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coronavirus, health, jerry jordan, philadelphia federation of teachers, philadelphia school partnership, superintendent hite, william hite

July 10 — 8:30 am

A careful process meets a rash demand

Worlds collided this week when Philadelphia School District officials, now deep in the weeds of their own planning process for

Bill Hangley Jr.

activism, black lives matter, board of education, protest, race, superintendent hite, teachers, trauma

June 1 — 7:27 pm

Hite calls for ‘difficult conversations’ in schools around systemic racism

UPDATED 6/2 with letter from Hite to staff and statement from Board of Education NEW UPDATE with comment from president

Dale Mezzacappa

activism, black lives matter, board of education, protest, race, racial equity, superintendent hite, teachers, the u school, trauma, violence, WE Caucus

May 31 — 8:39 pm

Educators face task of helping students cope with turmoil gripping city, nation

As school resumes this week after a distressing weekend when violence broke out in Philadelphia and elsewhere in response to

Dale Mezzacappa

coronavirus, fall, summer, superintendent hite

May 28 — 1:35 pm

Hite says that school reopening in the fall may vary across the city

Reopening school in the fall may look different across the city depending on the conditions and capacities of individual buildings

Dale Mezzacappa

budget cuts, budget/funding, budgeting, city council, comcast, coronavirus, digital divide, property taxes, superintendent hite

May 20 — 10:19 pm

School officials plead their case for more funds before Council

Updated 5/21  Philadelphia School District officials, the teachers’ union president, and advocates implored City Council on Wednesday to do all

Dale Mezzacappa

board of education, charter schools, school nurses, superintendent hite

December 12 — 11:56 pm

Board of Education renews six charters

The Board of Education met Thursday for the final time in 2019, approving five-year renewals for six charter schools and

Bill Hangley Jr.

district news, jim kenney, opening of school, superintendent hite

September 3 — 3:02 pm

School opens Tuesday with bell-ringing and high hopes for the new year

The Philadelphia School District officially launched its new academic year Tuesday morning with the traditional ringing of the schoolhouse bell

Bill Hangley Jr.

budget/funding, charters, class size, early literacy, facilities, labor contracts, renaissance schools, school performance profile, school reform commission, source4teachers, src, standardized testing, superintendent hite, turnaround

July 10 — 4:35 pm

A look at Superintendent Hite’s record on meeting his anchor goals

Updated 7/16/18: this article now uses per-pupil spending and revenue data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, adjusted for local

Greg Windle

at the src, breaking news, jim kenney, mayor kenney, src, state takeover, superintendent hite, takeover

November 16 — 6:08 pm

SRC votes to dissolve, taking first step toward local control of schools

Updated at 9:45 p.m. Nov. 16, 2017 The School Reform Commission will soon be no more. The city’s political leaders,

Dale Mezzacappa
Breaking News
sen vincent hughes by greg

at the src, friends of..., jim kenney, school reform commission, superintendent hite

October 24 — 6:15 pm

Kenney administration is moving to set up transition from SRC to local control

UPDATED Oct. 25 10 a.m. with a new statement from Jeff Hornstein  The Kenney administration is actively seeking suggestions from various education

Dale Mezzacappa
SRC protest
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