A FUNNY thing happened last week: People got angry at Arlene Ackerman for righting a wrong. That followed the superintendent's announcement that the school district had come up with money to preserve full-day kindergarten. The district previously said kindergarten...
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What About The Students? – Philadelphia Inquirer – June 12, 2011
Philadelphia's school-budget crisis is hardly an anomaly. Across the country, municipalities are proposing layoffs, shuttering schools, swelling class sizes, eliminating essential programs, and raising taxes. In Philadelphia, we're considering all these measures,...
Concerns Rise Over Leadership Of Philadelphia Schools – Philadelphia Inquirer – June 8, 2011
In City Hall last Thursday afternoon, a select group of officials sat with Mayor Nutter in his office, exchanging the latest information and strategy ideas on how to accomplish their unified mission of securing more money from Harrisburg to help close the Philadelphia...
Nutter Pitches More Taxes To Aid Schools – Philadelphia Inquirer – June 2, 2011
With time running out to raise about $100 million for city schools, Mayor Nutter proposed in private meetings Wednesday to raise property taxes, resurrect the long-dead soda tax, and increase prices at parking meters and kiosks. City Council members, who largely were...
Wanted: A Safe-Schools Advocate To Make City Schools Safer – Philadelphia Inquirer – May 26, 2011
AMID THE turmoil about the school district's finances, another issue can't be allowed to fall off the radar - school safety. The district can't suspend or expel its way out of school violence any more easily than the city can arrest its way out of community violence....
Public School Community Urges Council To Increase District’s Funding – Philadelphia Inquirer – May 26, 2011
Parents, students, advocates, educators, and religious leaders Wednesday implored City Council to increase city funding for schools to preserve full-day kindergarten, transportation, and programs that help dropouts earn high school diplomas. Anne Pomerantz, head of...
Harrisburg Playing Musical Chairs With Childrens Education – Delaware County Times – May 25, 2011
As any 4-year-old who’s played musical chairs knows, declining resources result in chaos and some children inevitably get left out. This month, parents are receiving a harsh reminder of this age-old truth. Decades of research have persuaded educators, economists and...
U.S., Pennsylvania Cuts Expected To Curb Child-Care Subsidies – Philadelphia Inquirer – May 21, 2011
Julia Van Houten, 31, a single mother with an 8-year-old girl and a 17-month-old boy, has struggled for years to make ends meet despite working full-time. A child-care teacher for close to nine years at Sonshine Christian Academy in Drexel Hill, Van Houten is paid $10...
Proposed State Budget Revisions Wont Eliminate Drastic Cuts In Philadelphia School Spending – Philadelphia Inquirer – May 12, 2011
Even if a new budget proposed by Harrisburg Republicans passes and some funds are restored to education spending, the Philadelphia School District will still face a $610 million gap next year, officials said Wednesday. Chief Financial Officer Michael Masch broke the...
Activists Tell School District To Stop Budget Blame Game – Philadelphia Inquirer – May 12, 2011
School-district officials have contended that to stop the massive cuts they want to make to close a $629 million deficit, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, anybody must swoop in with more money to save the day. But in the latest wave of protests against the district's cuts,...