Advocacy group wants to streamline the high school application process
Educational Opportunities for Families is calling for a “more cohesive system” for Philadelphia’s school application process. The education advocacy nonprofit,
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November 15 — 7:44 pmEducational Opportunities for Families is calling for a “more cohesive system” for Philadelphia’s school application process. The education advocacy nonprofit,
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January 15 — 8:14 amSchool segregation is big business – and it’s been that way throughout American history, according to Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and
Philadelphia City Councilwoman Helen Gym has sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.), a member of the
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January 10 — 12:16 pmWhen the School Reform Commission meets Monday for its monthly public strategy session, its goal will be to discuss the
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October 2 — 3:35 pmThe Philanthropy Roundtable, with the help of the Delaware Valley Grantmakers, sponsored a meeting of big donors in Philadelphia on
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June 13 — 2:59 pmWith their schools’ mandates to operate running out in just a matter of days, leaders of 10 charters are deep
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March 13 — 11:44 pmUpdated, 3 p.m. with quotes from Mark Gleason (PSP), Marc Mannella (KIPP Philadelphia), and Helen Gym (Parents United for Public Education)
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January 28 — 7:37 pmPennsylvania Secretary of Education Ronald Tomalis rejected on Monday all eight cyber charter school applications pending before the state Department
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January 22 — 9:15 amDozens of former employees claim that K12 Inc, a for-profit education company, used dubious and sometimes fraudulent tactics to mask
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October 30 — 1:44 pmHow reliable are tests in measuring what really matters for 21st-century learning? And should high-stakes tests really be used as