A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a meeting of the Philadelphia delegation of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Present were 22 state representatives, Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera, Secretary of Human Services Ted Dallas, Mayor Michael Nutter, City Council president Darrell Clarke, SRC members, and Superintendent William Hite, among many others. The topics wereContinue reading “Call to Action: A State Budget that Restores Funding to Social Services and Public Education”
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Must watch video of the day: “They’re not just hurting people who lost their jobs. They’re hurting the kids.”
Parents at the former Wilson Elementary School in West Philadelphia have been protesting the un-monitored dangerous 1.2 mile walk to their new school, Lea Elementary. Despite bizarrely bloviated promises from the city’s Walk Safe Program – the directors said they would have 260 volunteers present daily for the 24 schools which closed last spring –Continue reading “Must watch video of the day: “They’re not just hurting people who lost their jobs. They’re hurting the kids.””
Parents United for Public Education 