More Than 3,700 School Employees Are Being Laid Off – The Philadelphia Inquirer – June 9, 2013
Philadelphia Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. announced Friday that the School District had begun mailing layoff notices to 3,783 employees, informing them they will…
Interview on School Layoffs with Donna Cooper (Video) – FOX 29 – June 9, 2013
Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29 *** Click the full screen button in the lower right corner to view a larger…
District Lays Off More Than 3,700 Employees – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – June 7, 2013
Calling the development “nothing less than catastrophic,” Superintendent William Hite announced Friday that layoff notices have been sent to 3,783 of the 19,530 District…
Layoff Notices Going To Thousands of Phila. School Workers – WHYY Newsworks – June 7, 2013
The School District will be sending out thousands of layoff notices today. In total, 3,783 District employees would be laid off, a number that…
Layoffs in Philadelphia Schools Deprive Children of Education Needs
Download PDF (PHILADELPHIA) June 7, 2013 – More than 3,500 hard-working music and arts teachers, counselors, librarians and others will find out today that…
Testimony to Philadelphia City Council—Budget, Schools & The Arts
Read MoreStudents Urge Council to Solve Phillys Education Crisis – NBC10 Philadelphia – May 30, 2013
About a dozen students from Samuel Powel Elementary in West Philadelphia descended on City Hall today armed with 4-foot terracotta warrior puppets and a…
Powel Students Bringing Their Puppets To Wednesday Budget Protest – West Philly Local – May 28, 2013
This Wednesday, May 29, Spiral Q Puppet Theatre, Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), and a group of students from Powel Elementary are…
Who’s (Still) Killing Philly Public Schools? – Philadelphia City Paper – May 23, 2013
“Our young people will suffer under a devastating bare-bones budget,” Mayor Michael Nutter warned at a press conference last week. “The quality of education…
PCCY Statement on Teacher Quality Report
More Effort, More Resources Needed To Address Issues In Teacher Quality Report Download PDF (PHILADELPHIA) May 23, 2013 – The recent report by the…