All Entries Tagged With: "education"
April 10: Charter Schools
(VIDEO) Rep. James Roebuck, who is the Democratic Chair of the House Education Committee, says his bill that addresses Charter and Cyber school funding and oversight, could save school districts $365 million per year. Rep. Roebuck and Lawrence Jones, President of the PA Coalition of Public Charter Schools, discuss this and other proposals to revise Charter School regulations.
February 6: Education call in
Ronald Tomalis, Pennsylvania’s Education Secretary, will take viewers’ calls on education. Anticipated discussion will include the Governor’s education funding proposals, as well as school safety measures, and legislative initiatives related to charter and cyber charter schools.
November 14: Education Issues with Thomas Gentzel
Thomas Gentzel reflects on his experience as Executive Director of the PA School Boards Association before he heads to Washington in December to take a similar post with the National School Boards Association.
September 23, PA Books: “I’d Like To Apologize To Every Teacher I Ever Had”
For book details and to view the interview, go to “full story”
June 4: Education Funding
Guests: Sen. Jeff Piccola, Chair of the Senate Education Committee, and Sen. Andy Dinniman, Minority Chair of the Senate Education Committee. To view the program, go to “Full Story”
May 21: Rob Wonderling, Chair of the Advisory Commission for Postsecondary Education
For details and to view the PCN interview with Rob Wonderling, go to “Full Story”
May 10: Bullying Prevention
Guests were Stacie Molnar Main of Center for Safe Schools, Cheryl Dellasega of Penn State College of Medicine and Author, and Carolyn Dumaresq of PA Education Department. To view the program, go to “Full Story”
Call In Program Tuesday, October 25
On Tuesday’s Call In, PCN will examine vouchers and the state of education with Pennsylvania Education Secretary Ronald Tomalis. Craft your questions, and join the conversation starting at 7:00 p.m.






