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1) Next Week, On-Line: Legal & Political Strategies to Advance Gifted Education

by Wenda Sheard <wendasheard@...>

Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 20:57:17 -0700 (PDT)

Subject: Next Week, On-Line: Legal & Political Strategies to Advance Gifted Education

You're welcome to join me May 12-15, 2005 for an online
conference on "Legal and Political Strategies to Advance Gifted
Education."



The conference is intended for gifted education advocates
working on the state or national level, but all are welcome.

Please spread the word. Thanks.

Day One: What Do We Already Know about Legal and Political
Strategies and What Do We Want to Learn? (a general sharing of
information)

Day Two: Legal Strategies: Promises and Pitfalls

Day Three: Ideas from Political Science: What Has Worked for
Other Interest Groups. (with a focus on the Punctuated
Equilibrium Theory by Bumgartner and Jones as well as a look at
other public policy theories and how they might apply to gifted
education policy)

Day Four: Specific Strategies for the Future and Wrap-Up

Sincerely,
Wenda Sheard, J.D., Ph.D.

Conference Bio:

Our League is collaborating on a second school board candidate forum that
will be held next week. A flyer is attached to this message, but here are
the details:
Portland Public School Board Candidate Forum: Strengthening Equity and
Excellence in Portland Public Schools
Thursday, May 5
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Blanchard Education Service Center, School Board Room
501 Dixon Street, Portland
Sponsors: Portland Schools Foundation, League of Women Voters of Portland,
Latino Network, Oregon PTA, Community & Parents for Public Schools, Urban
League of Portland
Thanks!
Heather Drake
Office Manager
League of Women Voters of Portland, OR
310 SW 4th Ave. Suite 520
Portland, OR 97204
503-228-1675
lwvpdx@...

Subject: Student Showcase - Wed. May 11

Blanchard Education Service District Building
501 North Dixon St.
Come share your special project with other PPS students and parents.

Win prizes

Schedule
6:30-7:00 Arrive early to set up your student project

7:00-7:15 Project Sharing

7:15-8:00 Open Mic
8:00-8:30 Fruit Car Race and
Ice Cream Social

Other Information

Student projects can be anything you would like to share: art, science, social studies, etc.

There will be a 45-minute open mic for students willing to share a piece of writing or to tell more about their projects. We will have a sign-up sheet available at 7:00 p.m.

We will be compiling a Student Anthology. If you would like to submit a piece of writing, please make sure it is typed with your name, grade, and school at the top, and no longer than 1 page in length. Send it to the TAG Office by 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 6th. You may fax it to 503-916-3296 or mail it to our office at the BESC.

The final activity for the evening will be a creative family project.


Amy Welch
Administrator
Portland Public Schools
Office of Talented & Gifted
501 N Dixon St
Portland, OR 97227
503 916 3358
503 916 3296 fax
awelch@...

Message: 1
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:03:31 -0700
From: "Will Fuller" <wwfuller@...>
Subject: May 5 School Board Candidates Forum
To the CPPS Board, members and friends --


Please join us:
PPS SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM
"STRENGTHENING EQUITY & EXCELLENCE
IN PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS"
THURSDAY, MAY 5TH
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
PPS HEADQUARTERS
501 N. DIXON STREET
SPONSORED & ORGANIZED BY:
COMMUNITY & PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LATINO NETWORK
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
OREGON PTA
PORTLAND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
URBAN LEAGUE OF PORTLAND


Will Fuller 503-246-2328
3824 SW Canby St 503-516-2592 Cell
Portland, OR 97219

Friends:

Here's an excerpt from the NCH WASHINGTON UPDATE (Vol. 11, #16; 22 April 2005) by Bruce Craig (editor)


TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY GRANTS ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Department of Education (ED) has announced the availability of Teaching
American History (TAH) grants through a 15 April 2005 notice in the Federal
Register (see Vol 70, #72; page 19934). The program supports projects that
seek to help teachers gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of
traditional American history in order to raise student achievement. The
deadline for filing a "Notice of Intent to Apply" is 16 May 2005; the
deadline for the transmittal of applications is 14 June 2005. For more
information, see the online announcement at:

/2005/05-7597.htm

Friends:

This is to inform you that a couple of bills that may be of interest will be coming before the House Education Committee at 1:00 PM on Monday April 25th. in Hearing Room E.

House bill 3172 does not eliminate teacher certification, but it does transfer the responsibility for certifying teachers to the Board and Department of Education. I can't offer any further information on this bill or why it was drafted.

House bill 2919 is essentially the same bill as Senate Bill 300 (the Expanded Options Bill) before the latter bill was amended. It creates a mechanism for dual credit programs. As I have noted before there are some serious drawbacks to the bill as well as some benefits but I think we can all agree that there should be an appeals process for students under 16 who want or need to participate in college-level instruction. There is a good chance for getting an amendment to this effect if there is solid testimony about the need.

If you want to read the full text of the bill, go to , check "house bill" on the form and enter the bill number (in this case, 2919) in the blank page.

If you want to comment on any education bill, send your thoughts to the members of the House or Senate Education Committee, depending on where the bill is being heard. Committee members can be found at or in the legislative reports on the OATAG website.

Work Session
HB 3183 Changes method for distribution of income from Common School Fund to school districts.

Public Hearing and Possible Work Session
HB 2919 Creates Expanded Options Program for students attending public schools in grades 11 and 12 or who are 16 years of age or older.
HB 3172 Abolishes Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.

Staff respectfully requests that you submit 20 collated copies of written materials at the time of your testimony.

In addition, please remember to ask Representative Linda Flores to schedule a work session for House bill 2954, the bill that requires districts to submit their TAG plans to the ODE for approval. The bill was pulled from its work session if we don't remind legislators about it, it may slip through the cracks. A FEW CALLS WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

You can remind them that this bill will increase accountability for a program that has until now been largely unaccountable and that there was a lot of concern expressed about the implementation of the TAG program in the
state input sessions last spring, attended by hundreds of parents, teachers and administrators across the state.


MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE:

Linda Flores, Chair, 503-986-1451 Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE.,H-287, Salem, OR, 97301, Email: rep.lindaflores@...

John H Dallum, Vice-Chair, Capitol Phone: 503-986-1459 Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE H-289, Salem, OR, 97301, Email: rep.johndallum@...

Steve March, Vice-Chair, Capitol Phone: 503-986-1446, Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE., H-385, Salem, OR, 97301, Email: rep.stevemarch@...

Debi Farr, Capitol Phone: 503-986-1414, Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, H-278, Salem,, OR, 97301, Email: rep.debifarr@...

John Lim, Capitol Phone: 503-986-1450, Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE H-496, Salem, OR, 97301, Email: rep.johnlim@...

Arnie Roblan, Capitol Phone: 503-986-1409, Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, H-384, Salem,, OR, 97301, Email: rep.arnieroblan@...

Chip Shields, Capitol Phone: 503-986-1443. Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE, H-489, Salem, OR, 97301 Email: rep.chipshields@...

f you are interested in testifying on these or any other bills, please let me know. My number is (503)-774-7017

Margaret DeLacy
OATAG legislative chair

Community & Parents for Public Schools (CPPS)
invites you to the 5th Annual
Parent Leadership Conference
Creating Stronger Schools in Tough Times:
a conversation with
Superintendent Vicki Phillips
Saturday, May 7, 2005
8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Benson High School
546 NE 12th Avenue

It has been a tough time for Portland Public Schools with budget cuts and
school closures as front page stories. Are you uncertain about our schools'
future and unclear how you can help? Join Superintendent Vicki Phillips for
a community dialogue on how we can not only survive these tough times, but
work together to make all our schools even stronger.

Come share your ideas, concerns, and questions with our Superintendent.

Talk with her about why parent involvement is so critical and what support
we need from the school district in order to be successful leaders in our
schools.
Learn about school funding * how we got into this mess and how we might fix it.

Meet, network, and organize with other parents from around the school
district. Together, move from parent concerns to parent action.
This event is free to all Portland parents and community members.

Childcare and translation services are available.
Register On-line at www.cppsportland.org
Or contact CPPS at 503/220-0577 and cpps@...
Co-Sponsored by:

[Th + ink]
Portland Schools Foundation & Portland Public Schools


REGISTRATION
for the Parent Leadership Conference*May 7, 2005
Register two ways!
1) On line at www.cppsportland.org
2) Mail this form to CPPS PO Box 5322, Portland, OR 97208-5322
Name __________________________________________________________________________________________
Address
________________________________________________________________________________________
Phone _____________________________ Email
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* I need translation services. Language:
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older):______________________ _________
Join Community & Parents for Public Schools! If you want to help create
better schools for all Portland Public School students, join Community &
Parents for Public Schools (CPPS). With this registration form, enclose a
check for $15 for individual membership, or $25 for family membership.
(Make check out to CPPS.)

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Chinese
503-535-2922

Spanish
Este es un comunicado importante acerca de la escuela de su hijo para el
a?o escolar comenzando en septiembre de 2005. Si usted no puede leer, o
tiene dificultad comprendiendo esta carta, favor de llamar al: 503-535-2927
para que le lean la carta en espa?ol. Si usted no tiene teléfono, favor de
venir a la escuela de su ni?o /a y allí llamaran el numero por usted.

Russian
503-535-2925

Vietnamese
503-535-2928

School Board Candidate's Forum

THURSDAY, MAY 5th
6:30PM – 8:30PM

PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS HEADQUARTERS
BLANCHARD EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ROOM
501 N. DIXON STREET

THIS EVENT IS BEING CO-SPONSORED BY:
COMMUNITY PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LATINO NETWORK
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
OREGON PTA
&
URBAN LEAGUE OF PORTLAND

IMPORTANT DATES:
APRIL 26th VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE
APRIL 29th BALLOTS MAILED
MAY 17th SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTION

ALL 12 CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE

[for more information on these conferences, please go to the conference website at


Margaret]

Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:01:58 -0000
From: "sally_l_ourgifted" <sally_l_ourgifted@...>
Subject: Dr. Wenda Sheard- Legal and Political Strategies to Advance Gifted Education

Our Gifted Online Conferences
presents
Dr. Wenda Sheard

May 12 through May 15, 2005
"Legal and Political Strategies to Advance Gifted Education"
This conference is intended for individuals who work at a State
and/or National level, or who wish to become involved at the State
or National level, but everyone is Welcome

Thursday, May 12
Day One: What Do We Already Know about Legal and Political
Strategies and What Do We Want to Learn? (A General Sharing of
Information)

Friday, May 13
Day Two: Legal Strategies: Promises and Pitfalls

Saturday, May 14
Day Three: Ideas from Political Science: What Has Worked for
Other Interest Groups. (with a focus on the Punctuated
Equilibrium Theory by Bumgartner and Jones as well as a look at
other public policy theories and how they might apply to gifted
education policy)

Sunday, May 15
Day Four: Specific Strategies for the Future and Wrap-Up

BIO

Wenda Sheard, J.D., Ph.D., is a lawyer, political scientist, and
mother of three hg/pg gifted children. She practiced law in
Ohio for nearly twenty years. She has published and presented
on a wide range of topics including education policy and politics,
gifted children, brain research, game theory, and statistics. "Her
main interests, and her recent Ph.D. in political science,
focus on education policy."

Her teaching experience includes all levels from kindergarten to
college, includes rural, suburban, urban, and international
school settings, and includes work with at-risk, academically
talented, boarding, and ESL students. This year she is teaching
Language Arts to middle and high school students at Hangzhou
International School in China.

Her work in China this year prevented her from accepting an
invitation to present an NAGC special session titled,
"Legal, Political, and Neurobiological Arguments for
Re-conceptualizing Gifted." She is looking forward to sharing ideas
and expertise in the scheduled on-line conference in May. In her
view, it's time to radically re-think our advocacy strategies
regarding gifted children.

Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 23:18:18 -0700
From: Sandy Leybold <leybolds@...>
Subject: Re: New TAG PTA formed in LO

Announcing the formation of the new LOTAG-PTA--
Next Tuesday, April 19th, is the kickoff meeting of the newly formed
LOTAG-PTA, to be held from 7-8:30 pm in the library of Oak Creek
Elementary, 55 Kingsgate, Lake Oswego. We voted to form a new unit of
Oregon PTA on March 18th. Our initial Executive Committee includes parents
with children in LOSD, private schools, preschool, and homeschooled, so we
have some experience with a variety of options. Although I don't know the
Lakeridge student on the email group, it is exactly the kind of frustration
he is experiencing that we are trying to systematically eliminate. Our
speaker on April 19th will be Amy Welch, TAG Administrator for the Portland
Public Schools, who will present "Exploring Community & School Resources
for Your Talented & Gifted Child".

We are a district-wide organization that encourages and supports
appropriate TAG programs, curricula, teacher training, and educational
strategies at all grade levels and schools in the District. We will also
provide opportunities for parents and TAG students to learn more about
gifted education needs and research, network, and advocate for needed
services. '

All interested community members (and we include the larger TAG community,
not just Lake Oswego) are welcome to attend. We have met with
Superintendent Bill Korach and asst. Jorie Ellis, and have invited
principals, TAG coordinators, educators, parents and students to attend.
For more information, call President Sandy Leybold at 503-598-7988.

Friends:

Below is a link and excerpt from a New York Times article on a NWEA report issued this week. (NY Times articles require free registration).

Although one of the cautions included in this report is that large cities were not included, Portland Public school test results show a similar pattern to one mentioned in this report: higher achieving students make lower test score gains and
low-income and minority high achieving students make the lowest gains. For the Portland data see



Here are some other resources on the report:

Press Release


Executive Summary





Full report (requires free registration)



Study Finds Shortcoming in New Law on Education
By GREG WINTER

Published: April 13, 2005

The academic growth that students experience in a given school year has apparently slowed since the passage of No Child Left Behind, the education law that was intended to achieve just the opposite, a new study has found.

In both reading and math, the study determined, test scores have gone up somewhat, as each class of students outdoes its predecessors. But within grades, students have made less academic progress during the school year than they did before No Child Left Behind went into effect in 2002, the researchers said....

The study was conducted by the Northwest Evaluation Association, which develops tests for about 1,500 school districts in 43 states. To complete it, the group drew upon its test data for more than 320,000 students in 23 states, a sample that it calls "broad but not nationally representative," in part because the biggest cities, not being Northwest clients, were not included.

One of the more ominous findings, the researchers said, is that the achievement gap between white and nonwhite students could soon widen. Closing the gap is one of the driving principles of the law, and so far states say they have made strides toward shrinking it.

But minority students with the same test scores as their white counterparts at the beginning of the school year ended up falling behind by the end of it, the study found. Both groups made academic progress, but the minority students did not make as much, it concluded, an outcome suggesting that the gaps in achievement will worsen.....

But rising test scores tend to mask how much progress individual students make as they travel through school, the researchers found. Since No Child Left Behind, that individual growth has slowed, possibly because teachers feel compelled to spend the bulk of their time making sure students who are near proficiency make it over the hurdle.

The practice may leave teachers with less time to focus on students who are either far below or far above the proficiency mark, the researchers said, making it less likely for the whole class to move forward as rapidly as before No Child Left Behind set the agenda.

Margaret DeLacy

Friends:

This is to remind you that Portland School Superintendent Vicki Phillips will be meeting with Portland TAG parents and interested community members Thursday night at 7:00 in the Blanchard Building Board Room, 501 North Dixon St.

Margaret

Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Public Hearings Schedule

In addition to its regularly-scheduled public hearings in the State Capitol, the legislature's Joint Committee on Ways and Means will hold public hearings outside the Capitol to make it easier for Oregonians to comment on state budget proposals. Below is a list of these committee hearings. If you are unable to attend a hearing, but would like to comment on the state budget, please e-mail us at: state.budget2005@.... For updates to this schedule, please visit our web site at: www.leg.state.or.us/budgethearings.pdf.

Please note the REVISED schedule for the upcoming Ways and Means public hearings.
Revisions are as follows:
1. The evening hearings will begin at 7 p.m., not 6 p.m.
2. The Lakeridge High School meeting will be in the auditorium, not the library.
3. We have three sites, and are lining up more, for the April 18 videoconference--Blue Mountain Community College, Eastern Oregon University and Southwestern Oregon Community College.

Friends:

I am happy to report that Rep. Lim's office has just faxed me a copy of the amendments to HB 3129 that will be considered tomorrow.

As the amendment is very short, it is are copied below.

Section 1 (still) requires that every student while in grades 9 through 12 shall complete 3 years of mathematics and four years of English.

Section 2 (the amendment) says

"Notwithstanding subsection (1) ... a school district may award a diploma to a student who does not meet the requirements of subsection (1) of this section if the student
(a) Has met or exceeded the academic content standards for mathematics or English established by the board; or
(b) Displays proficiency in mathematics or English at a level established by the board."

A second amendment, requested by ODE, postpones the effective date of the English requirement until July 1, 2007 and the math requirement to July 1, 2008.

I believe that the first amendment removes my own objection to the bill: that it relied on a seat time requirement to the exclusion of any measure of proficiency, so I plan to support the bill as amended. If anyone else has any comments or sees something I have missed, I would appreciate receiving them before the hearing tomorrow. If you have a FAX I can probably fax the amendments to you if my machine cooperates.

Margaret DeLacy

Friends:

House Bill 3129 has been scheduled for a hearing before the House Education Committee on Wednesday at 1:00 in Hearing Room E along with HB 3162 which abolishes the CIM and CAM. I expect that there will be a lot of testimony on 3162 but not on 3129.

If you wish to comment on either bill, I suggest calling members of the House Education Committee or your own representative.

House Bill 3129 requires four years of English and three years of Math for graduation to be taken between grades 9 and 12. This bill will force students to remain in High School for four years even if classes at an appropriate level are not available for them to take. It will force taxpayers to pay considerable sums to keep students in situations where they are not necessarily learning--money that is diverted from other, more productive educational services. The bill needs to be amended to permit students who have demonstrated a reasonable level of proficiency to move on.

At the hearing on this bill last week, Representative Lim promised that it would be amended but at this point I have not seen the amendments. When I have, I will let you know what they contain.

Margaret DeLacy

OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF THE HOUSE SPEAKER

JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULE

In addition to its regularly-scheduled public hearings in the State Capitol, the Legislature's Joint Committee on Ways and Means will hold additional public hearings outside the Capitol to make it easier for Oregonians to comment on state budget proposals. Below is a list of these committee hearings. For up dates to this schedule, please visit ou rwebsite at: .


WEDNESDAY,APRIL13
6p.m.
Portland Community College, Cascade Campus
705 N.Killingsworth,Portland
Topic:State Budget

FRIDAY,APRIL15
6p.m.
McLoughlin Middle School
320West 2ndSt., Medford
Topic:State Budget

SATURDAY,APRIL16
11a.m.
Klamath County Government Center
305 MainSt., Klamath Falls
Topic:State Budget

MONDAY,APRIL18
6p.m. StateCapitol video conference with Eastern Oregon communities
Topic: StateBudget



TUESDAY,APRIL19
6 p.m.
Ways&Means Subcommittee on Education
Lakeridge High School library
1235S W Overlook Dr.,Lake Oswego
Topic: State Education Budget

WEDNESDAY,APRIL20
6 p.m.
Tillamook County Courthouse
201 LaurelAve., Tillamook
Topic: State Budget

Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 09:35:10 -0700
From: "Will Fuller" <wwfuller@...>
Subject: Parent Leadership Conference May 7

To the CPPS Board, members and friends,
Our fifth annual Parent Leadership Conference is on
Saturday morning, May 7
8:00AM to 12:15
at Benson High 546 NE 12th Ave.

co-sponsored by
the Portland Schools Foundation
and Portland Public Schools.

The centerpiece of the conference is an hour-long open dialogue
with Portland Public Schools Superintendent Vicki Phillips,
plus workshops and breakout groups
focused on meaningful parent involvement in
creating stronger schools in tough times.

To register online, go to www.cppsportland.org
and click on "Press Here to register online"
There is no charge for the conference.

Day care is available if you register before April 29.
For more information, go to the website above, or call 503-220-0577 and a CPPS
member will return your call.
If you are interested in helping out at the event, please mention that on your
registration
or call Gretchen Dursch at 503-233-2218
or leave a message at the CPPS voicemail, 503-220-0577.

Hope to see you at the leadership conference.
Will Fuller

Friends:

below is a link to an editorial in USA today concerning early decision in college admissions and linking teacher pay to performance measured by achievement gains



Margaret