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Teachers told of funding cut for accelerated learning AP/IB programs

Teachers in at least one Philadelphia high school say they were called into a meeting last week and told that funding has been cut for Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) classes, two types of honors programs that, with…

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  • How a grandmom became a face of HIV in Phi­l­ly’s Latino community

    Neal Santos POINT OF PRIDE: Nancy Santiago, 55, of North Philadelphia, is highlighted in Galaei’s “Positivo” campaign, designed to underscore the Latino community’s affirmation and acceptance of its gay and HIV-positive members. In March 2002, Nancy Santiago learned she was…

    • Oct 3, 2013 - 10:11 am
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    District to teachers: AP and IB funding hinges on union concessions

    Last week, we heard from some teachers that funding was being cut from Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs. Now, we’ve finally heard from the School District on the matter. And, not only is the funding gone for now, but…

    • Oct 1, 2013 - 3:55 pm
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  • Philly teachers dig deep to fill in gaps as budget crunch continues

    Neal Santos A MATTER OF GRAVITY: Klint Kanopka is determined to give his physics students at Academy at Palumbo a top-notch education. But that means spending hundreds of dollars out of pocket on lab supplies. The day before school started…

    • Sep 26, 2013 - 11:42 am
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  • Complaint: Bank of America neglected REO properties in Philly’s poor black neighborhoods

    The National Fair Housing Alliance has added Philadelphia to a housing-discrimination complaint against Bank of America, which it says neglected and failed to market foreclosed homes in non-white neighborhoods, while taking better care of the houses in white communities. In…

    • Sep 26, 2013 - 8:41 am
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    Protest greets Eric Cantor’s visit to Philly charter school

    This morning, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor visited West Philly to speak at Freire Charter School, which he cited as as an example of the benefits of charters schools to public school communities. Many saw the irony in a school-choice speech being…

    • Sep 23, 2013 - 6:54 pm
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  • Push to raise PA minimum wage, but tipped workers are worse off than 15 years ago

    Today, state Sen. Tina Tartaglione (D-Phila.) and state Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila.) are rolling out legislation to raise the Pennsylvania minimum wage from $7.25, the federal minimum, to $9 per hour, the same amount President Obama targeted in his State…

    • Sep 17, 2013 - 4:42 am
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    Teaching trainee: I was kicked out of TFA for organizing

    Jay Saper graduated from Middlebury College and decided to join Teach for America. Then, they kicked him out. The reason? He says he won awards during his training and received recognition from his peers. But he also supported Philly Coalition…

    • Sep 16, 2013 - 12:42 pm
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  • Teachers’ first-day-back recap: “I don’t know how we’re going to do this”

    City Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. chats with Beeber students over breakfast on the first day of school. Philly teachers made it through their first day back at school on Monday, in many cases without counselors, assistant principals, librarians and nurses.…

    • Sep 12, 2013 - 12:43 pm
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  • Students: “You’re destroying the reasons we go to school”

    Deionni Martinez, 16, says those cutting back arts programs don’t understand that, without these programs, “The drop-out rate is going to go sky-high.” At age 17, Zach Kaufmann is used to fighting for his education. Last year, as a ninth-grader…

    • Sep 12, 2013 - 12:28 pm
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