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    May 20, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  1. Gov. Tom Corbett postpones legislative vote on controversial Common Core education standards

    HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett decided Monday to postpone seeking final legislative and regulatory approval for new education standards that are facing mounting criticism across the political and ideological spectrums. The delay may give lawmakers a...

    Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, Edward G. Rendell, Government, Tom Corbett

    2. May 13, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  2. Pennsylvania getting swept into national 'Common Core' education debate

    HARRISBURG — In the last three years, the Bethlehem Area School District and other districts have spent lots of money rewriting curriculum and lessons to prepare students for tougher state-sanctioned academic standards and exams. "It's got to be...

    Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, American Federation of Teachers, Elections

    3. May 13, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  3. Common Core Standards: Arguments for and against

    The Patriot-News
    Pennsylvania public schools are expected to have their curriculum aligned with Pennsylvania Common Core standards by this fall. This set of grade-level standards spell out what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. But as is...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Teachers, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Colleges and Universities, U.S. Congress

    4. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  4. Senate board convenes at Lebanon High School

    Lebanon Daily News, Pa.
    Lebanon High School took on the flavor of the state Capitol on Tuesday as several Harrisburg legislators visited to hold Senate Education Committee hearings. The four-hour session was divided into two public hearings. The first dealt with innovative...

    Tags: Apple iPad, Lebanon, School Examinations, Lloyd K. Smucker, Politics

    5. Aug 20, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  5. Monday Morning Coffee: PA Dems profit from #VoterID

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Hope it was a peaceful and prosperous weekend for you. But no matter how prosperous it was, it was likely peanuts compared to Pennsylvania Democrats, who are raising money hand over fist from donors who......
    6. Jun 30, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  6. Mid-Morning Budget Update: The blow-up over teacher evaluations.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Morning, Everyone. If you're just tuning in, there's a blow-up in the House right now as the chamber debates a chunk of school code legislation that includes new teacher evaluation standards. Democrats are in a tizzy over the fact......
    7. Jul 12, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  7. Thursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Morning Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Compiling a list of the day's Top Five stories almost seems like an afterthought when, really, the state's (and the nation's) attention will be focused on the 9 a.m. release this morning of former......
    8. Jun 11, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  8. Monday Morning Coffee: Tom Corbett's Polling Glass Ceiling.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Nearly 18 months into his first term, Gov. Tom Corbett has hit the political equivalent of a glass ceiling: He’s yet to crack the all-important 50 percent mark in his approval ratings among state voters. And with legislative Republicans set......
    9. Dec 15, 2011 | Allentown Morning Call

  9. Thursday Morning Coffee: Have You Met Our Friend Jerry Mander?

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The state Senate wrapped up its calendar for the year last night by approving a map of the 18 Congressional districts Pennsylvania will have in 2012. The narrow 26-24 vote saw four Republicans: Mike Brubaker......
    10. Jan 6, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  10. Friday Morning Coffee: Legislative Retirements Round Up.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Sorry we're late, Things were a little on the hectic this side this morning and were punctuated by a presentation for Little Miss Capitol Ideas' first-grade class that required us to dust-off some seriously underused.....
    11. Jan 13, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  11. Tomalis To Lawmaker: "Your Criticisms Are Misplaced. Your Facts Are Simply Wrong."

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    If You're Not Already Familiar ... ... with the rapidly decaying financial situation in the Chester-Upland School District in Delaware County, you soon will be. The 3,600-student district is on the brink of financial insolvency. And officials there...
    12. Feb 17, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  12. It'll Be A Lonely Primary For A Lot Of Lawmakers This Year.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Afternoon, All. If there was any doubt, it looks like the vogue for reform has passed and the wave of anger from the 2006 cycle has officially subsided. We've just gone and checked the list of candidates from the......
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