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State admits violating the education rights of Philadelphia school children -- NewsWorks

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52 States/16,000 districts: Here's Phillie's sad story
The state-operated school district of Philadelphia admitted it could not afford to provide a sound basic education to the children. It sought court approval for continuing to short-change the children of Philadelphia. "In March, Philadelphia's state-operated school district filed an extraordinary legal complaint with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The lawsuit asks the Court to approve changes in school staffing levels and the way teachers are transferred and laid off, effectively nullifying portions of a collective bargaining agreement between the Philadelphia School District and the teachers union."Much attention has focused on the district's request for changes in teacher staffing and work rules. But unnoticed is the district's stark admission of the deplorable conditions that Philadelphia's school children must en

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have additional Master' Degrees in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side Middle School, which (more...)

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