Charter Schools In Pennsylvania - FAQ's This would include private and parochial schools. A No, charter schools are publicschools. A In pennsylvania, a charter school may be established by an http://www.voyagercharterschool.com/faq2.html
Extractions: Charter schools embody a new approach to public education. Since 1991, thirty-eight states have authorized the creation of charter schools in response to public demands for more effective and more accountable public schools. Many view charter schools as exciting and innovative initiatives that are changing and improving the educational landscape across America. Some argue that charter schools introduce a competitive dynamic into the public school system. Others prefer to think of charter schools as the research and development division of the public school system by providing a new stimulus and vehicle for innovation. There are those who see charter schools as a threat to the conventional public school system. The fact is charter schools are increasing in number. More than 2050 charter schools are already operating in the United States. In Pennsylvania, 77 charter schools have been approved since 1997, serving nearly 28,545 students. Q: What is a charter school?
Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Task Force The pennsylvania Holocaust Education Task Force has initiated a new program in memory ingrades 9 through 12 from public, private and parochial schools in the http://www.hetf.org/
Extractions: The Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Task Force has initiated a new program in memory of our friend and colleague Clara H. Isaacman. Yom HaShoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, occurs on the 27th of Nissan. "Shoah", which means catastrophe or utter destruction in Hebrew, refers to the atrocities that were committed against the Jewish people during World War II. This is a memorial day for those who died in the Shoah. This year Yom HaShoah is on Sunday, April 18th and a number of communities are planning observances. The Sixth Conference on Holocaust Education was held at Seton Hill University, November 8-10, 2003, featuring the theme "Teaching the Holocaust in Catholic Schools." The 27th Annual Youth Symposium on the Holocaust will take place at various locations in the Philadelphia Area during March 2004. The Symposium is open to students in grades 9 through 12 from public, private and parochial schools in the Delaware Valley. The fee of $7 per person includes lunch. Each session will include dynamic speakers, small group dialogues with Holocaust survivors, and special workshops for teachers. Tak for Alt has been successfully used as an educational tool to teach the Holocaust and tolerance issues across the United States. Archival material and location footage is presented in the film as Judy Meisel retraces her wartime experiences in Eastern Europe. This film does not end with liberation, but places these wartime events within the context of Judy's continual work as a civil rights advocate and educator. Through the film and the curriculum, Judy Meisel's story demonstrates that one person can make a difference.
Extractions: HOME SITE MAP PROGRAMS STUDENT SERVICES ... GRADUATE PROGRAMS School Library Media Specialization DESCRIPTION The School Library Media Services plan of study is designed for those students who want to work in K-12 school library media centers in both the private and public sectors. Students who complete the school library media services specialization may receive Pennsylvania School Library Media Certification K-12 which is transferable to most other states. COURSES Three course sequences are available for students who wish to specialize in school library media services: Course Sequence 1: Designed for MS(LIS) students who do not have prior teacher certification and want to pursue Pennsylvania School Library Media Certification K-12. Course Sequence 2: Designed for MS(LIS) students who have prior teacher certification and want to add Pennsylvania School Library Media Certification K-12. Course Sequence 3: Designed for MS(LIS) students who want to work in private and parochial schools and do not wish to pursue Pennsylvania School Library Media Certification K-12. Course Sequence 4: Designed for students who already hold an MS in Library Science and are enrolled in the College of Information Science and Technology post-master Certification of Advanced Studies program to pursue Pennsylvania School Library Media Certification K-12.
SCHOOL VOUCHER EFFORTS PROMOTED IN KEY STATES The pennsylvania Constitution enjoins the use of taxes directed for public In NYQUIST,justices ruled that state support of parochial schools violated the http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/vouch1.htm
Extractions: FLASHLINE Will taxpayers end up footing the bill for religious schools? Voucher schemes in several state threaten to divert public money from education budgets into the coffers of sectarian groups. Under the ruse of "scholarships" and "parental choice," the integrity of public education is being eroded. Web Posted: March 11,1999 n Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida and elsewhere, a new effort is underway to enact state level voucher legislation which critics say will end up putting religious schools on the public assistance roles. The scheme involves the use of tuition vouchers, rebates or tax credits which permit parents to choose whether to keep their children in public schools, or use the money for private and religious institutions. The vouchers are sometimes described with euphemisms such as "opportunity scholarships." The road to enact voucher legislation on capitol hill has been a rough one; what appears to have fueled the current wave of state voucher proposals has been frustration with Washington, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision last year to uphold a Milwaukee voucher program. In JACKSON v. BENSON, Wisconsin's highest court ruled that public funding of sectarian education did not violate the state's prohibition against support of religious institutions. Instead, justices attempted to argue that the voucher program was what the Freedom Forum described as "a neutral educational assistance program that did not amount to government advancement of religious education."
Commentary Magazine - Federal Aid To Parochial Schools ..Senator Joseph Clark of pennsylvania, for example, has defended aid to the parochialschools on the grounds that the government is responsible for assuring http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Summaries/V32I1P7-1.htm
Extractions: var AID="03201007_1"; The issue of federal aid to parochial schools is often approached largely in terms of whether such aid is compatible with the separation between church and state. Yet many other questions of... ...Thus, on the whole, religious non-Catholics have championed the administration's stand... ...It would make necessary unwelcome comparisons among various types of schools and teachers-unwelcome because they would depend upon the application of uniform criteria which are not universally accepted... ...We could not sustain that useful tolerance once the question of government aid were injected... ...The Constitutional Fathers were not confronted with our problem: shall we support public education only, or private education also... ...Yet often we can avoid burdening those who do not use the service offered: some taxes are levied only on users or beneficiaries-for instance, amusement or sewer taxes, and various tolls and fees... ...The only surviving privilege is the essentially negative one of tax exemption, which can be bestowed without selection or preference... ...The Irish and Italian and Polish laborers, who gave gladly of the little they had, contributed to an impressive achievement, and in doing so, also expressed their identification with the Church in a totally meaningful way...
Pennsylvania Bar Association |Law Day 2000 5, the Law Day 2000 celebration included close to 1,000 judges and lawyers, whovisited hundreds of pennsylvania K12 public, private and parochial schools. http://www.pabar.org/lawday2000.shtml
Extractions: As judges and lawyers, we have a unique obligation to help educate children about their legal rights and responsibilities in the new millennium, PBA President Marvin S. Lieber said. By teaching about the law in an interesting and informative manner through our Law Day program, we are helping teachers and students recognize the need to continue law-related educational efforts. to help educators, judges and lawyers bring the law to life for students. The guide includes law-related lesson plans for all grade levels, ready-to-copy handouts and useful informational resources for educators. In addition, the guide helps educators begin to prepare for the Proposed State Academic Standards for Civics and Government by correlating each lesson plan to the appropriate academic standards it satisfies. Monroe County Judge Linda Wallach Miller, chair of the PBA Law Day Committee, said, It is appropriate for judges and lawyers, who work in the justice system everyday, to share their knowledge of and experience with the law with students. The local bar associations that partnered in the statewide celebration were: Allegheny County Bar Association Berks County Bar Association Butler County Bar Association Carbon County Bar Association Chester County Bar Association Clearfield County Bar Association Cumberland County Bar Association Dauphin County Bar Association Delaware County Bar Association Elk County Bar Association Erie County Bar Association
BRISTOL TOWNSHIP ONLINE 2004 Southeastern pennsylvania Household Hazardous Waste and Old Computer Collection alongwith a number of private and parochial schools serving students in http://www.bristoltwp.com/
Education In The Poconos schools is available through the pennsylvania Department of Education www.paprofiles.org/pa9899/monr.htm 120452003.Private/parochial schools include East http://www.poconosbest.com/Education.htm
Extractions: Pocono Mountain School Districts Continuing and Higher Education East Stroudsburg University This University's diverse undergraduate curriculum offers more than 60 major fields of study. In addition, exciting areas of concentration, professional certificate programs, and a vast selection of courses in general education will expand your intellectual horizons. And, at East Stroudsburg, you won't find yourself in a course taught by a "teaching assistant." Our experienced and knowledgeable faculty-people involved in scholarly research, writing, and artistic presentation-take their greatest pride in teaching. The faculty totals 254, with 181 holding the doctoral degree, while another 335 employees make up the management and non-instructional staff. Faculty members are representative of many and varied institutions of higher educations in both the United States and abroad. DEGREES OFFERED ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE DEGREE - The Media Paraprofessional Program is a two-year technically oriented program of study. This sixty-semester credit hour program includes training in media-related skills, operating television and recording equipment, developing multi-media productions, and maintaining audiovisual equipment. Students may eventually transfer into the B.S. degree program in the Media Communication and Technology Department.
United Defense - City Profile: York, Pennsylvania quality of life, York is set in a scenic region of pennsylvania, one hour of preschool,primary and secondary are offered by private and parochial schools. http://www.uniteddefense.com/career/profile_york.htm
Extractions: feedback A friendly community offering a good quality of life, York is set in a scenic region of Pennsylvania, one hour north of Baltimore, Maryland, and two hours west of Philadelphia. Rich in both history and diversity, York is a great place to call home. Residents appreciate the beauty and serenity of the countryside, the business-friendly environment, safe neighborhoods and the many cultural attractions. Proud home to many successful manufacturers, York County supports a diverse economy. education York County is divided into 16 school districts, one vocational-technical school and an intermediate unit, which serves children with special needs. Various combinations of pre-school, primary and secondary are offered by private and parochial schools. More than half of the 3,520 graduates of these 16 public schools go on to higher education to learn a wide variety of skills. nearby attractions Lancaster, PA (Amish Country)
Mercer County, Pennsylvania Community Profile Education Training 12 Public School Districts 2 parochial schools PennsylvaniaBusiness Institute Mercer County Career Center Thiel College Grove City http://www.merlink.org/governmt/county/
Extractions: Mercer County Home Page PROFILE M ercer County has a proud cooperative workforce, friendly people, a low crime rate, a low cost of living, and abundant recreation areas - all the advantages of small-town living. Its proximity to metropolitan areas enables residents to have the best of both worlds. Mercer County has unparalleled market access, having more than half of the nation's major markets within a day's driving distance, including 24 top industrial markets. Half of Canada's metropolitan centers also lie within a day's drive. Interstates 79 and 80 intersect within the county and State Route 60 offers direct access to the Pittsburgh International Airport. The county's strategic location helps area industries remain competitive in the national and international marketplaces. Mercer County's leading industries include Wheatland Tube, Armco/Sawhill Tubular, Sharon Tube, and Damascus Bishop - all pipe and tube industries; Werner Co., a leader in the production of aluminum ladders and aluminum extrusions; Trinity Industries, a railroad car manufacturer; and General Electric Transportation Systems, a manufacturer of diesel locomotive engines. In addition, a complement of diversified manufacturers in Mercer County forge new markets for goods produced in the area. "Pride that Shows" has become the proud slogan for the Mercer County workforce, which totals nearly 55,000 persons. The Interstate highway network expands the workforce to 300,000 within a seven-county area. The Pennsylvania Job Center and West Central Job Training Partnership assist businesses with training employees and screening prospective workers.
Pennsylvania Megan's Law Legislation sexually violent predator registers or notifies the pennsylvania State Police andthe equivalent official for private and parochial schools enrolling students http://www.sexcriminals.com/megans-law/us/pennsylvania/
Pennsylvania Attorney General Survey Primary Election 2004 Eisenhower (D) While I support religious schools and attended parochial school myself,I believe that the pennsylvania Constitution does not permit vouchers. http://www.pacatholic.org/election archive/pri04ag.htm
Extractions: sPENNSYLVANIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Pennsylvania Attorney General Survey Primary Election 2004 Candidates (alphabetically by party): Party Key: 1. What is your position on providing legal protection for unborn children from the moment of conception if Roe v. Wade is overturned? 1a. If support, what exceptions, if any, would you require?
Pennsylvania Education Policy Center In pennsylvania. parochial schools are key players in the pennsylvania educationcommunity and strong advocates of charter schools and vouchers. http://www.ed.psu.edu/pepc/religion_education.html
Philadelphia Inquirer 03/03/2002 School Choices Expand parochial schools in exurban suburbs. Catholic enrollments in the city continueto fall, however. The situation is especially interesting in the pennsylvania http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/special_packages/school_report_card/27
New Catholic Dictionary: Altoona, Pennsylvania, Diocese Of Altoona, pennsylvania, diocese of. women, 492; college, 1; seminary, 1; high school,1; primary schools, 52; students in parochial schools, 14,425; institutions http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/ncd00413.htm
Extractions: Comprises counties of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Center, Clinton, Fulton, Huntingdon, and Somerset; area, 6710 square miles; founded, 1901; suffragan of Philadelphia. Father Demetrius Gallitzin, Russian missionary, labored there. Bishops: Eugene Garvey (1901-20); John McCort (1920); Churches, 172; priests, secular, 138; priests, regular, 45; religious women, 492; college, 1; seminary, 1; high school, 1; primary schools, 52; students in parochial schools, 14,425; institutions, 3; Catholics, 97,500.
Pennsylvania Database Collection, 1865 - 1960 parochial schools. Patterns and Conditions. Berwyn School District, 1933. ChesterSchool District, 1946. Higher Education. Cheyney University of pennsylvania. http://www.temple.edu/caahc/new_page_19.htm
Extractions: Pennsylvania Database Collection, 1865-1960 The Pennsylvania Database Collection comprises a variety of materials detailing various aspects of African American social, political, and economic history in Philadelphia and in Pennsylvania. The collection currently includes over 250 subjects related to history, politics, religion, economics, health, protest, education, women, organizations, and institutions, race relations, literature, music, and art. Although the subject files include materials dated from 1865, the bulk of the materials concern primarily the period 1912-1960. These materials may be utilized in conjunction with other collections at Temple University including the Urban Archives and the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection . Additionally, related collections may be found at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania , the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies , the Library Company of Philadelphia , and the University of Pennsylvania In developing the Pennsylvania Database, CAAHC is systematically indexing black newspapers and periodicals, as well as other as other sources written by and about African Americans, that include data related to Pennsylvania. A major component of the database is the African American Biographical Notes Collection , which consists of hundreds of folders which include biographical data on prominent, as well as obscure, Pennsylvanians who made important contributions to the arts, sciences, politics, education, religion, and etc.
Attorney General Jerry Pappert's School Safety Website (Private parochial schools Delegation) Commonwealth Michael A. George DistrictAttorney Lucy JohnstonWalsh Director of Policy pennsylvania Partnerships for http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/schoolsafety/members.cfm
Extractions: The Attorney General's School Safety Task Force is divided into four working groups that will develop policy, program and other solutions to school violence. Members of the working group consist of Pennsylvania's leaders in education, law enforcement, state government and other fields. The working groups include: Professional Development and Instructional Issues
Extractions: Welcome Local Info With eleven colleges and universities, a wealth of top-notch public and private schools for K-12 students and numerous career training programs, the Lehigh Valley goes right to the head of the class when it comes to education. Lehigh Valley School Districts Approximately 83,000 students attend our public schools in the Lehigh Valley, while others opt for private and parochial educations. To help learn more about the 17 public school districts in and around the Lehigh Valley, visit the following web sites:
LIFE OF SAINT JOHN NEUMANN, Miracle Worker had no English, up in the coal regions of nineteenth century pennsylvania. is likewisehis of establishing the first system of parochial schools in various http://www.stjohnneumann.org/life.html
Extractions: St. John Nepomucene Neumann HIS FASCINATING LIFE STORY The Bishop of Philadelphia lay crumpled in the snow a few blocks from his new cathedral on Logan Square. By the time a priest reached him with the holy oils, Bishop Neumann was dead. That was January 5, 1860. At his own request Bishop Neumann was buried in a basement crypt in Saint Peter's Church where he would be with his Redemptorist confreres. PILGRIMAGES TO BISHOP'S TOMB Now pilgrims came from all over the world. From his native Bohemia, from Germany and Holland they came to claim allegiance to one of their own. Pope John Paul II made it a point to visit the Shrine when he came to Philadelphia to attend the Eucharistic Congress. Yes, the City of Brotherly Love was bursting with joy. The diocesan seminarians from St. Charles, Overbrook, have made annual pilgrimages to his tomb. The various Irish Societies of Philadelphia have made formal pilgrimages to the tomb of this humble man of God who, as bishop, did so much for their immigrant forebears in the 1850's this "foreigner" who went to the trouble of studying enough Irish to be able to hear the confessions of those who "had no English," up in the coal regions of nineteenth century Pennsylvania. Those of Italian extraction remember Bishop Neumann as the founder of the first national parish for Italians in the United States. At a time when there was no priest to speak their language, no one to care for them, Bishop Neumann, who had studied Italian as a seminarian in Bohemia, gathered them together in his private chapel and preached to them in their mother tongue. In 1855 he Purchased a Methodist Church in South Philadelphia, dedicated it to St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, and gave them one of his seminary professors, Father John Tornatore, C.M., to be their pastor.