Dealing with school violence: Accusations or conversations?
“The students are hopeless." “The union is useless." “The administrators are incompetent, and liars to boot." “The families are horrible." These,
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commentary, school climate, violence
March 31 — 6:41 pm“The students are hopeless." “The union is useless." “The administrators are incompetent, and liars to boot." “The families are horrible." These,
commentary, school reform commission
March 30 — 5:14 pmThis is the second in a three-part series about governance of the Philadelphia schools. Today, Philadelphia’s schools are governed by
commentary, obama administration, teacher quality, teachers
March 25 — 1:27 pmIn this current climate of educational reform many teachers are carrying big chips on our shoulders. Follow the local and
commentary, district budget, parent involvement
March 24 — 5:27 pmLast week’s two scheduled budget meetings reinforced a troubling theme in the District’s approach to community engagement – creating a
activism, commentary, school reform commission, state takeover
March 21 — 2:32 pmThis is the first installment in a three-part series about governance of the Philadelphia schools. For almost 10 years Philadelphia
activism, arlene ackerman, commentary, community organizing, philadelphia federation of teachers, renaissance schools
March 14 — 12:49 pmThe School District’s jaw-dropping decision to terminate Audenried teacher Hope Moffett is just another example of the polarizing style that
arlene ackerman, commentary, district budget, school reform commission
March 1 — 2:27 pmThe announcement by the School Reform Commission that it will extend Superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s contract through June 2014 sends a
2003, commentary, parent organizing, teacher quality
December 1 — 2:09 pmThe recently published Winter 2003-04 issue of the Notebook, "Improving Teacher Quality," examines the challenges Philadelphia schools currently face in