On Tuesday May 8that 5 PM, City Council will host a public hearing on raising money for our city and our schools. Right now, City Council is debating whether to go along with Mayor Kenney’s proposal to fund the schools by increasing property taxes on Philadelphians – without discussing the millions of dollars that corporations,...
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Our City Our Schools is announcing the People’s School Board slate, 11 people — parents, students and educators — who are ready to lead our schools in a new direction. While we wait to hear who is on the nominating committee to the next school board, Our City Our Schools is putting forward a vision...
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After 16 years of state control, the School Reform Commission will vote to abolish itself and bring back local control of our schools. Join us this Thursday, Nov 16, at 3:45 PM outside the School District Building for a rally to celebrate the end of the SRC and then go inside to watch the vote...
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At this month’s SRC meeting — Thursday, October 19th — we’ll be stepping up the pressure and saying that the SRC can’t operate with business as usual until they put on the agenda the vote to abolish the School Reform Commission. Join us at 4PM next Thursday, October 19th outside of the School District of...
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On September 14, the School Reform Commission will meet for the first time of this school year. We’ll be there to greet them with a clear message — the time is ticking to vote to abolish the state control of our schools. Last week, after months of talking with the Mayor’s office about why we...
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In education news, Students, Parents and Educators can sleep a little longer and not just because it’s summer break. PFT members agreed to a contract that was ratified by the SRC on Tuesday June 20, 2017. While the District has taken four painfully, long, destructive years to propose any semblance of a satisfactory contract, it’s...
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June is going to be education month at NN, with three important actions planned that will ramp up the campaign to provide a quality public education to every Philadelphia child. You’ll see the details and how you can participate later in this email, but first let’s provide a little background. Only a few weeks ago,...
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