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Morning News Roundup – February 1, 2013
The CBS Philly “I-Team” reports what they seem to feel is shocking and negative news that the Philadelphia School District is allowing retiring teachers to cash-in unused sick days and vacation time....
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Morning News Roundup – February 5, 2012
The University of Pennsylvania is among several top-tier higher educational institutions now suing graduates over non-payment of Perkins Loans, reports Bloomberg News. The lawyer for a man alleged to...
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Evening News Roundup – February 20th, 2013
The Pennsylvania Department of Education, reports Philadelphia Public School Notebook, has withheld $8.7 million from the school district over the past 18 months – and handed that chunk of change over...
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“We Were Not Made for War”– Father Roy Bourgeois Brings His Message of...
Yesterday at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on the University of Pennsylvania campus Father Roy Bourgeois, a priest recently excommunicated and “laicized” by former Pope Benedict for ordaining and...
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The Conservative Wing of the Labor Movement Loves Philly School Privatization
John J. Dougherty (“Johnny Doc”). Photo: BigTrial.net By Keystone Politics‘ Jon Geeting – Christopher Sawyer asks why Johnny Doc and the IBEW, who are usually very vocal on all union-related issues in...
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College applications suffer under Philly school counselor cuts
By City Paper’s Daniel Denvir - Students and parents across Philadelphia are scrambling to meet Jan. 1 college application deadlines amid a budget crisis and deep cuts to the ranks of school...
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A call for an investigation into reported use of pepper spray by police in...
By Paul Jablow at The Notebook - In two separate incidents this year, pepper spray has been used by police on students inside a Philadelphia school. This week’s news report about pepper spray used...
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Another student dies after falling sick at Philly school with no nurse on duty
By Daniel Denvir (City Paper) – A first-grade student died today after falling ill at Jackson Elementary School in South Philadelphia, where no school nurse was on duty. Philadelphia schools have...
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State admits violating the education rights of Philadelphia school children
By David Sciarra (NewsWorks) – In March, Philadelphia’s state-operated school district filed an extraordinary legal complaint with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The lawsuit asks the Court to approve...
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Helen Gym: What the schools need now
By Helen Gym (City Paper) – The chaotic scramble in Harrisburg over whether to allow Philadelphia to tax itself for its own schools reveals a humbling lesson about school funding: Philadelphia is the...
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Woes of Philly schools can’t be overstated, Hughes declares
Photo: Geoff Kees Thompson/ThisOldCity.com By Kevin McCorry It’s all been written before. The Philadelphia School District was in brutal financial shape last year. Overfilled classrooms. Guidance...
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It’s Back-to-School-Day as Students Face $81 Million Deficit, More
Demonstrators outside Benjamin Franklin High School this morning. Photo: Emily Babay/Philly.com By Dustin Slaughter As students head back to school today, they face swelling class sizes, a serious lack...
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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 remain open throughout the current school...
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Impact of Classroom Overcrowding Hits Philly Schools Hard
By Dustin Slaughter The Inquirer‘s Kristen Graham reports that as the new school year begins, classroom overcrowding has quickly become a serious obstacle to learning throughout the district. Class...
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Philadelphia School District Comments on Preparedness for Enterovirus
By Dustin Slaughter “The School District of Philadelphia has been working with parents and school-based staff on ways to prevent respiratory illnesses for many, many years. We feel like we’re ready to...
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Philly Public School Enrollment Dropping Faster than Expected as More Cuts...
By Dustin Slaughter The savings windfall School Reform Commission officials claimed would occur when they cancelled public school teacher contracts may not be all it’s cracked up to be, reports The...
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What’s the difference between the Philadelphia 76ers and the School District...
A Special Sports Report for the Declaration by that man with one first name and two last names, Steve Miller-Miller. Steve By Steve Miller-Miller Truant officers don’t come to your house if you don’t...
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Thousands March in Philadelphia to ‘Reclaim MLK’
Thousands rally outside Philadelphia School District headquarters, before marching to Independence Mall, Jan. 19th, 2015. Photo: Joshua Albert By Austin Nolen and Sachio Takashima Under gray skies and...
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Daily Dec Roundup – Feb. 9th, 2015
Flaring off of a well in north-central Pennsylvania after the completion of the hydraulic fracturing process. Photo: philadelphiafed.org Pa. lawmakers propose 8 percent shale tax to help fund...
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School District of Philadelphia Police Directives, Now Public Here
The Declaration recently obtained the directives which govern school police in Philadelphia. These documents were linked on the School District’s website, but until our records request, had not been...
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