The five candidates explicitly call for more oversight of district-run and charter schools. Abraham: focuses on accountability measures for teachers that reward success and impose consequences for inadequate performance. She also calls for more financial oversight...
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What are the candidates for Mayor saying about Children’s Issues: Will they increase Pre-K? – April 10, 2015
Three of the candidates list specific actions they would take to provide access to pre-k to all children in Philadelphia. Abraham: calls for mandatory pre-k by 2020 and would use $20 million in City funds to jump-start expansion and proposes a Universal Pre-K...
What are the candidates for Mayor saying about Children’s Issues: More funds for schools? – April 10, 2015
The Candidates uniformly agree that the current system of funding schools is broken and are calling on the state to adopt a fair funding formula. But real difference is what they are saying they will do to increase local funding for the District.
New Play At Constitution Center Puts Education Funding Under The Lights – CBS3 – April 8, 2015
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A new theater production premieres tonight at the National Constitution Center, with Pennsylvania’s education funding system taking center stage. The production entitled “School Play" was born from the effects of Philadelphia school district...
‘School Play’ spotlights Pennsylvania’s educational funding quandary – WHYY Newsworks – April 7, 2015
A play about the current state of Pennsylvania public schools will premiere at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia this week. The script of the documentary-style play, called "School Play," comes directly from the mouths of 150 people involved with public...
‘School Play’ addressing budget issues – NBC10 Video – April 8, 2015
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Play dramaticizes PA school funding crisis – Philadelphia Daily News – April 6, 2015
PHILADELPHIA writer and parent Arden Kass became outraged a couple of years ago when the school district slashed its budget and classroom education suffered. Teachers were laid off and class sizes ballooned. "It seemed like they were attacking the school system," Kass...
‘School Play’ makes funding crisis personal – The Philadelphia Inquirer – April 8, 2015
In 2013, Arden Kass was one of about 20 Philadelphia parents who traveled to Harrisburg to deliver 4,000 letters by schoolchildren pleading to restore education funding. It didn't go well. "The mothers were shocked at how callous the environment was, and, when they...
School Play: Write Your Legislator
Tell you local legislator to put education center stage. Voices from across the Commonwealth make it clear: we need to address how the state funds its schools. Click here to contact your House and Senate members and urge them to work with their colleagues to...
School Play: Supporters
PCCY is grateful for the extraordinary dedication of the creative team of Arden Kass, Seth Bauer and Ed Sobel and the many contributors who made this play possible: Anonymous Barbara & Ted Aronson The Berwind Foundation Bob Victor Brian &...