L.E.A.R.N. (Leaders in Education Advocacy & Reform Network)

Talking ed policy, of course! L.E.A.R.N. Board transition meeting - handing over to outstanding individuals... Expect an equally outstanding year!

"“Speak your own truth,” I learned in college. Yet, as education reform leaders, we do not always speak our own truths — rather, we profess to speak the truth for people whose backgrounds we do not share."

https://medium.com//how-we-talk-about-education-and-poverty-48f1144bac67

How we talk about education and poverty In the past two or three years the popular rhetoric of “education reform” has, on more than one occasion, rubbed me the …

Rich Shephard, L.E.A.R.N.'s Pro-Bono Projects Chair, is featured in yesterday's issue of the DP- Take a minute to read about awesome SDAS (School Discipline Advocacy Service), a Temple + Drexel + Penn partnership, of which Rich is also Chair: http://www.thedp.com/article/2015/04/school-discipline-advocacy-service

Elsewhere in that same issue, look for a mention of L.E.A.R.N.'s Board Director and "Quaker for life" George Donnelly!

This Tuesday! 9:30am, 130 McNeil Building: join Julie McWilliams, PhD candidate at GSE, and Elaine Simon, Co-Director of the Urban Studies Program, for a discussion of Philadelphia’s AY 2013-2014 “doomsday” district budget as it has played out in one diverse neighborhood school.

McWilliams will propose an analysis of field and interview data from an ethnographic project in Johnson High, which has consistently landed on the “school closures list”...

More here..
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/urban/news-events/events/spring-colloquium-%E2%80%9Csaving-school-moral-economy-educational-work-crisis%E2%80%9D

. and here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1600747670137168/

How about "a documentary-based live theatre piece.. to increase public awareness about our investment in Pennsylvania’s public education system, and the urgency of addressing it"?
A piece that would "draw on verbatim interviews and quotes with a variety of citizens on all sides of the issue"?
Here it is!
http://www.pccy.org/initiatives/school-play/

School Play - Public Citizens For Children and Youth Share:Is public education a constitutional right, an ethical obligation, or a line item? Is money spent on public education “a wasted drop in a…

Graduate and undergraduate students researching education, take note of this publishing opportunity!
http://www.penneducationsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/PUEPR_Final.pdf

makes the news! http://disq.us/8mp9s6

Conference explores holistic approaches to education While teachers and administrators often focus on student's academic needs, a conference this weekend focused more on how to address students' needs as people.

A cool event to check out! Tomorrow 6:30 pm at Penn: https://www.facebook.com/events/359265880926034/

Check out your Twitter feed! Tons of pics & quotes !

TODAY!!
On-site registration opens at 8:30 a.m.

Last-minute online registration => http://www.learn-network.org/learn-2015-conference.html

Thrilled to welcome you all in what is now a matter of hours!

LEARN 2015 Conference REGISTER HERE

As we're heading toward a discussion of holistic education, here are some "Tools to Support the Whole Child":
http://inservice.ascd.org/category/education-resources/tools-to-support-the-whole-child-education-resources/

"Public education is at a crossroads in Philadelphia." http://thenotebook.org/blog/158310/sustainable-community-schools-alternative-privatization

Dis/agree? Join the conversation! is just 6 days away!
http://www.learn-network.org/conference-schedule.html

Sustainable community schools: An alternative to privatization Public education is at a crossroads in Philadelphia. An aggressive and well-funded charter school lobby wants to rapidly expand the city’s already sizable charter sector. Lavish cam