Philadelphia
Under their prior contract agreement, members of the CASA union agreed not to strike or stop work. The union president demanded an end to ‘wage compression.’
The district pushed back the release of its closure plan saying officials want to hear more feedback from the community via a new survey.
The City Council also pressed school officials about why the principals union has not had a contract since August.
The request for a Supreme Court hearing comes about six weeks after a federal appeals court ruled against the Catholic preschools.
Recent data doesn’t definitively prove all closings lead to higher gun violence, but they do show areas where it worsened after closure that can’t be explained by citywide spikes.
Despite a City Councilmember’s support for the sale of a vacant Ada Lewis building, district officials say the school board has not been involved in conversations about selling it.
The new test scores also show a statewide decline in reading proficiency.
The new state budget also includes $10 million for literacy instruction and initiatives.
The budget will send $193 million more to Philly schools and add accountability reforms for cyber charter schools, among other changes.
Teachers who survived school shootings are banding together to form a crisis intervention team
State lawmakers say they could be nearing a budget deal. But the delay has already been costly for schools.
Nearly 2 million people in Pennsylvania rely on federal food stamps, including around 472,000 Philly residents.
The Philadelphia school system is undergoing a facilities planning process and will be announcing school closures. Advocates say schools can tackle health, safety, and climate at once.
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At a Chalkbeat event in Germantown, city residents said they want district leaders to give serious weight to community feedback in their closure plan.
Philadelphia school leaders said Tuesday they won’t publish recommendations this month of which schools to close, pushing back a long-awaited deadline.
To address Philadelphia’s severe teacher shortage, educators and advocates want to inspire more high schoolers to go into the field through hands-on opportunities.
Developed with The New York Times’s Headway Initiative, Chalkbeat Philly is launching a new project to report on gun violence through the prism of schools and education.
The city has used a beverage tax to help pay for its free pre-K program since 2017. But labor and business groups have been opposed to the funding mechanism.
The district spent $25 million on the new curriculum. Officials say more training, support, and patience are needed.