Terry Madonna will join the next monthly Twitter chat with Pennsylvania’s major education leadership organizations on Tuesday, May 26 at 8 p.m. Madonna is Professor of Public Affairs and Director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College. He is also the Director of the Franklin and Marshall College Poll.

Topics will include, but not be limited to: Property tax reform, Governor Wolf’s budget proposal, and of course the need for a fair, predictable basic education funding formula. Use hashtag #FairFundingPA to participate and follow the conversation.

On the last Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m., the following organizations go to Twitter to discuss timely topics, ask questions and listen to the public’s responses:

• The Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA);
• The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA);
• The Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO);
• The Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals (PA Principals Association)
• The Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS)

Join the conversation. Share your ideas, lurk, learn and let us know what you think about the state’s support for public schools. It’s a simple, free and fast-paced way to communicate and share information. If you’ve never tweeted before, here are directions and a few tips:

How to Get Started

Log-on to www.twitter.com, sign-up, create your profile, find people and organizations you are interested in following and start tweeting out messages in 140 characters or less. Be sure to follow our Twitter chat participants:

• @PASASupts – Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators
• @PSBA – Pennsylvania School Boards Association
• @PASBO_org – Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials
• @PA Principals Association – Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals/Assistant Principals
• @PARSS2go – Pennsylvania Association of Rural and School Schools

What is a Twitter Chat?

Twitter chats happen when a group of people all tweet about the same topic using a specific tag (#), called a hashtag, which allows it to be followed like a transcript on Twitter.

Follow the Conversation or Check Back Later

To follow a Twitter chat live or to read the conversation later, log-on to Twitter, click on the #Discover link, then search for #FairFundingPA. You will see all recent tweets on that topic. Read, reply and post your own thoughts and messages. It’s That Easy. Join the Conversation!