Here are some recent news articles
Salon: “Indescribably insane”: A public school system from hell, August 19, 2013
Philadelphia Inquirer: Until the next crisis, August 18, 2013
Philadelphia Inquirer: The least they can do, August 16, 2013
New York Times: Philadelphia borrows so its schools open on time, August 15, 2013
Philadelphia Inquirer: Stop blaming the teachers, August 15, 2013
Washington Post: How bad is Phillie schools crisis? This bad., August 15, 2013
Philadelphia City Paper: Philly Students: Cuts Will Set Us Up to Fail, August 15, 2013
Mayor Nutter continues to stand with Gov. Corbett as he guts funding for Philadelphia’s public schools and abandons his responsibility to our children. Gov. Corbett has made his priorities clear. He expanded tax breaks for corporations and the energy industry while cutting $1 billion from our public schools.
The crisis in Philadelphia public schools has been manufactured by Gov. Corbett. He is spending $400 million on building a new prison in the city, while starving Philadelphia students of resources, using teachers as scapegoats and treating families as pawns.
Short-term fixes aren’t enough. Philadelphia needs real, long-term solutions to help our children achieve their dreams.
