NEW FINDINGS: FINANCIAL CUTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS IMPACT COMMUNITIES ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA Fact Sheets Available For Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Download PDF (PHILADELPHIA) May 20, 2013 – Local school...
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Not Investing In Pa. Students Now Will Cost Us Later – Philadelphia Inquirer – May 20, 2013
We're in budget season, which means the city school district is experiencing yet another round of asking for money from local and state governments that have grown inured to the perpetual crisis, as common a sign of spring as azaleas. In Harrisburg, donor fatigue has...
Phila. Council Panel Advances School Bailout Bill – Philadelphia Inquirer – May 19, 2013
With cries of protest coming from all directions - from dozens of business owners in Council chambers to thousands of public school students marching down Broad Street - a Philadelphia City Council committee advanced a bailout measure Friday for raising $30 million...
Direct Action in City Hall to Support Education and Arts in Schools
STUDENTS TO SING AND PERFORM IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS THURSDAY MAY 16 AT 9:30 SHARP: STUDENTS AND ARTS AND EDUCATION SUPPORTERS TO CONVERGE ON CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO SUPPORT DIRECT ACTION! STRONG VISUALS: STUDENTS TO SING & TO AWARD 2...
Former High School Teacher Continues Advocacy Work – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – May 15, 2013
Ever since education advocate Shanee Garner-Nelson started reading the Notebook, it has never been far from her side. She has used it for most of her adult life to inform and guide her work in public education. “If you do education work in the city, you cannot do your...
Mourning The Loss Of Arts
Group to Don Black Arm Bands At Student Art Show Reception To Mourn Loss of Arts In Schools PCCY calls the 2012 Exhibition: “Last Picture Show” for School District of Philadelphia Download PDF (PHILADELPHIA) May 14, 2013 – As a way to mourn...
Parents: Besieged Schools In Dire Need – Philadelphia Inquirer – May 1, 2013
Even assuming that the city comes up with another $60 million requested by the Philadelphia School District, the projected budget for the next school year will be a disaster for the city and its schoolchildren, a series of parents, teachers, civic groups and students...
Be Careful With Charters – Philadelphia Inquirer – April 26, 2013
The Philadelphia School District's motive to start its own cyber charter school is understandable - recouping some of the $60 million it sends to other cyber charters to serve city students - but that's not the road to take. It's been only five months since the...
PA Lawmakers Urged To Support Stronger Investments In Early Learning – PR Newswire – April 23, 2013
Early learning advocates today called for greater state investments in high-quality, publicly funded pre-kindergarten and school-day and afterschool child care programs, citing the proven benefits of such investments and the need to reach more children. Hundreds of...
Roebucks Legislation Withstands Harsh Criticism – Philadelphia Tribune – April 18, 2013
State Rep. James Roebuck, who recently submitted legislation aimed at reforming the finances and accountability for charter and cyber-charter schools, has withstood withering criticism from the charter school community — particularly from longtime educator and charter...