On Tuesday night, the SRC approved three new charter schools for Philadelphia. One group, comprised of professors from Philadelphia-area institutions, wrote the following letter in response to the decision. Carolyn T. Adams, a co-author of the letter, testified at...
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Statement on SRC Court Ruling
Statement by Donna Cooper, Executive Director of PCCY, Regarding the State Supreme Court ruling on the Philadelphia SRC: The State Supreme Court’s decision regarding the Philadelphia School Reform Commission morphs the powers of SRC in ways that makes them more...
Report card for grown-ups–February 4, 2016
Report Card for Grown-Ups: C For school funding, Harrisburg got a C, underperforming Ohio and New York. The cohort was walloped by keener New Jersey who earned the only A. The Network for Public Education graded every state on 6 criteria regarding education, including...
A lift so heavy they can not budge-it?–February 12, 2016
Get the lead out Did you know more kids in Philadelphia are affected by lead contamination than in Flint, Michigan? The city of Flint faces a major public health crisis due to the city’s contaminated water supply, but elevated blood lead levels are more widespread...
A Week of a Justice Supreme–January 29, 2016
FOR YOUTH, A WEEK OF A JUSTICE SUPREME With little fanfare, from both the nation’s highest court and the country’s chief executive, this week saw a quiet revolution for youth justice, recognizing what we all know to be true: kids are not adults. In 2012, the U.S....
Three new charters, same old problem — January 22, 2016
Three new charters, same old problem With continued pressure on the District from Harrisburg to convert more public schools into charters (and the PSD dependent on support from Harrisburg for its under resourced schools), we’ll continue to see charters presented as a...
We’re not #1? Go climb a tree! – January 15, 2015
We’re (not) #1! Almost all students in the United Kingdom and Germany graduate high school (93% and 92%) but here in the U.S. we’re stuck at 77%. The U.K. also has more students performing at an advanced level in science than in the U.S. (14% of eighth-graders vs. 10%...
Did We Just Lose $855,837,937? – January 8, 2016
Harrisburg Still Owes Us $855,837,937. Severe funding cuts from 5 years ago affected every school district and student across Pennsylvania with the already beleaguered and overburdened Philadelphia School District and its 130,000 students bearing the brunt of the...
Rendell inciting class warfare at PA Society? – December 18, 2015
Top of the Heap Former governor Ed Rendell addressed the resplendent attendees at this year’s Pennsylvania Society Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, famed birthplace of a $20 apple salad. Rendell, who along with his wife Judge Marjorie Rendell, was being...
Sick of budget talk? – December 11, 2015
PCCY's report on neighborhood high schools was released on Monday at a special press conference with SDP Superintendent Hite. Click here to get the report. Something Else to Talk About... Anyone else sick and tired of hearing about the budget? Let’s take look at high...