Leading Education Organizations and Parent Groups United in Call for Passage of Cigarette Tax for Philadelphia Schools Parents, School Leaders, Advocates and Faith-Based Organizations Join Together to Call on Legislature to Pass Legislation to Prevent Further Cuts to...
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Another Try: Pa. House Committee Approves Phila. Cigarette Tax for Schools – CBS Philly – September 16, 2014
After a key committee vote this afternoon, the Pennsylvania House is poised to vote within the next week on a bill to authorize a cigarette tax to fund Philadelphia schools. For some, it was déjà vu: the House passed a bill more than two months ago to authorize the...
As summer ends, promising start in push to curb learning loss – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – September 15, 2014
Christopher Gale, a counselor at the Northeast Frankford Boys & Girls Club, had an ambitious goal this summer: Immerse his campers in 30 minutes of structured reading time every day. He was motivated by the phenomenon known as summer learning loss, or summer...
PCCY eNews: School Funding Commission; State Cuts to Schools; Federal NURSE Act ; 2014 Children’s Sabbath; Picasso Project Student Art Exhibit – September 12, 2014
School Funding Commission Needs to Make Sure Schools No Longer Open with Inadequate Resources Students from Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter School read letters written by Philadelphia public school children on the need for school funding outside the...
Phila. schools open amid a mixture of hope and looming layoffs – The Philadelphia Inquirer – September 9, 2014
After a summer of financial and political turmoil for Philadelphia schools, 130,000 children returned to the classroom Monday to begin a school year that opened amid looming layoffs and the threat of severe budget cuts. "This school year, like last school year, will...
Classes start for 135,000 public-school students – The Philadelphia Tribune – September 9, 2014
With Monday’s opening of more than 200 schools, all of Philadelphia’s public-school students are back in class. For many of Philadelphia’s charter school students, summer break ended last week. Yellow school buses, children and teens — some in school uniforms...
Despite struggles, Philadelphia opens 3 new high schools – Action News – September 8, 2014
Philadelphia has opened three new public high schools in an effort to show the troubled district is still trying to innovate despite the specter of massive layoffs. Classes started Monday for about 135,000 students. Officials say it will be another tough year, with...
Philly Adds Three New High Schools – NBC10 – September 8, 2014
The troubled city school system opened three new high schools Monday in an effort to show that officials are committed to innovating and boosting achievement despite fewer resources and the specter of massive layoffs. Superintendent William Hite enthusiastically...
Phila. Public School Advocates Keep Pressure on Corbett For School Funding – CBS Philly – September 8, 2014
On this, the first day of classes for Philadelphia public schools, parents and public school advocates were outside the Philadelphia office of governor Tom Corbett this morning, reading thousands of letters written by Philadelphia school students regarding state...
Kids, protestors are back to school – Metro Philadelphia – September 8, 2014
First you hear them, and then you see them: groups with megaphones and hand-painted signs screaming for “fair school funding” and “education reform.” But do you walk on by or stop and listen? Sure, some stop, but many bury their faces in their phones and act oblivious...