WQED Multimedia • Pittsburgh, PA
December 8, 2005 • 9:00 AM–NOON
Local hearing partner: Mon Valley Education Consortium, McKeesport, PA

PARTICIPATING PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATIONS
Lancaster Foundation for Educational Enrichment
Philadelphia Education Fund

HEARING OFFICERS
Amanda R. Broun, Senior Vice President, Public Education Network, Washington, DC
Ronald Cowell, President, Education Policy & Leadership Center, Harrisburg, PA
Linda Croushore, Executive Director, Mon Valley Education Consortium, McKeesport, PA
William Isler, President, Family Communications, Pittsburgh, PA
Geraldine Jones, Dean, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
Thomas Knight, Superintendent, East Allegheny School District, North Versailles, PA
Janis Risch, Acting Executive Director, Good Schools Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
P. Michael Sturla, Lancaster County Democratic Representative, Lancaster, PA

STUDENT WITNESSES
Students from the schools listed below gave testimony at the hearing
Allegheny County
Duquesne High School, Duquesne City School District
East Allegheny High School, East Allegheny School District
Forbes Road Career and Technology Center
McKeesport Area High School, McKeesport Area School District
Oliver High School, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Fayette County
Brownsville Area High School, Brownsville Area School District
Lancaster County
J.P. McCaskey High School, Lancaster School District
Northampton County
Liberty High School, Bethlehem Area School District
Philadelphia County/Philadelphia City
Benjamin Franklin High School
Dobbins Area Vocational-Technical High School
Germantown High School
Motivation High School
Samuel Fels High School
Thomas A. Edison High School
Creative and Performing Arts
Gamp High School
John Bartram School
Robert Lamberton High School
Simon Gratz High School
West Philadelphia High School
Washington E. Rhodes Middle School