reform has assembled some questions to help parents, media representatives and policy makers decide exactly how the PTA contributes to improving our nation's schools. 1) 1. What is your response to presidential candidates who support increasing the number of charter schools? 2) The National PTA opposes allowing states and localities to decide how best to spend scarce federal funds to meet the needs of their students. How many parents were consulted on this policy position and how was it decided?

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