Mayor Nutter began his new term in January promising to fix Philadelphia public schools once and for all. The long and troubling history of work on Philadelphia public schools is captured here.
Now, Philadelphia is jumping on the turnaround bandwagon at a scale heretofore unseen. Philly is taking it to a whole new level, changing seats for up to 40,000 public school students in 16 months! Check out the details in this helpful PowerPoint.
The plan is THE hot topic in town. Here are some perspectives:
An editorial from the Philadelphia Inquirer
Push back from the City Council
Wouldn’t it be great if they all stopped to ask a teacher?