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Public @PHLschoolboard meetings held in person at 440. Charter hearings—no public admission. That’s a TV show not a hearing @APPSphilly
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PhiladelphianCity Council will vote on the Sixers arena this Thursday. This week on the show, we're back with everything you need to know. Tune in at 6.
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I wasn't able to make the #PHLed board public meeting last night but @ChalkbeatPHL recounted the heated session: chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2…
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RANDOM THOUGHT: One of the things I've learned through covering the #76Place hearings is that the @sixers are worth a whole lot of money. About $4 billion to be exact.
So my question is, why did @phillymayor ask for just $50 million for the #communitybenefitsagreement?
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This just keeps getting more interesting but in a slimy kind of way.
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Board Calls Police on Silent Protesters appsphilly.net/board-calls-p… via @appsphilly @Philly_RJ #PhlEd
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Shocking to see Streater and @PHLschoolboard bring in Philly cops to intimidate public speakers. Shame. The people who just made speeches about how much they care about their community. Shameful. #GestapoTactics
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Yeah, like @HallMonitorWPPM. We're going to be bringing gavel-to-gavel coverage of the #76Place hearings starting next week. We could really use your support. Visit us at hallmonitor.org.
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News from the first #PHLed facilities master plan meeting: First-look list of proposed school closings (& co-locations, etc.) due next Oct.; District wants to re-purpose closed buildings as community hubs (teacher housing?) and more. Story: inquirer.com/education/phila…
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Retired #PHLed teacher Lisa Haver speaks out against Keystone Opportunity Zones, which she says only benefit wealthy developers.
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True, in many ways billionaire Inquirer owner/publisher Gerry Lenfest was a pioneer phillymag.com/news/2014/10/2…
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.@PHLschoolboard posted security detail to keep parents, educators, students, community members out of a public meeting where they voted to approve > $94 mil in contracts and give developers tax abatements #PhlEd @Philly_RJ
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#PhlEd Supt @watlington_sr says Facilities Planning Process committees will be convened. Reminder that @APPSphilly members attend all @PHLschoolboard meetings and are parents and educators. Community must have a seat at the table when schools are on the chopping block.
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Gonna have to make one of those signs that says "I Can't Believe I Am Still Protesting This Sh*t" appsphilly.net/board-carries… via @appsphilly
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A beloved #phled kindergarten teacher remembered: inquirer.com/education/phila…
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The giveaway here is that the ultra-rich like Yass and Brook Lenfest give millions of dollars to prop up (already publicly funded) charter schools and then point to them as exemplars while denying that one of the biggest things holding back public schools is lack of funds.
Interesting profile on Jeff Yass, a pro-school choice mega donor from the burbs
It casts him as the ultimate free market true believer. But given that framing I would have liked more of his responses to policy critiques like this, rather than an aside
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Bravo to @phillyopinion. (Now get Yass's Commonwealth Foundation off your page and we're solid) inquirer.com/opinion/editori… via @phillyinquirer
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Listen to @onwurd to hear from #PhlEd librarians including @APPSphilly member Deb Grill who will be talking about how to restore Certified Teacher Librarians to #PhlEd public schools