Philadelphia School District
20 Years of Covering Philadelphia Public Education, For Better and For Worse
On Tuesday, The Philadelphia Public School Notebook celebrates its 20th anniversary with a celebration at the University of the Arts, complete with music, awards, and […]
Notebook: City Charters Get $100M More for Special Ed Than They Spend
Dale Mezzacappa, a reporter at The Notebook, reports today that charter schools in Philadelphia get $100 million more for special education than they spend. The […]
Bill Green Is Still a Rebel
Turns out, Bill Green’s the same rebel we always thought he was. Yeah, for a moment there, we thought maybe he’d gone establishment. Quitting the […]
City Council President Heads to Harrisburg to Lobby for School Funding
City Council President Darrell Clarke will lobby state lawmakers for increased funding for Philadelphia schools today, KYW 1060’s Mike Dunn reports.
SRC Refuses to Pass “Doomsday” School Budget
Big news. “The School Reform Commission declined Thursday to adopt a budget proposal that would raise class sizes as high as 41, cut 800 teachers, […]
Law Firm Gives Chromebooks to South Philly School
CBS Philly reports that the law firm of White and Williams is giving a grant of $10,000 to Chester A. Arthur School in South Philly, […]
Petition Seeks to Abolish SRC
“Pennsylvania Working Families plans to deliver 40,000 petition signatures this morning to Philadelphia City Council asking them to place a question on November’s ballot demanding […]
Corbett Accuses Teachers’ Union of Politicizing Student’s Death
Governor Tom Corbett continued the war of words between him and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and other union leaders in a letter dated May […]
A Time to Mourn — Not to Score Points
Let me first admit: I’m part of the problem. Many times in my journalism career, something big, important, and tragic has happened, and my job […]
Student Dies at Philly School; No Nurse Was on Duty
City Paper reports a first-grade student died Wednesday at Jackson Elementary School in South Philadelphia. No nurse was on duty, and questions are being raised […]
Parents Complain of Bizarre Situation at Fairmount Elementary School
The Daily News’s William Bender and Solomon Leach report today on the strange situation at Bache-Martin Elementary in Fairmount. The list of strange ongoings they […]
Auditor: State Oversight of Charter Schools Is a ‘Mess’
After a series of public meetings around the commonwealth, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has called for an overhaul of the state’s charter school system. […]
In Philadelphia School Cheating Scandal, Don’t Forget About Arlene Ackerman
There were two words absent from pretty much all of Thursday’s coverage of arrests and charges in the Philadelphia schools cheating scandal — two words […]
Arrests, Charges Expected in Philly Cheating Scandal
The Philadelphia School Notebook reports that arrests and charges are imminent in the scandal that saw Philadelphia schools allegedly inflate test scores by having officials erase incorrect students […]
Moody’s Warns of Budget Disaster, Mass Exodus from Philly Schools
Moody’s, the debt-rating service, is warning about the dire consequences if the Philadelphia school district budget remains underfunded for the 2014-15 school year, Bloomberg says. […]