Next Governor Won’t Have Power to Abolish SRC – For Now
By Dustin Slaughter As it currently stands, the power to dismantle the School Reform Commission will remain with…the SRC. State…
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“Guerilla” Marketing Firm Tapped to Counter-Protest Thursday’s SRC Demonstration in Forthcoming Anti-Union Campaign
By Dustin Slaughter A high-profile, New York City-based advertising firm has been tapped by a group called “PFT Fails” to…
Philly Public School Enrollment Dropping Faster than Expected as More Cuts Will Ensue
By Dustin Slaughter The savings windfall School Reform Commission officials claimed would occur when they cancelled public school teacher contracts…
In Surprise Move, SRC Cancels Teachers Union Contract, Forcing Legal Fight
By Dustin Slaughter and Joshua Albert Solomon Leach at the Daily News reports that the School Reform Commission, in a move steeped…
With Charter School in Crisis, School District Welcomes Displaced Children
By Dustin Slaughter Despite pledges from Philadelphia School District officials that the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School would…
Second Mayoral Candidate Announces, Calls for End to School Reform Commission
By Dustin Slaughter On the steps of the Philadelphia School District headquarters at 440 North Broad Street this morning ,…
Woes of Philly schools can’t be overstated, Hughes declares
By Kevin McCorry It’s all been written before. The Philadelphia School District was in brutal financial shape last year. Overfilled…
SRC Lambasted for Lack of Transparency in William Penn High Sale to Temple University
By Wilford Shamlin III (Philadelphia Tribune) – The School Reform Commission is again under fire amid criticisms over due process…
Superintendent: $216 Million Needed to Prevent Schools Going from “Insufficient to Just Empty Shells”
The Philly Tribune reports on the grave situation still facing Philadelphia schools, as highlighted by Superintendent William Hite. Hite noted…
Afternoon News Roundup – January 29th, 2013
The attorney for Bobbie E. Burnett, a Philadelphia transwoman, has asked U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones 2nd to compel the…
The Philly Declaration 