Mid Year Media Review
Teachers at Philadelphia’s Julia R. Masterman School worked outside all day Thursday, saying they felt unsafe inside the building due to unresolved asbestos hazards and a lack of credible information … Read More
The Philadelphia Board of Education voted Tuesday to let Superintendent William Hite “develop and implement” a vaccine mandate for district workers. The vote was 7-0 at the virtual meeting. Maria … Read More
Nine members of the City Council have joined the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers in calling for the school district to continue testing for asymptomatic students as part of its COVID … Read More
A week after the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers said it was open to negotiating a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for educators, school district officials have not yet proposed one. With school … Read More
As a trial nears in a landmark fair funding case, Republican legislative leaders want to block evidence that Pennsylvania’s Black and Hispanic students fare worse on traditional measures of academic … Read More
Carpentry teacher Jared Lauterbach stopped short when he spied the student seated at the sidewalk art table, sketching a design for a school logo. “Is that Yahya?” Yahya Long, 15, … Read More
After state lawmakers agreed to a budget last week that largely left unspent a combined $10 billion from a state surplus and federal pandemic aid, Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite said … Read More
The students are at the top of their class at Strawberry Mansion, a school the community fought to keep open Sameera Sullivan and Elaina Hunter first met in kindergarten at … Read More
Starkly describing young people who are bored, depressed, falling behind, and more vulnerable to violence, scores of speakers urged the Philadelphia Board of Education at a public hearing Thursday to … Read More
