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Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system.The Philadelphia Board of Education voted Thursday to approve the city’s first new charter ...
Board members reviewed 18 schools up for charter renewal, two weeks after approving the first new charter school since 2018.
The strike authorization is the union’s first in more than two decades, with an August contract expiration looming.
The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Union voted to authorize a strike, that is, if a deal isn’t reached with the School ...
Parents, teachers and community members are all sounding off Wednesday night at a school board meeting in which five ...
A South Philadelphia charter school will close its doors after the coming academic year citing falling enrollment and changing community demographics as the reasons.
The schools singled out will be expected to provide more information for the board by its next meeting, scheduled for June 26 ...
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers members voted to authorize their executive board to call for a strike if the union and ...
School district officials have pledged not to repeat mistakes that fractured communities and hurt students. But parents and ...