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We are Philadelphia Education advocates and activists who believe in equal education for ALL students.

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Board Must Respect the Rule of Law appsphilly.net/board-must-re… via @appsphilly Report on @PHLschoolboard from @Haver_Lisa

Board Must Respect the Rule of Law

Board of Education Budget Hearing, Board of Education Action Meeting: April 24, 2025 by Lisa Haver Shawmont student advocates for keeping librarian at his school. (Photo: Lisa Haver) “I am not just…

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Lisa Haver (haver-lisa.bsky.social)@Haver_Lisa
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Replying to @ChalkbeatPHL
Palumbo students brought this issue to @PHLschoolboard . Report from @APPSphilly appsphilly.net/board-must-re…

Board Must Respect the Rule of Law

Board of Education Budget Hearing, Board of Education Action Meeting: April 24, 2025 by Lisa Haver Shawmont student advocates for keeping librarian at his school. (Photo: Lisa Haver) “I am not just…

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Our attorney general needs to hold Prospect’s leaders accountable for what they’ve done, and Pennsylvania lawmakers must pass legislation to keep private equity out of our hospitals: Opinion inquirer.com/opinion/comment… via @phillyinquirer

In the closure of two Pa. hospitals, a warning about private equity ownership | Opinion

Last fall, Pennsylvania's attorney general sued the owner of the Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital for financial mismanagement and negligence. With the closings, a community suffers.

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Stated meeting of @PHLCouncil opens with a prayer. Meeting starting over an hour later as Council held an Appropriations Committee hearing just before. #PhlEd
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More deception from @PHLschoolboard: there are 2 separate meetings this Thursday--action mtg and budget hearing, with 2 separate speaker lists. Board has posted only 1 on its calendar. #PhlEd #SpeakerSuppression philasd.org/schoolboard/meet…
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Board of Education Must Actively Defend Public Education appsphilly.net/board-of-educ… via @appsphilly Report on #PhlEd @PHLschoolboard March action meeting from @Haver_Lisa

Board of Education Must Actively Defend Public Education

Board of Education Action Meeting: March 27,  2025 by Lisa Haver Ilene Poses testifies at March Board of Education Meeting (Photo: Lisa Haver) As far as the Board of Education is concerned, there i…

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Wondering if @PHLschoolboard Pres Streater read this charter application; questions are very general. APPS members did read the app--we have some very specific questions about app deficiencies/omissions/misleading information #PhlEd
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Lisa Haver (haver-lisa.bsky.social)@Haver_Lisa
21 Jan 2025
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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Commentary from @Haver_Lisa: School Board Continues to Block Public Participation at Meetings hallmonitor.org/school-distr… via @hallmonitorwppm #PhlEd

School Board Continues to Block Public Participation at Meetings – Philadelphia Hall Monitor

Photo: Lisa Haver Local and national news outlets are now challenging their readers with quizzes on recent news stories. Here’s a quick one from Hall Monitor. How much do you know about what’s...

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#CAB chair just announced next meeting for Feb 8 2025. Problem is that's a Saturday.
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#CAB website has it on Feb 18, Tuesday, at 1 PM.
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#CAB board member (and Belmont Charter CEO) asks about the deficiencies of Hillsdale app; atty says Hillsdale has "no intention" of violating any state requirements. Problem he skirts is that the law requires specific assurances in the application itself.
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Hillsdale atty also skirting the issue of who decides what is "appropriate". #CAB
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It is not an ad-hominem attack to say that an attorney's comments reflect a lack of understanding of this state's curriculum alignment requirements. #CAB
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Atty Petersen: the answer to all the questions is NO. Atty for Hillsdale does not appear to understand what "curriculum alignment" means. Also, there is no social/emotional part of the curriculum. Portrayal of races in history lacked full perspective. #CAB
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"Classics" means "Christian conservative" is what the atty for Hillsdale is not saying here at #CAB. Hillsdale is an extremely conservative curriculum.
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Atty Petersen: important to understand that Hillsdale's curriculum DOES NOT align to PA standards in several subjects; what they do in other states is irrelevant. #CAB That is grounds for denial in itself.
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Atty Petersen: I could go on all day enumerating the problems w/ Hilldale charter app--academic, organizational, financial. One: no letters of support from local elected officials or community orgs. #CAB
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W Chester SD atty Petersen: Hillsdale app provisions violate PA charter law, incl paying board members and having board mtgs out of state--Hillsdale refers to these problems as "minutiae". #CAB
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Atty Alison Petersen speaks on behalf of W Chester district which has denied the Hillsdale charter app. Petersen tells #CAB that articles of incorporation are missing--even in revised app.
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