The Voice for Education

January 2012

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• Cover Story: Flood of bad consequences: Teachers, students struggling to stay afloat
  But jamming more students into classes is only the tip of the iceberg that is poking holes in the many strides in student achievement in recent years, and sending many academic programs and extracurricular activities under water.
  
  Kids, Cuts, and Consequences: Our Schools, Our Stories
  This story about the impact of funding cuts in the York City School District is the first of a series that will appear in Voice on "Kids, Cuts, and Consequences." 
     
• Special Insert: Kids, Cuts, & Consequences
      
• President's Column
  YOU make all the difference
     
• Executive Director's Column
  There is a way out of here 

Legislation & Politics

• Vouchers, other bad policies turned away 
• PSEA member comments on White House blog 
• PSEA members talk to Obama, Biden about schools 
• Pennsylvanians oppose cuts; back PSEA proposals 
• ESEA renewal resurfaces; prospects unclear 
• Anti-union train comes off tracks in Ohio 
• Act 1 indices and deadlines 
• We are all PARTNERs in public education 

Teaching and Learning

• Timing not good for evaluation pilot 
• Teacher’s approach a recipe for awards 
• Teacher sparks community service work 
• PSEA offering Standards Aligned webinar 
• CNN views school conditions in Reading 
• PSEA works with Eagles Youth Partnership 
• Act 48 suspension affects professional educators 
• PSEA grant provides children’s books for hospital 
• U.S. teachers work longest hours. 

PSEA Resources

• Nominations for Teaching Excellence award 
• Submit applications for Innovative Teaching Grants 
• Cultivate knowledge at Student PSEA Conference 
• How dues money is spent 

In Our Locals

• Plum Borough EA aids family after tragedy 
• Philipsburg teachers run for sick kids 
• Juniata Rails Retired speeds into action 
• Office Max recognizes Southern Region teachers 
• West Chester ESPs feed needy families 
• Central York EA member wins biology award 
• Halifax Area EA member honored 

PSEA At Work

• New reporting requirements for school employees 
• PSEA offices to be filled at May 2012 HOD 
• Attention ethnic minority members
• Future teachers can seek Valero scholarships 
• Sando gives PSEA national voice 

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