Thursday, July 15, 2010

Notes from the news, July 15 | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Notes from the news, July 15 | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Notes from the news, July 15

What do parents want from schools? Daily News (opinion)
Response to the Pew study on school options claims the study shows, "Parents don't like district public schools."
State tells child services provider to compensate families YoungPhillyPolitics
The state department of education investigated a complaint about Elwyn, Inc., by the Education Law Center and Disability Rights Network and warned that delays in compensating families for special education services are not acceptable.
competition" href="http://www.thenotebook.org/blog/102701/notebook-blogger-and-students-win-let-freedom-ring-competition" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(34, 68, 187); ">Notebook blogger and students win "Let Freedom Ring" competition The Notebook blog
Teacher blogger Samuel Reed and his students from Beeber won the "Best Concept" award for their Liberty Bell design. Congrats to Samuel and his students!
Daily Digression: Reconstruction Reconsidered Office of Teaching and Unlearning
Philly teacher Mr. Smith alerted us to his blog, where he's writing about his experiences at a summer institute focused on African American political history.
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