PTA DAY in DOVERMay 7, 2014 | 10 AM to 3 PM Join us for a day at Legislative Hall in Dover, DE Delaware PTA has put together a fun filled day of education on how to advocate the PTA way. Attendees will enjoy information sessions on College Accessibility and School Safety. Find out all the updates on our legislative activity and how we have been working for you. Attend a Joint Senate and House Education Committee meeting on Common Core & the Smarter Assessments; enjoy lunch with the legislators, tour Legislative Hall and more. Join us to discuss
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Delaware PTA supports the Common Core State Standards in the spirit of which they were intended – to develop college and career ready students. We will continue to collaborate with DSEA and other community stakeholders on all other points to determine the best path forward for our students and educators.
Read more →Being educated about school board candidates is critical to advocating effectively for our students. PTA members are often the individuals with the most knowledge and awareness of their communities’ needs. It is important for PTAs to be involved in the process of educating communities and spreading awareness when it comes to school board elections. Although PTA units may not endorse the candidate(s), PTAs may: • Alert community members to the coming election (or appointment) of school board members. Encourage them to be informed and to vote. • Sponsor community meetings where all school board candidates are invited to speak. This may
Read more →Oppose Vouchers in 2014!. Public School Funding Is On Thin Ice. A flurry of voucher bills introduced over the past few weeks would privatize the majority of our K-12 funds. Members of Congress are signing up to cosponsor these bills and momentum on Capitol Hill is snowballing. Senator Lamar Alexander and Rep. Luke Messer introduced a bill (the Scholarships for Kids Act, S. 1968 /H.R. 4000) that would turn 63 percent of federal education funding into private school vouchers. That means all federal education funding – with the exception of federal subsidies for school lunches, funding for students with disabilities, and
Read more →In May of 2012, Delaware PTA drafted a letter to the Lt. Governor, AG office, House and Senate Reps as well as several community stakeholders praising the work of the Lt. Governor and Attorney General’s office as well as the sponsors of SB 193 and HB 268. We felt strongly that involving parents and parent groups as part of the collaborative process would help strengthen the bill. We have had many discussions with the Lt. Governor and the Attorney General’s office about various components of school safety. So, we were pleased to see these groups develop and introduce important components
Read more →Hello local PTA leaders, Looking for an exciting way to shake off the winter blues and reinvigorate your PTA? Kick your membership into overdrive with the National 14 in 14 Membership Challenge For every 14 new members that join your PTA between now and May 31st, 2014 you can submit a signed copy of the 14 in 14 Membership Challenge Flier and be entered into a drawing for a chance to win $1,000 in the 14 in ’14 National PTA Membership Challenge! Here’s how it works: Units can submit membership certificates and dues
Read more →FirstStateLegoLeague First State FIRST Lego League Championship Tournament Nature’s Fury!!! Open to the public!!! For more information on First State Lego League visit www.firststatefll.org
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