by Steven Fynes | Apr 10, 2015 | Education
The five candidates vary on their views of the School Reform Commission (SRC): Abraham: does not advocate for the SRC to be removed but if it is she will seek the creation of school board with both elected and mayoral appointed members. Diaz: calls for the SRC to be...
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.
