In case you haven't been paying attention, there is a budget crisis in the School District of Philadelphia. The budget plans completed recently by the School Reform Commission have reduced expenses by $600 million dollars - cutting programs left and right and threatening to dismiss hundreds of teachers.*
*Except those in Promise Academies, apparently. I have made it very clear to many of my colleagues that I disagree with the Renaissance School Initiative and would never want to work in a Promise Academy. That being said, the fact that the District is attempting to exempt those teachers at Promise Academies from the unfortunate cut in teaching staff is abhorrent. Schools that are supposed to get extra support due to their longer school day/year are now being asked to get something that Israelis call "Protectzia." I am guessing you can probably figure out what that means.
*Except those in Promise Academies, apparently. I have made it very clear to many of my colleagues that I disagree with the Renaissance School Initiative and would never want to work in a Promise Academy. That being said, the fact that the District is attempting to exempt those teachers at Promise Academies from the unfortunate cut in teaching staff is abhorrent. Schools that are supposed to get extra support due to their longer school day/year are now being asked to get something that Israelis call "Protectzia." I am guessing you can probably figure out what that means.
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