General board hearing Thursday likely to focus on school officers and reopening plans
The Philadelphia Board of Education is holding an open public hearing Thursday afternoon, one of two that it is required
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June 17 — 6:28 pmThe Philadelphia Board of Education is holding an open public hearing Thursday afternoon, one of two that it is required
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June 16 — 3:36 pmLongtime Pennsylvania State Rep. James Roebuck has lost to challenger Rick Krajewski in the Democratic primary to represent West Philadelphia’s
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June 15 — 10:40 amWe are your Black women educators and counselors, your go-to people when life feels hard. We are here to remind
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June 11 — 6:35 pmIn the wake of George Floyd’s killing and subsequent law enforcement clashes with protesters, the move for “police-free schools” is
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June 9 — 8:33 pmDozens of cities in the United States erupted last week as protesters reacted to the killing of George Floyd, an
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June 1 — 7:27 pmUPDATED 6/2 with letter from Hite to staff and statement from Board of Education NEW UPDATE with comment from president
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May 31 — 8:39 pmAs school resumes this week after a distressing weekend when violence broke out in Philadelphia and elsewhere in response to
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April 30 — 9:10 pmDespite considerable community opposition, the Board of Education on Thursday voted 5-4 to approve relocating the middle grades of Laboratory
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March 10 — 12:59 pmAmong the 21 schools discussed at the Comprehensive School Planning Review public forums, only one school community bucked the process
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February 3 — 10:08 amThe Our City Our Schools (OCOS) coalition formed in 2016 with a goal of abolishing the School Reform Commission (SRC)