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Teach Plus hopes the groups ‘provide safe, culturally affirming spaces’ to encourage teachers to stay in the profession.

Mayor Cherelle Parker wants more money for the district, a greater school share of property tax revenue, and year-round school starting this fall.

The Educational Nominating Panel released its list of 27 finalists for the school board Tuesday night. Mayor Cherelle Parker will forward nine to the City Council for public hearings.

The mayor’s Education Nominating Panel is expected to release its list of recommended names for future board members at a public meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall.

The agreement, which was reached roughly six months before the current contract’s expiration date, came as a surprise to many.

Years later, Philly students still have not received compensatory services meant to address COVID learning loss

More than 3,000 students at Northeast High School are learning remotely this week after a shooting injured 8 students less than a mile from their school.

Absent state funding, Philadelphia school officials are looking for medical health partners to help launch new school-based clinics in two schools.

Mallory Fix-Lopez, the only educator on the board, said her resignation is due in part to the time commitment and workload that comes with the volunteer position.

The board of education has not approved a new charter school since 2018.

A tentative deal on a new teachers union contract would not alter the policy.

The Pennsylvania governor’s proposal for public school aid would set a record for a single-year increase.

Former principal Debora Carrera and advocate Sharon Ward will head the office.

School board members have voted in favor of Keystone Opportunity Zones despite their questions about the program.

At the same event, new Mayor Cherelle Parker called on the state to provide the school district more funding.

The board’s vote follows claims that the district has exhibited a systemic bias against Black-led charters.

A court ruling last year mandating an overhaul to state education spending has spurred talks about changing how charters are funded.

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District officials want to boost enrollment, and they support making kindergarten mandatory in Pennsylvania.