Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools
A grass-roots organization of parents, community members, and school staff, fighting to defend public education. We work together to provide analysis and demand accountability from the School District of Philadelphia to provide students with a high-quality education.
By Lynda Rubin July 11, 2016 This Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting, which had been posted for months for June 30 at 5:30pm, was changed just a couple of weeks before to Friday, July 1 at 10:00 am. Chairwoman Marjorie Neff introduced attendees to a “special meeting” of the SRC, but it was actually the … Continue reading “Ears on the SRC – July 1, 2016”
By Lynda Rubin July 11, 2016 This Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting, which had been posted for months for June 30 at 5:30pm, was changed just a couple of weeks before to Friday, July 1 at 10:00 am. Chairwoman Marjorie Neff introduced attendees to a “special meeting” of the SRC, but it was actually the … Continue reading “Ears on the SRC – July 1, 2016”
By Lynda Rubin This last Board Action meeting of the 2020-21 school year should have been a time for the Board to reflect on the difficulties encountered during this past school year and the weaknesses of the Hite administration to provide a cohesive and well executed reaction to the pandemic. Yet the meeting was mostly … Continue reading “Ears on the Board of Education: June 24, 2021”
Good afternoon, As an educator who has spent the last weeks worrying ceaselessly about being forced back into a classroom with broken asbestos tiles and limited ventilation in the midst of the pandemic, I am tired. As a parent of a child who has been utterly failed by both remote learning in general and the … Continue reading “Testimony of Zoe Rooney to the BOE, July 30, 2020”
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