Philadelphia

Jack Ciattarelli and Toms River: Perfect Together

At Tuesday night’s debate, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Jack Ciattarelli doubled down on his belief that the government has no right…

3 years ago

Demand #InternetForAll for 15 Million Students Who Are #LoggedOut

On Wednesday, August 26, education activists and organizations around the country are staging a national day of action, demanding that…

4 years ago

QOD: Principal of Philadelphia High School Explains the LIFO Albatross & Gov. Wolf’s Choice of Unions Over Kids

Sharif El-Mekki, principal of Shoemaker Middle and High School in Philadelphia, considers the impact of PA Governor Wolf's veto of…

8 years ago

Philadelphia Principal on Academia’s “Privilege and Arrogance” Regarding Parent Demand for Charter Schools

Philadelphia Public Schools has a decades-long history of failing traditional public schools and, hence, parents continue to demand seats in…

9 years ago

QOD: Great Irony of Progressives: Equal Access to Marriage, Living Wages, and Healthcare, but Not to Schools

Kristen Forbriger responds to the feature story in Philly Mag called “A City Parent’s Guide to Schools,” illustrated by a…

9 years ago

Philly School Advocacy Partners on Schools that Work and Those that Don’t

Public education advocates in New Jersey, from Derrell Bradford to Paul Tractenberg (bet you never thought you’d see those two…

10 years ago

PA Education Sec’y to Philly Schoolchildren: “Let Them Eat Cake”

From this morning’s New York Times:According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, a nonprofit policy research group, Mr. Corbett…

10 years ago

Philly School Reform Commission Cancels Teachers’ 0% Health Benefits Contributions; Inquirer Gives Thumbs Up

On Monday the Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted unanimously to unilaterally cancel the city's current teachers’ contract. The Commission and…

10 years ago

Philly Public Schools Eliminates LIFO

StudentsFirst's Ashley DeMauro in Philadelphia Public Schools Notebook reflects on the School Reform Commission’s recent decision to eliminate seniority-based lay-offs…

11 years ago