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Why I Chose McCall: 2011-10-13 School Selection Report
McCall Mosaic This is a snapshot of one parent’s school choice. You can read other parent testimonials and help other parents. Take five minutes to complete an anonymous survey to tell PSS and our...
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City Forges New Partnership With Charters
There has long been a rift between the city, school district, and charter schools. It looks like some financial incentives from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are encouraging these folks to...
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School Choice in Philadelphia: Myth to Reality
It bothers me when folks complain about a problem without offering a solution, or at least a direction for a solution. Back in August, I was guilty. I wrote “School Choice in Philadelphia is a Myth”...
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Why I Chose Henry Lea Elementary: 2011-10-27 School Selection Report
This is a snapshot of one parent’s school choice. You can read other parent testimonials and help other parents. Take five minutes to complete an anonymous survey to tell PSS and our readers about your...
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Why I Chose CW Henry: 2011-11-08 School Selection Report
Image from the Friends of CW Henry School This is a snapshot of one parent’s school choice. You can read other parent testimonials and help other parents. Take five minutes to complete an anonymous...
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Conflicted About Public Versus Private
On her blog Raising Philadelphia, Inquirer reporter Miriam Hill wrote quite an amusing piece on her struggle deciding between public and private. Entitled Don’t Make Me Love You, Private School, it is...
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Check Out This Great School….HA HA Made You Look!
The City Paper published an article last week entitled Urban Studies. The article highlights the risk that parents take in choosing to go the a Philadelphia public school in the current climate....
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Recycle Your Way to a Better School
Recyclebank is a rewards programs that has partnered with the city of Philadelphia to promote recycling. They accomplish this by rewarding participants with points for recycling, which are redeemable...
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Here We Go Again
Penn Alexander catchment parents once again forced to camp out in the insane weather to secure a seat… PAS kindergarten line started this morning | West Philly Local.
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Schools in Decline = City In Decline
There is a lot of buzz recently in the local media about how parents really really really want to stay in the city but that the school district is making it harder and harder. I had written about it...
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