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2007, after-school programs, fall, focus on organizing for equity, from our readers, nclb, special education, tutoring/mentoring

September 13 — 12:00 am

To the editors:

To the editors: The Philadelphia School District’s Supplemental Education Services program provides free tutoring to eligible students as part of

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2007, after-school programs, august, community partnerships, english language learning, focus on budget crunch, from our readers, immigrants, summer

May 24 — 12:00 am

Services to immigrants not declining

  To the editors: In response to the Notebook article “Immigrant communities decry cuts in services” (Spring 2007), the School

the Notebook

2007, after-school programs, august, community partnerships, focus on budget crunch, from our readers, summer

May 24 — 12:00 am

More Scrabble clubs are forming

To the editors: Thanks for your article about ASAP/After School Activities Partnership’s Scrabble initiative. As a result of this article,

the Notebook

2006, after-school programs, community partnerships, february, focus on parent involvement, news in brief, winter

November 23 — 12:00 am

Scrabble is coming to a school near you

Building upon the success of the Philadelphia Youth Chess Challenge, the local nonprofit group After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP) is

the Notebook

2006, after-school programs, college prep, contracting out, fall, focus on school district contracting, theme articles, tutoring/mentoring

September 20 — 11:00 pm

Princeton Review wins big in bid for contracts

What the New York Yankees are to baseball, Princeton Review is to Philadelphia School District contractors. The New York-based company,

Ron Whitehorne

2006, after-school programs, contracting out, fall, focus on school district contracting, parent involvement, school reform commission, theme articles, tutoring/mentoring, urban school news

September 20 — 11:00 pm

Informal bidding process: cause for concern?

The School Reform Commission (SRC) has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts for educational services in the

2006, after-school programs, arts, august, budget cuts, focus on arts and schools, funding, low-income, standardized testing, summer, teacher vacancies, theme articles

May 24 — 11:00 pm

Full-time art, music teachers: a dwindling breed?

Once, the Philadelphia School District was a flagship for instruction in the arts, with certified music and art teachers in

Dale Mezzacappa
p1 photo

2006, after-school programs, arts, august, community partnerships, focus on arts and schools, summer, theme articles

May 24 — 11:00 pm

Recent School District arts initiatives

Artists-in-residence. Some 200 artists are working in 40 elementary schools that don’t have full-time art teachers in a program with

the Notebook

2006, after-school programs, arts, august, budget cuts, en español, focus on arts and schools, funding, low-income, standardized testing, summer, teacher vacancies

May 24 — 1:28 pm

Maestros de arte y música a tiempo completo: cada vez hay menos

Una vez, el Distrito Escolar de Filadelfia fue un oasis de instrucción en las artes, y prácticamente cada escuela tenía

Dale Mezzacappa

2005, after-school programs, august, community partnerships, elementary schools, focus on segregation & equity, literacy, standardized testing, summer, theme articles

May 25 — 11:00 pm

Glimpses at success: great strides in some racially isolated schools

Over the past decade since Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Doris Smith-Ribner’s ruling demanding improvements in what she called the “substandard

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