Parents United for Public Education Suggestions to improve Renaissance Process voting procedures May 5, 2014 Parents United for Public Education has raised serious concerns about the overall Renaissance charter effort. Nevertheless, we supported the District’s decision this year to permit parents to vote on whether their schools should be taken over by charter operators. WeContinue reading “Statement: Improving voting procedures for 2014 Renaissance process”
Category Archives: Ethics & Lobbying
Steel parents file grievance against SAC charter vote
Update: A second Steel School Advisory Council member filed a complaint with the charter office, but the complaint was allegedly dismissed because it came after the 8 a.m. deadline. The SAC member Giavoni Gethers forwarded her complaint, a serious one, which is posted below. Yesterday almost 200 families voted in the first ever parent vote aboutContinue reading “Steel parents file grievance against SAC charter vote”
When Ed Reformers speak: “Schools shouldn’t have a right to exist”
The Philadelphia School Partnership was founded with a mission “to accelerate” the pace of education reform in Philadelphia and to raise $100 million to wield its agenda. So why has PSP in its short tenure here become such a polarizing institution? Hmm . . could it be the fact that they: Have prominent voucher advocates onContinue reading “When Ed Reformers speak: “Schools shouldn’t have a right to exist””
“Dump the losers”: Where do District and City leaders really stand?
How shocked should we be really? On Friday, Philadelphia School Partnership’s Mark Gleason embraced a stunningly blunt description of the District’s “portfolio model” at a session of the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting. Gleason was attempting to explain why the portfolio model depends on school closings in a system where multiple operators run schools.Continue reading ““Dump the losers”: Where do District and City leaders really stand?”
Parents United statement on Corbett SRC appointments
Parents United for Public Education will seek to work with any and all appointees to the School Reform Commission. As parents, however, we believe the appointment of any new individuals to the Commission does not change the fundamentally flawed nature of an entity which is ultimately beholden to politics over effective governance. The approval processContinue reading “Parents United statement on Corbett SRC appointments”
Parents United for Public Education 