Mixing the colors to make learning and community service
April 21, 2008
The Daily Pennsylvanian reports, “The fine arts class, called “Big Picture: Mural Arts in Philadelphia,” aims to mix the practical and the theoretical by teaching students about mural painting and how to “use art as a vehicle for social change,” said Fine Arts professor Donald Gensler, the co-professor of the course.”
Source: Mixing the colors to make learning and community service
Charter school suspends two administrators
April 18, 2008
The Inquirer reports, “Amid investigations and allegations of mismanagement, the board of an embattled Northeast Philadelphia charter school voted unanimously last night to suspend the school’s founder and a former CEO.”
Source: Charter school suspends two administrators
SRC fails to renew 2 charters
April 17, 2008
The Daily News reports, “The School Reform Commission yesterday voted not to renew the operating agreements of two public charter schools and postponed renewing the agreement of a third charter to give school investigators more time to probe a host of allegations including mismanagement and nepotism.”
Source: SRC fails to renew 2 charters
Schools panel to rule on charters
April 16, 2008
The Daily News reports, “Philadelphia’s charter school community is bracing for today’s meeting of the School Reform Commission, which is expected to decide whether to renew five-year operating agreements with 16 schools.”
Source: Schools panel to rule on charters
Philadelphia Academy investigated
April 15, 2008
The Inquirer reports, “As chief executive officer of Philadelphia Academy Charter School, Brien N. Gardiner took home a $164,500 salary in 2005-06 - more than most superintendents in the region made.”
Source: Philadelphia Academy investigated
Improving our schools is a smart way to empty our prisons
April 14, 2008
An Inquirer editorial reads, “n the same week this month, a study by a Washington criminal-justice think tank revealed that Philadelphia has the highest rate of incarceration in the country, while another study, by a Maryland-based nonprofit, reported that only half of Philadelphia’s students graduate from high school.”
Source: Improving our schools is a smart way to empty our prisons. Education - not incarceration
Philadelphia district officials don’t want two schools’ charters renewed
April 10, 2008
The Inquirer reports, “Philadelphia School District officials formally recommended yesterday that the charters of two schools not be renewed, and cited problems in 14 others.”
Source: Philadelphia district officials don’t want two schools’ charters renewed
U.S. to Require States to Use a Single School Dropout Formula
April 1, 2008
The New York Times reports, “Moving to sweep away the tangle of inaccurate state data that has obscured the severity of the nation’s high school dropout crisis, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will require all states to use one federal formula to calculate graduation and dropout rates, Bush administration officials said on Monday.”
Source: U.S. to Require States to Use a Single School Dropout Formula
‘Crisis’ graduation gap found between cities, suburbs
April 1, 2008
USA Today reports, “The likelihood that a ninth-grader in one of the nation’s biggest cities will clutch a diploma four years later amounts to a coin toss — not much better than a 50-50 chance, new research finds.”
Source: ‘Crisis’ graduation gap found between cities, suburbs
Center helps adults get back to school
March 27, 2008
The Daily News reports, “The College Access Center in Center City’s Gallery mall is one brick-and-mortar result of a renewed push to get Philadelphians to complete their college degrees. Hundreds of visitors have streamed in since it opened - including some early arrivals who showed up when the moving boxes were still full.”
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