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Corbett’s PA: Finding more ways to punish kids

On Thursday, the IRRC voted 3-2 to implement mandatory Keystone graduation exams beginning with this year’s ninth grade class. The exams are end of course state-level tests which will determine 1) whether you pass the class; and 2) count toward graduation. A failure to pass the exams could result in our children not receiving theirContinue reading “Corbett’s PA: Finding more ways to punish kids”

Is “right to know” the new “pay to play”?

(This piece is a cross-posting of my article that originally appeared at the Philadelphia Public School Notebook) Pay to play” is a widely reviled practice in government, but that’s effectively what the District’s legal argument would establish through its challenge of an open records case in state court. For more than 10 months, Parents United for Public Education andContinue reading “Is “right to know” the new “pay to play”?”

An Open Letter to Dr. Hite on Parent Priorities for $45 Million Restored to Philadelphia Schools

Dear Superintendent Hite: This year, our schools opened with a lack of resources any educator would have deemed unimaginable and intolerable. You acknowledged the severity of the situation in a recent interview, describing our schools as “functional types of schools” lacking in the “resources that we typically expect in schools.” This is the reason whyContinue reading “An Open Letter to Dr. Hite on Parent Priorities for $45 Million Restored to Philadelphia Schools”

Philadelphia Schools Partnership seeks private management over student placement

(This blog post was first published at the Philadelphia Public School Notebook. Read it here) For months, the Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) has been working to put in place a new citywide process for placing students in schools. Most troubling is that PSP wants this process to be run by an outside, private entity that is createdContinue reading “Philadelphia Schools Partnership seeks private management over student placement”

Week of Oct. 14th: Calendar of events

Another busy week of action around Philadelphia public schools. Mon., Oct. 14: Know Your Rights Strategy Session, 10 a.m. : Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia and Parents United for Public Education are hosting a third Know Your Rights workshop on how to file legal complaints with the state department of education. Read more about this effortContinue reading “Week of Oct. 14th: Calendar of events”