61. Cutting Class: The PTA Plays Hooky From Educational Reform - Policy Review - Sum Instead, ptas rally with teachers unions for tax increases, Members of ptos have found they can work through the local education maze more easily http://www.policyreview.org/summer95/thhaar.html

C utting C lass The PTA Plays Hooky from Educational Reform Charlene Haar Policy Review Summer 1995, Number 73 Subscribe to Policy Review Send a Letter to the Editor Since the publication of "A Nation at Risk" in 1983, Americans have become increasingly alarmed about the dismal results and soaring costs of their public schools. No group of citizens has a closer view of these problems or a more immediate stake in addressing them than the parents of the country's 48 million schoolchildren. Here and there, parents have won minor battles to influence curricula or oust mediocre school-board members. But as individuals, parents are no match for the forces that favor the status quo. The mission of the PTA has always been to "work on behalf of the best interests of all children on issues that affect their health, education, and welfare" and "to encourage parent involvement." With almost seven million members, the PTA offers great potential for promoting parental involvement in the educational welfare of children. But in the 1990s, that mission requires of the PTA something it has been unwilling to do: demand accountability for performance and spending at every level of the educational system. Local Control Decades ago, parents had significant influence over their neighborhood schools. Over the years, however, school districts consolidated, teachers and administrators came to see themselves as credentialed professionals, and state laws standardized educational practices and curricula. Today, many parents are less likely to get involved in their children's educational environment. Nevertheless, the impetus for reform will have to come from parents active at the grass roots.

62. PTA Forum With Charlene Haar Policyrev.htm These are typical of the noneducational, social issues on which ptas focus Members of ptos have found they can work through the local education maze http://www.educationpolicy.org/files/pta/polifor.htm

Cutting Class: The PTA Plays Hooky from Educational Reform Policy Review Summer 1995, Number 73 by Charlene Haar Since the publication of "A Nation at Risk" in 1983, Americans have become increasingly alarmed about the dismal results and soaring costs of their public schools. No group of citizens has a closer view of these problems or a more immediate stake in addressing them than the parents of the country's 48 million schoolchildren. Here and there, parents have won minor battles to influence curricula or oust mediocre school-board members. But as individuals, parents are no match for the forces that favor the status quo. Parents' most promising forum to agitate for reform and hold their local educators accountable for failure already exists: the venerated National Congress of Parents and Teachers, commonly known as the PTA. Unfortunately, parents cannot count on either their local PTA or its national leadership to advance parental interests or even air diverse viewpoints. As it operates today, the PTA is useless to parents who want to play a meaningful role in educational reform. The mission of the PTA has always been to "work on behalf of the best interests of all children on issues that affect their health, education, and welfare" and "to encourage parent involvement." With almost seven million members, the PTA offers great potential for promoting parental involvement in the educational welfare of children. But in the 1990s, that mission requires of the PTA something it has been unwilling to do: demand accountability for performance and spending at every level of the educational system.

63. Education K-12 Directory Of Iowa Everything from A to Z. For teachers, principals, ptas, ptos, and parents. Frenchtoast Buy direct from manufacturer of French Toast Official School Wear. http://iowa.uscity.net/Education/K-12/

64. Dallas Morning News | News For Dallas, Texas | Education said money raised by ptos and ptas for traditional public schools is not The local ptas in Austin are being asked to fund programs such as art http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/060305dnmetchar

Education Dallas, Texas Customize Make This Your Home Page E-mail Newsletters MySpecialsDirect ... Archives Study: Charter schools not cheaper They received more funds than traditional public schools in '03 08:01 AM CDT on Friday, June 3, 2005 By KENT FISCHER / The Dallas Morning News Charter school advocates for years have said their schools survive on less money per student than regular public schools. Charter leaders have proclaimed the funding gap for so long that it is accepted as fact among educators. But it's not true, according to a new report commissioned by the Texas Education Agency. According to the report, the average charter school received $8,045 for each child it enrolled in 2003. Regular public schools received $8,028. The figures include state and federal aid, grants, donations and local taxes. DallasNews.com/extra Charter report: Read the 2003-04 evaluation of open-enrollment schools The figures strike to the heart of the charter movement, which has presented itself to lawmakers as a cost-effective alternative to traditional public schools. Some charter advocates immediately questioned the legitimacy of the study. "I disagree with that," said Patsy O'Neill of the Texas Charter School Resource Center. "We have data that shows significant differences – up to 30 percent – in the amount of funding" between charters and traditional schools.

65. State Tax Law Resources State Sales and Use Tax Information for Fundraisers and NonProfit Org. Purpose of this Web Site Each year, schools, school groups, ptas, ptos, youth sports http://www.legalresourcepage.com/state-tax-law.html

legal Resources Directory Links 2003 Change Law Tax 2005 Law News Ranking School Arizona State University Law Bankruptcy Law In Canada ... Wisconsin Tax Law Sponsored Links If You're Doing Business Online, You Could Lose EVERYTHING If You're Not Using The Required Legal Forms! The FTC is really ramping up to crack down on Internet Marketers and small eBusiness owners, and actively go after those of us that don't rigidly adhere to all their rules about disclosure and documentation! They filed 45 criminal and civil law enforcement actions against Internet Marketers, on May 15th alone. The good news is , in most cases, if you are in compliance with the FTC, you'll be ok with the laws of your own country as well. However, you should check the laws of your own government anyway, just to make sure. Click the button below to find out how You can Easily and Affordably Protect Yourself! State Tax Law Article of the Day Legal Resource Article Of The Day FTC Concludes Do Not Email List A Bad Idea I appreciate the FTC's talk on spam: it's straightfoward, honest, and absent any spin. The FTC knows it will carry a lot of burden in tracking down and prosecuting spammers. It also knows, as its director has publicly stated, that the do-not-email list idea is rather useless in the battle against spam. Why? Because spammers conceal their identities. And if you can't figure out who the spammer is, you certainly can't slap them with a fine for not using the do-not-email list.

66. Marlboro NY The local ParentTeacher Associations/Parent Teacher Organizations (ptas/ptos) have played by becoming members of their schools parent organizations. http://www.pittsburghonline.net/index1.shtml?keywords=Marlboro NY

67. Parent P Adobe PDF parentteacher associations (ptas) and parent-teacher organizations (ptos). For purposes of the. exemption, a parent-teacher the school. http://www.athensohio.biz/index1.shtml?keywords=Parent

68. Education Directory Of Pennsylvania PTO today is dedicated to helping parent teacher groups (like ptos and ptas) help their schools with information on fund raising, playgrounds, http://pennsylvania.uscity.net/Education/

69. Making Tech Happen Chapter 9 Examples include extraordinary efforts by civic organizations and ptas taking up the The ptos in the district also created the Myrtle Beach Educational http://www.southern.org/pubs/MTH/MT9.html

Chapter 9 - Resources Finding the resources to finance, maintain, and upgrade equipment, and to provide teacher training and technical support is universally one of the biggest hurdles that schools face when it comes to technology implementation. For many, the funds are simply unavailable via the conventional means of local tax-based school financing. Despite this fact, we found schools and districts in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the nation that have somehow managed to establish exemplary technology programs. How did they do it? As an additional component of this chapter, we provide some information on the use of various information resources available through the Federal government. Not only is money essential for acquiring technology but so is good information about the availability of Federal programs and information sources. Questionnaire Data: Awareness, Use and Helpfulness of Resources General Approaches to Resource Acquisition In this area, we identified a list of nine very general approaches to expanding the resource base available to schools involved in implementing technology. It included various sources of resources (e.g., private versus public), various types of resources (e.g., money versus in-kind), and different types of relationships with the resource providers. In the questionnaire, we asked schools to indicate whether they were using a particular technical support approach and to rate how much the approach helped on a four-point scale. These questionnaire data are summarized in Table 9.1.

70. MotheringDotCommune Forums - PTA Question Some ptas choose to pay dues for their board members With the budget crisis in my state, ptos are being asked to purchase more and more of the things needed for http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=195627

71. Sales And Use Tax Purpose of this Web Site Each year, schools, school groups, ptas, ptos. SalesTax  —  Maximumpliance.  Minimum Effort. site ! http://www.taxhowto.com/sales_and_use_tax.html

@import url( http://www.taxhowto.com/wp-layout.css ); "Paying Too Much Taxes? It's Time to Discover How To Save Big On Your Taxes!" Sales And Use Tax Best Source and Providers September 24, 2005 Tax increase possible JONESBORO Administrators will spend part of the summer developing a comprehensive plan, including a tax increase proposal, in an effort to provide additional funding for teacher raises and stipends, safety and security, and technology equipment and personnel of the Jonesboro School District. More... Costco 2nd-Qtr Net Rises 35% on Tax Gain; Shares Fall U.S. March 2 (Bloomberg) Costco Wholesale Corp. said second- quarter profit rose 35 percent on a tax gain and lower heath-care costs. Sales growth slowed, sending shares of Costco down as much as 4.4 percent, the biggest drop in 19 months. Read more here. Tax rate dips for residents of Eliot ELIOT, Maine - Town Assessor Martine Painchaud has set the town tax rate for 2005-06 at $15.40 per $1,000 assessed valuation as of April 1 and informed the Board of Selectmen Thursday night. Click here for more info Sales And Use Tax document.write("Scroll down to see latest news ");

72. FEBRUARY 1999 OBITUARIES - Calcasieu Parish, LA Area AS PRINTED IN She was a member of the Estherwood and Midland high school ptas and the 40 years of service to the ptos in Ward 5 and to the Acadia Parish School Board. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/calcasieu/obits/feb99.txt

73. !Kung Cotton-roll Gingivitides Cotton-roll Gingivitis Locked PTAPT PTAPs ptas PTBD PTBD s PTBDs PTC PTCA PTCA s PTCAF PTCAs PTEN PTFE PTLDs PTMA PTMTGTH PTO PTO s ptos PTP PTP s PTPLP PTPase PTPmu PTPs PTSD http://specialist.nlm.nih.gov/nls/gspell/data/2002LexiconTerms.txt

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