“It’s not enough” Parents United for Public Education acknowledges the Mayor and City Council for their (albeit confused) efforts to ensure the opening of school, but again, as we said earlier, we want to be clear: It’s not enough. The City may be doing its part to open schools. $50 million is not enough toContinue reading “Statement on $50 million in (maybe) city funds: It’s still not enough”
Category Archives: District Budget
Statement on Philadelphia delegation call for $45 million: It’s not enough
“It’s not enough.” Parents United for Public Education supports the call of the Philadelphia delegation for the state to immediately release the $45 million due to the Philadelphia public schools, but we want to be clear: It’s not enough. The $45 million is federal money already due to the Philadelphia schools. For the stateContinue reading “Statement on Philadelphia delegation call for $45 million: It’s not enough”
Beyond the $50 million deal: What about the schools our children deserve?
Alfie Kohn’s 2000 book titled The Schools Our Children Deserve has become a visionary slogan for public education advocates across the country. It was the phrase I was thinking of as I listened to last week’s dueling press conferences between the Mayor, the District and City Council about the lack of funding that threatened theContinue reading “Beyond the $50 million deal: What about the schools our children deserve?”
Photo of the Day: Schools burn, Guv heads up river
Could this photo be any more iconic of the disconnect between our Governor and the state of schools? On the day that Supt. William Hite announces an unprecedented possible shutdown of Philly schools for a failure of funding, Governor Tom Corbett kicks off his kayaking vacation. The governor is oblivious and far, far away. Psst,Continue reading “Photo of the Day: Schools burn, Guv heads up river”
Lessons from a budget battle
Last Thursday, City Council decided democracy was inconvenient. Faced with a deluge of phone calls and an unprecedented outpouring of parent action around the progressive Use & Occupancy tax, City Council President Darrell Clarke shut down an expected vote on the tax and instead announced that the City would seek over $74 million for schoolsContinue reading “Lessons from a budget battle”
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