by Steven Fynes | Apr 10, 2015 | Education
All of the candidates speak to new ways that the Mayor and City agencies can help public school students. Abraham: calls for the Department of Parks and Recreation to expand activities on School District playing fields and more after school activities. She also...
by Steven Fynes | Apr 10, 2015 | Education
The five candidates explicitly call for more oversight of district-run and charter schools. Abraham: focuses on accountability measures for teachers that reward success and impose consequences for inadequate performance. She also calls for more financial oversight...
by Steven Fynes | Apr 10, 2015 | Early Learning, Education
Three of the candidates list specific actions they would take to provide access to pre-k to all children in Philadelphia. Abraham: calls for mandatory pre-k by 2020 and would use $20 million in City funds to jump-start expansion and proposes a Universal Pre-K...
by Steven Fynes | Apr 10, 2015 | Education
The Candidates uniformly agree that the current system of funding schools is broken and are calling on the state to adopt a fair funding formula. But real difference is what they are saying they will do to increase local funding for the District.
by Steven Fynes | Feb 11, 2015 | Education
A new voice has joined the chorus calling for well-funded schools, and it comes from one of the most respected economic organizations in the world. The National Bureau of Economic Research [NBER], whose current and past membership counts 24 Nobel Prize winners in...
by Steven Fynes | Nov 7, 2014 | Education
When a magician takes the stage, he will wave around a wand, a hat or a cape to distract the audience’s eyes from what is happening with his other hand. Like that magician, many in the state government want to distract us from the “other hand” of public...
