Secretary of Education Speaks at the National Press Club
Secretary Arne Duncan discussed President Obama’s education agenda in a speech at the National Press Club on May 29, 2009.A video of the speech is at the National Press Club’s website. Here are text...
View ArticleCommon Core State Standards Initiative
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) today released the names of the states and territories that have joined...
View ArticleMay Campaign Finance Reports
After many issues at the County administration building, we were able to obtain copies of campaign finance reports from all candidates and committees that are involved in the DV School Board Election...
View ArticleDo we encourage effective teachers?
"The Widget Effect", a study by The New Teacher Project was released yesterday.From the press release:Though a teacher’s effectiveness is singularly important to student success, schools do not...
View ArticleThe Tie is Broken!
The tie on the Republican side of the ballot was broken today at noon.For the play by play, see Ryan Baton's blog, RBforDV.There will be 5 candidates vying for 4 seats in November. Pam Lutfy, Sue...
View ArticleDelaware Township Embraces Sunshine Law
In a move that should be applauded, the Delaware Township Supervisors approved a resolution last Wednesday that would move public comment to the beginning of their meetings and prohibit gatherings with...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: PCPL Tax Referendum
The Pike County Public Library, facing increasing demand and limited resources, is seeking to ask voters this November for a 1-mill dedicated library tax. Funding for the Library from the County has...
View ArticleStatement from PCDC
The following is a release sent from the PIke County Democratic Committee regarding the recent resignation of Yolanda Goldsack as Director of Elections in Pike County: The Pike County Democratic...
View ArticleHave a Happy Fourth!
Last week's storm hit many of the local businesses hard. If you have visitors this weekend, or just have not strolled around the town of Milford lately, consider walking around downtown. Have a mini...
View ArticleEvaluating our Schools
Recently Secretary of Education for the United States, Arne Duncan, addressed the largest teacher's union in the country, the NEA. He addressed many of the challenges and opportunities for educational...
View ArticleSome Positive PSSA results
There were some early PSSA results that list DVSD as a top performer in some areas.I believe in celebrating good news, and there certainly seems to be some in the preliminary PSSA results. This does...
View ArticleLocal Government Should Embrace Technology
A national online town hall meeting on healthcare reform and the expansion of USAspending.gov last week are examples, at the federal level, of great advances that are being made to increase government...
View ArticleGoldsack Resigns (again); Civil Lawsuit Filed; Auditors Sue County
Goldsack Speaks About Resignation (Pike County Courier)Former Director of Elections Yolanda Goldsack spoke out at the Commissioners Meeting this week with a prepared statement that indicated she no...
View ArticleBreaking PA budget news...
The new budget proposal by the Pennsylvania Republicans announced today looks much like the previous Senate Bill 850 for education.A comparison of:the original budget proposed by the Governor (which is...
View ArticleHigh School Graduation Exams
There is an ongoing controversy about High School graduation requirements in Pennsylvania. The Governor's budget includes over $200 million to develop state graduation exams in English, math, science...
View ArticleEducational news from outside the district
Two news items from Pennsylvania:The Hatboro-Horsham School District in Pennsylvania is in the midst of teacher contract negotiations. The district is in suburban Philadelphia. A Philadelphia...
View ArticleFull PSSA Results released?
Breaking news: PSSA results will be released erlier than ever, in stark contrast (and probably in part due) to the fact that the Pennsylvania budget is well overdue.From yesterday's press release by...
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Pike County Press Exclusive: Senator Baker Speaks On Budget Impasse Posted by Vic on Aug 27th, 2009 and filed under Featured. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can...
View ArticleMerit Pay
There is an interesting discussion of merit pay at the Education Sector's "The Quick and the ED" blog. The blog entry highlights a couple of perspectives on merit pay:"money is an ineffective...
View ArticleGet your absentee ballot aplication NOW!
There is less than a week left to get your absentee ballot application done! If you will not be in the County on November 3, apply for an absentee ballot.The application must be received by the Board...
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