81. U.S. News: Pennsylvania's Ridge Comes To The Job With A Great Asset: The (10/12/ Ridge attended parochial schools and was a champion high school debater and studentbody go to law school, says Al Neri, editor of the pennsylvania Report, a http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/011012/12ridge.htm

Education Health Opinion Technology ... Market@usnews Special Report 10/12/01 Filling the 'homeland' gap Pennsylvania's Ridge comes to the job with a great asset: the president's ear BY ANGIE CANNON A s Pennsylvania's governor, Tom Ridge lived largely in political clover. He had years of fat surpluses. His own Republican Party controlled the state legislature. In seven years, he didn't have to cut programs or raise taxes. "He never had to make a tough decision," says Terry Madonna, a political scientist at Millersville University near Lancaster, Pa. He will now. In a White House ceremony Monday, Ridge stepped into one of the most difficult jobs imaginable: protecting a nation of more than 285 million people from terrorism. As the director of the newly created Office of Homeland Security, Ridge is charged with coordinating the activities of some 40 disparate, and often conflicting, agencies responsible for some aspect of domestic security. Family sacrifice. Ridge's drive, friends say, flows from his late father. The family lived in a modest public-housing project for veterans in Erie, Pa. His dad was a meat salesman who worked a second job selling shoes. Ridge attended parochial schools and was a champion high school debater and student body president. He landed a scholarship to Harvard and worked construction in the summers. "Tom's father had planned to go to law school," says Al Neri, editor of the Pennsylvania Report

82. News Release: Remaining Vans To Vanish a religious school because of church/state entanglement, pennsylvania amended its thecourt affirmed that such aid rendered in parochial schools directly or http://www.pacatholic.org/news releases/nra042298.htm

Remaining Vans to Vanish PA Auxiliary Education Services Law Amended HARRISBURG, PA [April 22, 1998] When the Supreme Court ruled last year that academic services could be provided to students inside their religious schools without violating the U.S. Constitution, many religious schools were eager to have those unsightly vans removed from their property. They were dismayed to realize that only the vans providing federal services could be removed; vans for services provided by the state, through local intermediate units, had to stay. Soon schools will have the option of having those vans removed, too. A bill that passed along with the 1998-99 Fiscal Year budget, approved by the Pennsylvania Legislature last night, will allow state-funded auxiliary services to be provided in religious school buildings as well. Governor Ridge is expected to sign the bill into law today. When the U.S. Supreme Court originally ruled in 1977 ( Meeks v. Pittenger ) that auxiliary services could not be provided inside a religious school because of church/state entanglement, Pennsylvania amended its auxiliary services law to comply with the court's ruling. In a 1985 ruling, Aguilar v. Felton

83. Untitled Document pennsylvania's example. They point to neighboring pennsylvania, which has beenusing public money to aid private and parochial schools for decades. http://www.sfacademy.org/bs021600.htm

BACK TO MENU Emotional debate likely on private school subsidy Governor proposing $6 million in state aid to help buy textbooks By Gady A. Epstein Sun Staff Cheryl Ross sends her son Erick to St. Frances Academy on a secretary's salary, hoping to deliver him from a poor East Baltimore neighborhood. Most of the students at the inner-city Roman Catholic high school go on to college, so Ross says it's worth the couple of thousand dollars a year for tuition and books. But even though she works overtime, she has yet to pay off this year's $233 book bill. Now Gov. Parris N. Glendening wants to help buy those books. Glendening has proposed spending $6 million to subsidize textbooks for Maryland's 134,000 nonpublic school students, responding to several years of intense lobbying from Catholic and Jewish schools. The proposal is a minuscule piece of the state's $19 billion operating budget, less than one-thirtieth of a penny for every dollar. But it is expected to spark one of the most emotional debates in the General Assembly this year. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland is promoting a letter-writing campaign against what it sees as a subsidy for religious instruction. But the debate in the State House is focused less on the question of separating church and state than on the relativeneeds of nonpublic and public schools.

84. FACTS Management Company parochial and private schools that helped him become a nationally recognized schooladministrator. He serves schools in Maryland, Delaware, pennsylvania, http://www.factsmgt.com/ourteam/salesandmarketing/noreast.htm

Helping chart your course in the 21st century Big East Joe Loglisci - Senior Vice President Senior Vice President Joe Loglisci heads the Big East team. He attended parochial schools growing up, and this helps him identify with schools in the New England area. Joe works from his office near Hartford, Connecticut, serving schools in Eastern New York, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He can be reached by: Calling 800-401-9471 E-mail jloglisci@factsmgt.com Back to top Jack Donnelly Jack Donnelly is our man in the Big Apple. His territory includes New York City and its suburbs and all of New Jersey. Not only did Jack attend parochial school, but he recognized the value of that education and sent all of his children to parochial schools. Jack has been with FACTS for over 10 years serving schools in the east. He can be reached by: Calling 800-811-1079 E-mail jdonnelly@factsmgt.com

85. University Of Pennsylvania Alumni Volunteer Opportunities students who have applied to Penn from public, private and parochial schools. is tostrengthen the relationship between the University of pennsylvania and its http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/resources/ar/volunteer.html

MM_preloadImages('acaact.gif'); MM_preloadImages('gazact.gif'); MM_preloadImages('actact.gif'); MM_preloadImages('asact.gif'); MM_preloadImages('visact.gif'); MM_preloadImages('staffact.gif'); MM_preloadImages('arhomeact.gif'); Alumni Activities and Volunteer Opportunities To become involved with programming for any of these activities or to simply stay informed of upcoming events, let us know which of the following interests you. For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 215-898-7811. Admissions - Secondary School Committee You will have the opportunity to interview prospective students who have applied to Penn from public, private and parochial schools. For more information, contact Doris Cochran-Fikes in the Office of Admissions at 215-898-6903 or dorisc@admissions.ugao.upenn.edu Penn Merchandise Asian Alumni Association Join our effort to strengthen ties between and among Asian alumni, students and the University community. For more information, contact Edwin Beausoleil at 215-898-7811 or

86. Kossor Education Newsletter Getting Psychology Law Inside Schools to Committee on Education, June 23, 1993 CONTACT pennsylvania Representative Lawrence applicableas well to private and parochial schools; amending, revising http://www.users.voicenet.com/~sakossor/Pe1_5.html

Kossor Education Newsletter .....Volume 1 Number 5 The Kossor Education Newsletter contains timely, useful information for parents and others who are concerned about public education in America and can be sent to you for one year for $15. Steven Kossor is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified School Psychologist who is in private practice in Pennsylvania. He has debated William Spady and other top promoters of education "reform" and is available as a speaker nationally. He can be reached at (610) 383-1432 anytime. A bound collection of the first three volumes of The Kossor Education Newsletter (200+ pps of analysis and evidence) is available for $35. Volume 4 (spanning 1996) is available in a bound collection for $20. The Kossor Education Newsletter contains timely, useful information for parents and others who are concerned about public education in America and can be sent to you for one year for $15. Steven Kossor is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified School Psychologist who is in private practice in Pennsylvania. He has debated William Spady and other top promoters of education "reform" and is available as a speaker nationally. He can be reached at (610) 383-1432 anytime. A bound collection of the first three volumes of The Kossor Education Newsletter (200+ pps of analysis and evidence) is available for $35. Volume 4 (spanning 1996) is available in a bound collection for $20. Background information, speaker's fees, etc

87. Education Secretary Nominee Fields Questions his campaign pledge to increase state funding for pennsylvania's public schools businessesthat donate money for scholarships to private and parochial schools. http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030213edsecregp7.asp

Pittsburgh, PA Thursday April 10, 2003 News Sports Lifestyle Classifieds ... About Us Take me to... Search Local News Nation/World Sports Obituaries Lifestyle Business Opinion Photo Journal Weather Classifieds PG Store PG Delivery Web Extras Contact Us About Us Help Corrections Site Map Local News Previous Articles First Light Neighborhoods ... Local News Education secretary nominee fields questions Thursday, February 13, 2003 By Martha Raffaele, The Associated Press HARRISBURG Pennsylvania must set high academic expectations for its students and provide school districts adequate help to ensure all students can meet those standards, Gov. Ed Rendell's nominee for education secretary told the House Education Committee yesterday. Pennsylvania Education Secretary designee Vicki Phillips answers questions before House Education Committee yesterday in Harrisburg.. (Brad C. Bower, Associated Press) Vicki Phillips outlined her agenda in broad strokes as she fielded questions on topics ranging from teacher testing to early childhood education during an informal committee meeting. The Lancaster School District superintendent is awaiting confirmation by the state Senate; no hearing on her nomination has been scheduled yet.

88. The Commonwealth Foundation vocal critics of the tax credits remains the pennsylvania State Education childrenwhose families already have them enrolled in private and parochial schools. . http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/education/patnewsEITC.shtml

T he C ommonwealth F oundation HOME SEARCH ABOUT THE FOUNDATION KEEP ME INFORMED ... MORE ISSUES All Reports, Policy Briefs, and Commentaries require Acrobat Reader The Patriot-News June 17, 2002 Businesses' gifts let districts build additional offerings by Jan Murphy A year ago, when the state launched its $30 million Educational Improvement Tax Credit program known to some as "backdoor vouchers" few imagined that public school superintendents would be among its biggest fans. Many saw it primarily as a program to funnel public funds indirectly into private or parochial schools by giving businesses tax breaks for contributions made to private K-12 scholarship programs. They tended to overlook the fact that the same tax break would be extended to companies that donate to public school foundations for innovative educational programs. But by all accounts, the program has proven to be as beneficial to school districts as it is to the parents of the estimated 10,000 or more private school students in line for the business-funded scholarships. With only two weeks remaining in the fiscal year, about 93 percent of the $10 million in tax credits made available to businesses that contribute to public school programs has been tapped. Eighty-two percent of the $20 million in tax credits for private scholarships has been awarded. A total of 1,249 businesses have participated.

89. Relocation - Main Line, Pennsylvania Line traditionally refers to those municipalities along the former pennsylvania Railroad's main Excellent public and parochial schools can be found in Wayne. http://www.startzman.com/relocation/patowns-mainline.htm

Pennsylvania Towns Berks County Bucks County Chester County Delaware County ... Philadelphia Main Line, Pennsylvania Probably no part of the Philadelphia area is as well known as those Communities that comprise its prestigious Main Line. These exclusive residential neighborhoods are among the most prosperous in the United States. Touching Sections of three Delaware Valley counties, the Main Line traditionally refers to those municipalities along the former Pennsylvania Railroad's "main line", which runs roughly parallel to Lancaster Avenue (Route 30). At its eastern end in Montgomery County, this includes communities such as Narberth, Wynnewood, Bryn Mawr and Rosemont; at its western end, such Chester County communities as Devon, Berwyn, Malvern and Paoli are included. Radnor and Haverford townships in Delaware County are also considered Main Line communities. Several of these municipalities, including Bryn Mawr and Haverford, straddle county lines. The Main Line has become synonymous with the sophisticated lifestyle. Homes, from gracious manor houses on old estates to 20th century traditionals to custom contemporaries, are large and built on generously portioned lots.

90. Background Of The Pennsylvania Alliance For Democracy schools have combined to create a higher than normal preference for parochial educationamong the state's Catholic communities. 10 Furthermore, pennsylvania http://www.padnet.org/bkgd.html

Background [Welcome] [Home Page] [Alternate Navigation] BACKGROUND High Standards Social Change The Vulnerability of Pennsylvania PAD Response High Standards The high standards set for our democracy by the Constitution of the United States are a source of pride, a cause for celebration. No other nation's constitution or common law guarantees its citizens the degree of freedom of speech that our Bill of Rights does, or so thoroughly protects the freedom of the press. No other country guarantees its citizens religious liberty to the degree we enjoy in the United States. These standards have made America a beacon of liberty and freedom for people throughout the world. Ninety-one percent of our fellow citizens agree that "being an American is a big part of who I am." However, not all Americans share this pride. Some seem threatened by these high standards. We can hear their discomfort in their demands for laws against burning the American flag, laws which would lower the standard for free speech. We can hear their clamoring for this or that book to be banned, or for access to the Internet to be limited in public libraries and schools, thus undermining our high standard for intellectual freedom. A vocal minority explicitly disagrees with the values that are essential to our democracy. Our First Amendment's high standard for religious freedom, for example, is too demanding for some on the religious right. It requires too much tolerance for different religious beliefs or the secular outlooks of others. As a result, the religious right wing has launched a full-scale assault to dismantle the First Amendment's high standard, the wall of separation between church and state that prevents public funding of private, religious schools.

91. ECS Issue Site: Vouchers is the use of public money in private and parochial schools, usually through For example,Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, pennsylvania and Puerto http://www.ecs.org/html/issue.asp?issueID=149

92. Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/30/2002 | Voucher Decision Ushers In A New Era decision will most certainly accelerate the movement to adopt such a program inPennsylvania. It would affect most heavily Catholic parochial schools, by far http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/3574587.htm

Click here to visit other RealCities sites Help Contact Us Archives ... Newspaper Subscriptions Search Search the Archives Front Page Montgomery County Chester County ... Philadelphia Inquirer Thursday, Apr 10, 2003 Posted on Sun, Jun. 30, 2002 Voucher decision ushers in a new era By Murray Friedman On Thursday, in one of its most important decisions in many years, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that, along with other significant developments taking place simultaneously, may change the face of public education in this country - and in Philadelphia - as we know it. Speaking for a 5-4 majority of the court, Chief Justice Rehnquist held that the Cleveland school district can provide funding for certain students so that they can attend religious as well as non-religious schools in the district. That means that a new and significantly large partnership between public and private schools, including religious schools, has been ruled constitutional. In Philadelphia, one of the nation's laboratories for the public/private experiment, educators and planners should take notice. The voucher idea is only one of a number of efforts currently underway that are transforming our schools. The court's decision will most certainly accelerate the movement to adopt such a program in Pennsylvania. It would affect most heavily Catholic parochial schools, by far the largest private educational system in the country.

93. Today's Catholic Schools can assist students in parochial schools. This topic has public aid do parochial schools and their students get aid students attending parochial schools hinges on the resolution http://www.edexcellence.net/library/connell%20html%20revised.html

Today's Catholic Schools by Christopher Connell June 2000 Table of Contents Foreword Executive Summary Introduction Shifting Lines in the Legal Sands ... Appendix: Overview of Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Public Aid to Private Schools Foreword On June 28, as this report was going to press, the United States Supreme Court decided an important and long-awaited First Amendment case clarifying the extent to which public dollars can assist students in parochial schools. This topic has triggered epic battles in courtrooms and legislative chambers for some seventy-five years, and, with such hot issues as the constitutionality of school vouchers much with us today, the arguments show no sign of abating. By a 6-3 margin, the Court ruled in Mitchell v. Helms The Mitchell Mitchell Thus the policy terrain on which Mitchell has landed is bumpy and uneven as one moves from place to place. We do not, however, expect the policy debate to end anytime soon. It may even intensify. The expected retirement of three and perhaps four Supreme Court justices during the next presidential administration also means that the direction of the Court in these (and other) contentious cases could dramatically shift. Much is unsettled.

94. Boulder Community Network: Education Center Christian Cottage schools, 3691678, 688-6626. Desiderata School, Inc. Friends'British Primary School, 5465 pennsylvania Ave, Boulder 80303, 449-1999. http://bcn.boulder.co.us/univ_school/other/oth.html

Education Center BCN Home Page Search What's New Help ... Contribute Please send comments to: coordinator@bcn.boulder.co.us Last Updated: 2/4/98 Private Schools in the Boulder Area Alexander Dawson School 4801 N 107th St., Lafayette 80026 Bixby School 4760 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder 80303 Boulder County Day 3800 Kalmia Ave, Boulder 80301 Chariot Christian Schools 304 E Simpson, Lafayette 80026 Christian Cottage Schools Desiderata School, Inc. 4617 County Rd 2, Berthoud 80513 Faith Baptist School 833 15th Ave., Longmont Friends' British Primary School 5465 Pennsylvania Ave, Boulder 80303 Hill House Montessori School 888 15th St., Boulder 80302 Holy Family High School 5195 West 144th Avenue, Broomfield 80020 Lafayette Elementary Child Care Program 101 N Bermont Ave., Boulder 80026 Longmont Academy 701 Kimbark, Longmont 80501 Pioneer Elementary 101 E Baseline Rd., Lafayette 80026 Quest Academy 5370 Manhattan Circle, Boulder 80303 Sage Elementary 5001 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder Return to Education Center

95. Real Estate In Berks County, Pennsylvania - Move With Mitch Darcourt! Berks County by visiting the Reading and Berks County pennsylvania Visitor's Bureau Additionally,you can find information about area schools by clicking the http://mitchdarcourt.com/community.htm

Home Beat Other Buyers to Hot New Listings Area Listings ... Contact Mitch You can find a wealth of information about Berks County by visiting the Reading and Berks County Pennsylvania Visitor's Bureau , which is the definitive web site about the area, its history, and attractions. Additionally, you can find information about area schools by clicking the links below. Schools Public Schools Parochial Schools Vocational/Technical Schools Community Resources Visitor Information MapsOnUs BARTA Schedule (Transportation Authority) Reading Regional Airport ... CONTACT MITCH DARCOURT Realtor, Associate Broker, Property Manager 875 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 101 Wyomissing, PA 19610 Email: Mitch@MitchDarcourt.com Tel: 610.372.3200 Fax: 610.288.2207 Toll Free: 888.354.SALE (x3015) Site Design: Sizzling Studios

96. The Holocaust Education And Resource Center Of Scranton, Pennsylvania Dedicated to the preservation of memory. The facts and lessons of pre-Holocaust life and of the Holocaust Category Regional North America Arts and Entertainment Museums...... realms 1) community education and commemorations , 2) educational outreach programsto both teachers and students in areawide public and parochial schools . http://jfednepa.org/hmrc/

Purpose Museum Collection Photo ... Affiliations Website Created By: Weinberg Web Innovations Updated: Focus, Purpose and What We Do The Holocaust Education and Resource Center ( HERC ), established in 1994, is dedicated to the preservation of memory. The facts and lessons of pre-Holocaust life and of the Holocaust years are made known, remembered and taught in the hope of helping new generations create a better future and of stemming historical revisionism. The two foci of the HERC are its small but growing museum collection -housed in two showcases in the Lounge of the Scranton Jewish Community Center - and its Resource Center educational activities. These activities fall in two realms: 1) community education and commemorations , 2) educational outreach programs to both teachers and students in area-wide public and parochial schools . An annual community-wide Kristallnacht The Teen Symposium, begun ten years ago, under the aegis of the Community Relations Committee as a one-day event, changed to a two-day event once the HERC was established. This highly successful event, which takes place at Marywood University (formerly, College), allows almost 300 students and their teachers each day to engage in conversation with survivors and liberators following introductory remarks, a film, and a discussion period led by trained facilitators. Materials kits are distributed to all participants. Over the years, keynote speakers such as Leon Bass, an African-American liberator, Sr.

97. [ Good Schools Pennsylvania ] In February 2000, the state of pennsylvania increased funds for private and parochialschools by 3.9%, even though enrollments in those institutions declined http://www.goodschoolspa.org/facts/index.cfm?fuseaction=testimony_jill

98. Pennsylvania Code schools or events related to these schools or school s name, or private or parochialschool, lettered on drawn directly from the official pennsylvania Code full http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/067/chapter171/subchapEtoc.html

Subchapter E. SCHOOL VEHICLE STANDARDS Sec. Applicability. Fire extinguisher. First aid. Identification. ... Seating. Applicability. The requirements of this subchapter apply to school vehicles and motor vehicles used to transport preprimary, primary or secondary school students to or from public, private or parochial schools or events related to these schools or school-related activities, which are designed to carry 11 to 15 passengers, including the driver, and which are registered in this Commonwealth as a bus prior to March 1, 1993, or a motor vehicle which is designed to carry 11 to 15 passengers, including the driver, and which was titled to any public, private or parochial school on or before March 1, 1993, and which is registered to that public, private or parochial school in this Commonwealth as a bus prior to September 15, 1993. Authority Source Cross References Fire extinguisher. (a) Required. (b) Type. Authority Source First aid. (a) Required. (b) Content. The first aid kit shall contain, at a minimum, the following items: (1) Two 1 inch x 2 1/2 yards adhesive tape rolls.

99. NEA: Good News About America's Public Schools-- Pennsylvania More pennsylvania parents are choosing public schools while our private and parochialschool enrollments Public, Private and Nonpublic schools Enrollments, 1999 http://www.nea.org/goodnews/pa01.html

For and About Members Help for Parents Press Center Legislative Action Center ... State Affiliate Web sites Good News about public schools in Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, public school students score higher than private school students on their AP exams in calculus, computer science, economics, biology and physics. AP While 76% of Pennsylvania's public high schools offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses through which high school students can earn college credit, just 42% of Pennsylvania's private high schools offer these advanced courses. AP Pennsylvania's public high schools are offering more and more challenging courses. Since 1996 the proportion of schools offering AP courses has increased by 7%. AP Pennsylvania is one of the top 10 states in the percentage of 18 to 24 year olds enrolling in college. HE The number of Pennsylvania teachers being honored with certification from the prestigious National Board of Professional Teaching Standards has increased more than 5-fold since 1999. NBP Pennsylvania leads the nation in the size and scope of its gifted and talented program. It is one of the top 3 states in the nation in the percentage of public primary schools with a gifted and talented program and one of the top 9 states in the nation in the percentage of public secondary schools with a gifted and talented program.

100. - PCPE Info Series: Tuition Vouchers give state tax dollars to parents to subsidize tuition to public, private or parochialschools. The concept first surfaced in the pennsylvania Legislature in http://www.pcpe.org/infoseries/vouchers.htm

PCPE Information Series Tuition Vouchers What are the concerns about vouchers for nonpublic schools? o Anyone who could meet limited criteria specified in the legislation could open a school and receive voucher money. o Nonpublic schools may deny admission to children based on religion, gender, economic status, physical ability, mental capacity, or other arbitrary criteria. o Nonpublic schools provide for no public review or oversight. o Vouchers for nonpublic schools would be distributed with no provisions regarding achievement, accountability, or compliance with public school regulations. o Additional costs for budget items such as transportation and administration may increase the burden on local taxpayers. o Vouchers only cover a percentage of the cost of tuition. Only those with financial means to make up the difference between the voucher and the actual cost of tuition would have access to the system. Tuition vouchers are grants that would give state tax dollars to parents to subsidize tuition to public, private or parochial schools. The concept first surfaced in the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1991. Following a narrow defeat, the legislation has been modified and reintroduced in various forms in each subsequent legislative session. Tuition vouchers have been proposed repeatedly in numerous forms and in various parts of the nation with little success. The issue has been put to a vote twenty times in public referenda in other states and has been defeated every time.

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