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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
