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2012, april, curriculum, focus on engaging curriculum, high schools, learning disabilities, special ed, special education, special needs, standardized curriculum, teachers, theme articles, web exclusive

April 2 — 3:53 pm

Navigating the digital world

As a result of the big changes underway in the School District, teachers will soon be given more freedom to

Wendy Harris
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2012, april, curriculum, elementary schools, focus on engaging curriculum, literacy, other news & features, parent involvement, penny nixon, reading, school reform commission, teachers

April 2 — 3:06 pm

Walkthrough team deemed reading area ‘clutter’

Andrew Ganim of West Philadelphia testified to the School Reform Commission on January 19 about school officials’ sudden dismantling of

2012, april, focus on engaging curriculum, other news & features, parent involvement, school reform commission, student activism

April 2 — 2:31 pm

School Reform Commission meetings

Action meetings of the SRC are for general purposes and are normally held monthly at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium

2012, april, curriculum, focus on engaging curriculum, standardized curriculum, teachers, theme articles

April 2 — 1:08 pm

Lessons from teachers

Ask any teacher, whether at a neighborhood, magnet, or charter school, and most would agree that to keep students engaged

2012, april, arts, elementary schools, focus on engaging curriculum, school snapshot

April 2 — 1:05 pm

Black History Month celebration

To celebrate Black History Month, 3rd graders from John F. McCloskey Elementary in Cedarbrook simulated an African American wax museum

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2012, april, cartoon, curriculum, focus on engaging curriculum, standardized curriculum, teachers, testing

April 2 — 10:45 am

April edition cartoon

The District released a statement outlining the findings of a third-party investigation into the IBS contracting controversy, revealing "no evidence of

april 2012 cartoon

2012, april, curriculum, focus on engaging curriculum, literacy, reading, school reform commission, theme articles

March 30 — 4:35 pm

Lorene Cary: A reading life

The morning newspaper. A collection of African-American short stories. A book about teachers’ unions. Yesterday’s mail. The stacks on Lorene

Benjamin Herold
lorene cary

2012, april, curriculum, focus on engaging curriculum, penny nixon, principals, professional development, standardized curriculum, teachers, theme articles

March 30 — 4:35 pm

Reorganization is underway

Working with Chief Academic Officer Penny Nixon to develop a new organizational blueprint for the School District, seven “academic design

Dale Mezzacappa

2012, april, focus on engaging curriculum, sports, sports stories

March 30 — 4:35 pm

Members of the crew

Philadelphia City Rowing, a nonprofit that offers District high schools free access to competitive rowing, helped Masterman High School senior

Avi Wolfman-Arent
pcr 1

2012, april, arlene ackerman, curriculum, focus on engaging curriculum, high schools, low-performing schools, penny nixon, promise academies, standardized curriculum, standardized testing, teachers, theme articles

March 30 — 4:35 pm

Working on a new blueprint for schools she grew up in

Penny Nixon fondly remembers Ms. Newman, her 12th grade teacher at Martin Luther King High School nearly 30 years ago.

Dale Mezzacappa
penny nixon
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