Philadelphia’s finance director on Monday called a new cigarette tax requiring approval from state lawmakers in Harrisburg the city’s best shot for borrowing the funds that the School District of Philadelphia needs to open schools next month with a full complement of...
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Clarke: Council Will Ok Sales Tax Plan – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – August 5, 2013
Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke's office said Monday that council members will make permanent a 1 percent sales tax that was due to expire next budget year. "Council will pass an extension of the sales tax," said Jane Roh, a spokeswoman for Clarke....
Philly Finance Director Says Council Should Move On Sales Tax; Clarke: Council Will OK It – WHYY Newsworks – August 5, 2013
Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke's office said Monday that legislators will make permanent a 1 percent sales tax that was due to expire next budget year. "Council will pass an extension of the sales tax," said Jane Roh, a spokeswoman for Clarke....
District Cancels Community Meetings After One Got Contentious – Philadelphia Daily News – August 1, 2013
IT APPEARS the district and Philadelphia school parents are not meeting eye-to-eye. School officials planned several community meetings to collect feedback from parents about what they seek in a school report card - an evaluation of schools. Parents and community...
A $50 Million Dollar Question: Will Schools Get Needed Funds From City Sales Tax? – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – August 1, 2013
With less than six weeks remaining before city schools are scheduled to open, key elements of the District rescue package hastily assembled by state lawmakers in June remain unsettled, raising the specter that schools will open with skeleton staffs, or indeed, not...
The So Called “No Tax Budget” Really Isn’t
Download PDF The Governor is touting a “no tax” budget at the same time that newspapers across the state, including the Inquirer, are documenting rising taxes. State officials claim that record levels of state support for education were enacted yet...
Growing Coalition Pushes For New Kind Of Philly Teachers Contract (Video) – WHYY Newsworks – July 25, 2013
A group calling itself the Coalition for Effective Teaching is calling on the Philadelphia School District and the city teachers' union to think about more than dollars and cents when negotiating the next contract. They're pushing to pick teachers not just based on...
4 More Nonprofits Push For Reforms In Next Philadelphia Teachers Contract – CBS3 Philly – July 25, 2013
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A group pushing for reforms in the next Philadelphia teachers contract has a few new members. The Coalition for Effective Teaching, a three-month-old group of nonprofits endorsing changes in the next teachers pact, is adding four new groups: The...
Leading Organizations in African-American & Business Communities Join Coalition for Effective Teaching
Coalition Adds Four New Influential Members Download PDF WHAT: The Coalition for Effective Teaching- a broad group of non-profit organizations focused on supporting measures that can be adopted by the School District of Philadelphia and the...
Coalition for Effective Teaching Adds Four New Members
Group Supporting Improved Teaching Methods for Philadelphia Children Grows Download PDF (PHILADELPHIA) July 24, 2013 – The Coalition for Effective Teaching announces new support from key regional organizations in its call for both the School District of...