Philadelphia School District
The PPA Wants to Enrage You With Higher Fees … for the Kids
Newsworks reports that Philly parking rates might go up 50 cents an hour, with the proceeds going to fund Philly schools:
School District Says It Needs $216M to Avert Thousands of Layoffs
The Philadelphia school district is still broke, if you haven’t noticed. Schools superintendent William Hite says the district needs $216 million or it will have […]
Philly High School Football Team Featured in Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1jgu9JG6qo 6ABC reports: “Some Martin Luther King High School football players are about to hit the big time. Not in the NFL, at least not […]
Teachers, Activists Aim to Dissolve SRC
KYW Radio reports that the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and its allies are seeking a November ballot question that would dissolve the School Resource Commission. […]
CAPA Principal Allegedly Created Fake History Class, Issued Fake Grades
Broad Street’s High School for the Creative and Performing Arts has a high-profile reputation for educating the likes of jazz greats Christian McBride and Joey […]
D.A. Wants Parents’ Names, to Crack Down on Truancy
CBS Philly says D.A. Seth Williams wants to contact the parents of chronically truant students in order to end their chronic truancy, natch, but is […]
‘Works Bomb’ Detonated at Philadelphia School
A bomb went off in the yard outside a Feltonville school earlier this week, and a student has been charged. The City Paper‘s Dan Denvir […]
Teachers Union Challenges End to Seniority Rules
The Philadelphia Public School Notebook reports that the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers is asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to strike down the school district’s recent […]
Helen Gym, Schools Activist, Honored by White House
Helen Gym, the Philadelphia schools activist and heavyweight champion Twitter fighter, is going to be honored by the White House, 6ABC reports.
Witnesses: Parents Attack Students at Philadelphia Elementary School
Fox 29 has an incredible report from the Jay Cooke Elementary School: Yesterday parents entered the school and witnesses say they attacked 10 students, two […]
Activists Consider School Funding Lawsuit
The Daily Pennsylvanian reports: “The Education Law Center, a legal advocacy organization in Pennsylvania, and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia are strongly considering […]
Mother of 5-Year-Old Abducted from Philadelphia School Sues District, Teacher
In January 2013, a woman wearing a burqa walked into a classroom in West Philadelphia’s Bryant Elementary School and walked out with a 5-year-old girl […]
Philly Schools Decriminalizing Classroom Antics
Newsworks reports that the Philly school district will stop asking district police officers to intervene in minor “level one” classroom incidents.
Can Lawyers Save Philly’s Schools? Bill Fedullo Thinks So.
Bill Fedullo isn’t necessarily anybody’s idea to be the savior of Philly schools. He’s an attorney, one of the city’s best-known and most-powerful — and […]
District: Seniority No Longer Decides Teacher Staffing
The Philadelphia School District said Monday it will minimize the use of seniority in making teacher assignments — a move that will likely trigger a […]