The school district and outside organizations are launching tools to make the process simpler but families say it’s still too complicated and stressful to navigate.
Building a new school library at William C. Bryant elementary took nearly a year and support from several community organizations. Now, students will have access to more than 5,000 new books.
School board members voted to approve a raise and contract extension for Superintendent Tony Watlington Thursday night.
District officials see the program as a way for parents and guardians to build connections with schools and communities.
Esperanza Academy has spent decades building trust in Philly’s majority-Latino Hunting Park neighborhood. That’s been especially useful amid increased immigration enforcement.
The school district and outside organizations are launching tools to make the process simpler but families say it’s still too complicated and stressful to navigate.
Building a new school library at William C. Bryant elementary took nearly a year and support from several community organizations. Now, students will have access to more than 5,000 new books.
School board members voted to approve a raise and contract extension for Superintendent Tony Watlington Thursday night.
District officials see the program as a way for parents and guardians to build connections with schools and communities.
Esperanza Academy has spent decades building trust in Philly’s majority-Latino Hunting Park neighborhood. That’s been especially useful amid increased immigration enforcement.
One legislator backing the bill said the current state of school buildings is ‘both a crisis of education and a public health crisis.’
The new contract provides raises for teachers but relies on state funding increases that may not materialize. The board also approved short-term borrowing amid budget uncertainty.
Philadelphia district officials say they plan to share recommendations of which schools to close and which ones to invest in later this fall.
Teachers and other school staff will receive annual 3% raises under the new 3-year contract.
The transit authority has agreed to restore some bus lines that serve students after they were eliminated as part of sweeping transit cuts.
Philadelphia Academies Inc. is bringing its 9th Grade Success Network to four new district schools.
The charter school has appealed a court ruling that it must close. The district has singled out its students’ struggles on standardized tests.
Students say less-reliable transit will make them late for class. Teachers say they’ve received little guidance about what to do when that happens.
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The three-year agreement, announced hours before students returned to classrooms, could end the threat of a teachers strike this school year.
Renovations at the reopened school included adding wall and ceiling paneling throughout the 115-year-old building to protect staff and students from asbestos exposure.
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In the Class of 2024, 40% of Philadelphia students who initially said they planned to go to college did not end up matriculating.
If the transit system does not get more funding by Aug. 14, officials say cutting service at the beginning of the school year is unavoidable.
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The state says it is experiencing ‘technical difficulties’ distributing the funds but that families should receive the food benefit by mid-August.
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Arthur Steinberg told Chalkbeat negotiations are ongoing but he is gearing his members up for a potential work stoppage.
Spanish-speaking parents said they’ve missed information about school nurses, classes being canceled, and changes in the school bus schedule because of a lack of communication.
The district has delayed publicly releasing data officials say will inform which schools they choose to close. Principals and community members who’ve seen that data recently have concerns.
In Philly, school officials are completing a major revision of the district’s civics curriculum, which is required for graduation.
Mary Filardo, executive director of 21st Century School Fund and a parent activist, says Philly officials should be honest, share data, and acknowledge they can’t ‘accidentally’ fix big problems.
Despite the judge’s ruling, officials at American Paradigm Schools charter network, which operates Memphis Street Academy, say they expect to continue to operate the school this fall.
SEPTA plans to reduce its service by 20% beginning in August. If those cuts go through, transportation officials say more than 55,000 Philadelphia students who rely on the public transit system will have a more difficult time getting to school.
Education leaders learned of the freeze Monday, hours before the money was due to be available.
Major Pennsylvania cyber charter school says performing weekly wellness checks would be ‘impossible’
The wellness check requirement, passed into state law last year, was inspired in part by the death of a 12-year-old Commonwealth Charter Academy student.
Last school year, most of the district’s standalone middle schools enrolled less than half the number of students they were built for.
While it’s not quite the ‘year-round school’ Mayor Cherelle Parker campaigned on, the initiative will offer before- and after-school programs and camp activities at 15 new schools.
Philly school board signals it will not renew People for People and KIPP North Philadelphia charters
Board members said that low test scores at KIPP North Philadelphia Academy and People for People Charter School led them to start a process that could close the schools.
The district ‘knowingly and regularly’ failed to make necessary asbestos repairs and endangered students, according to federal officials.
In ‘unprecedented’ show of unity, Philly district officials and union leaders rally for more funding
The current state budget has left schools with a $4.5 billion ‘adequacy gap.’ City education leaders and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers want that to shrink.