Carver High School of Engineering & Science is one of the most successful schools in the city, educating mostly low-income students of color in sought-after technology fields and sending them to college. Next year, principal Ted Domers doesn’t know whether he’ll...
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Preschool Children and D.A. Seth Williams Vote “Yes” for Universal Pre-K – May 18, 2015
High-quality pre-k is not available to two-thirds of preschool age children in Philadelphia, according to research from Public Citizens for Children and Youth. Philadelphia voters can put the city on track to provide high-quality pre-k for all children by voting...
DA Seth Williams Wants To See Pre-K Ballot Question Approved – CBS3 – May 18, 2015
Philadelphia’s district attorney is urging voters to approve a question on tomorrow’s ballot that would create a panel to recommend a plan for provide for universal pre-kindergarten. Why is DA Seth Williams pushing a “yes” vote on the pre-K ballot question? “The most...
Neighborhood schools: Fragile gains at risk – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – May 18, 2015
The faces of young Philadelphia can be found sitting around a table in the sunny classroom of a neighborhood high school. There’s a young woman from Bangladesh who loves learning, but who just two years ago spoke hardly any English. There’s a young African American...
DA Seth Williams Joins Children to Support Universal Pre-K Ballot Question
With less than 24 hours before the May 19th Primary Election, District Attorney Seth Williams made an impassioned plea for ballot question number four. And that ballot question, which eighty percent of Philadelphia voters supported, asked if the Philadelphia Home Rule...
School district explores privatizing health care options for students – Philadelphia Tribune – May 16, 2015
The School District of Philadelphia is considering outsourcing its school health services, a move that could have an impact on unionized school nurses. The district has issued a request for proposals this week for private providers who want to take over medical...
Hold harmless: funding protection or red herring? – WHYY Newsworks – May 14, 2015
What does "hold harmless" mean? It's a policy underlying the distribution of state education aid in Pennsylvania. "Hold harmless" provides that no district will get less money in the new funding year than it got in the previous year. What's the effect? It means school...
Philly schools to outsource nurses? – The Philadelphia Inquirer – May 13, 2015
The Philadelphia School District is exploring outsourcing its health services, officials said Wednesday - a move that might mean privatizing jobs now held by unionized school nurses. Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. said the district, rocked by years of brutal...
More questions than answers on funding for Philly schools – Philadelphia Daily News – May 13, 2015
THE CITY'S public school system is once again stuck in no man's land, otherwise known as a new budget cycle. The city charter requires the school district to adopt its budget by May 30, but funding from the city and state are a giant question mark at this point,...
Increasing Students’ Success and No Relief for Schools – May 8, 2015
Community Schools Coming to Philadelphia More than a million students in 3,000 schools across the nation attend schools that offer students and families access to a variety of social and health care services on-site, and common sense tells us that’s a good thing for...