Philadelphia Public Schools

If weather requires schools to stay closed after Monday, students will learn remotely.

A key member of the Philadelphia City Council has already expressed opposition to parts of the district’s plan to close, relocate, and co-locate several schools.

The proposal would have a particularly large impact on middle schools, with more than a dozen elementary schools turning into K-8 schools.

School leaders also attribute the success to teacher training and expanded tutoring for middle school students.

As Philadelphia tackles a severe teacher shortage, the program helps students earn college credit to become educators.

The district will open 2 schools as part of the new North Philadelphia Promise Zone, even as officials plan on closing underutilized public schools in the city.

Friends of the Children Philadelphia just wrapped its first year in the city and is looking to expand.

The nearly $90 million building has space for more than 1,000 students.

Roughly 90% of high schoolers who weren’t on track to graduate by the end of 9th grade stayed off track in 10th grade, according to a November district analysis.

Mayor Cherelle Parker has publicly said she wants to use vacant buildings for housing. The school board approved a resolution saying it will look into it.

The city’s district and alternative schools have lost students, while charter and cyber charter enrollment has grown slightly. The number of English language learners has nearly doubled over the past decade.

The four-year agreement includes raises and language recognizing principals’ contributions to the school district.

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 new test scores also show a statewide decline in reading proficiency.

The budget will send $193 million more to Philly schools and add accountability reforms for cyber charter schools, among other changes.

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.

Anna Herman at The U School in North Philly has written a new curriculum unit to help students understand how geography shapes lives, communities, and futures.

The district remains far from its goal that more than half of students will achieve proficient math and reading scores by 2030.