Memoranda of understanding have been signed by four dozen organizations, detailing what they will do to support three of the main goals of the READ! by 4th initiative – boosting school attendance, reaching out to parents, and preventing summer learning loss. Among the...
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Guess What Happens When States Fund Their Schools and How Philadelphia Can Make History on Pre-K – January 23, 2015
New Research Backs the Need for Pennsylvania to Fund its Schools No surprise here! When underfunded schools have proper funding, students do better in the classroom and in life according to a recently released report from researchers from Northwestern and...
Watchdog group says no to new charter schools – The Philadelphia Tribune – January 23, 2015
A new report recommending no new charter school approvals in 2015 finds fault with state legislation that required a new round of applications as a condition of extending a local cigarette sales tax. Public Citizens for Children and Youth, which advocates for quality...
Approve quality charters or reject them all? Which is the irresponsible move? – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – January 23, 2015
Last week, I received an email from the Philadelphia School Partnership expressing outrage over a recent report by Public Citizens for Children and Youth that recommended the School Reform Commission should not approve any of the 40 pending charter school...
Turzai pushes for many new Phila. charters – The Philadelphia Inquirer – January 22, 2015
On the same day that the Philadelphia School Reform Commission was told it could not scrap the teachers' contract to save money, the state House speaker urged the commission to approve more charter schools. Twenty-seven of the 40 applicants for new charters "are doing...
Teachers praise Wolf’s nomination for education secretary – The Philadelphia Tribune – January 22, 2015
The city teacher’s union has praised the nomination of Pedro Rivera as the state’s next education secretary. Officials said he has experience as a teacher and administrator in the city’s public schools. “Because his career has taken him from teacher, to principal, to...
Former Philly principal named state education secretary – Philadelphia Daily News – January 20, 2015
GOV.-ELECT Tom Wolf yesterday tapped former Philadelphia School District administrator Pedro Rivera as the state's next education secretary, a move that advocates hope will help the city's beleaguered public schools. Rivera, superintendent of the 11,500-student School...
Palmer School’s charter is revoked – Philadelphia Daily News – January 18, 2015
THE END OF the Walter Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School is official. The School Reform Commission voted unanimously last night to revoke the school's charter for a host of reasons, including poor academic performance and fiscal mismanagement. The...
Lynne Abraham’s charter school obstructs access to neediest students through obfuscated app process – The Daily KOS Blog – January 16, 2015
Former Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham is running for mayor, but should she be focused on reforming the Reading, PA charter school over which she is chairwoman? An excerpt from my latest piece, below the fold. Lynne Abraham, who is part of the real...
Phila. Mayoral Candidates Need Better Ed. Advisors, Like Yesterday – The PHL Blog – January 16, 2015
Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) released a report on charter school performance among currently operating charter school applicants wishing to expand that you should probably read. If I had things my way, it would be required reading for every person...