Sara Hoover WHYY An education nonprofit has launched a website to help recruit teachers — and retain them — in Philadelphia. To help make it easier to find teaching jobs, the Philadelphia School Partnership created teachPHL.org, which has a job board for any teaching position in the city — whether it’s at a traditional public, …
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Inquirer: Help wanted: Teachers for Philly district, charter and private schools
Kristen A. Graham December 4, 2018 Philadelphia Inquirer Want to teach in Philadelphia? A new website will make it easier to find a job in hundreds of city schools. Launched Tuesday and backed by Mayor Kenney and Superintendent William R. Hite Jr., TeachPHL lists open educational positions in traditional public, charter, and private schools across …
PSP TeachPHL.org to Support City Teachers and Attract More of Them
Information and resources for aspiring and current educators on one website PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) has launched a brand new website for teachers—TeachPHL.org—with the dual aims of attracting great teachers to city schools of all types and supporting educators in their career development. For over a year, PSP engaged with teachers and leaders …
Notebook: KIPP gets $945,000 grant for expansion this fall
The Philadelphia School Partnership announced it will award $945,000 to KIPP Philadelphia for the startup of the organization’s latest school, set to open this fall in North Philadelphia. KIPP North will contain an elementary and middle school, though KIPP Philadelphia treats those as separate schools to get access to an additional $300,000 grant from the …
PSP Statement on the New Philadelphia Board of Education Members
Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) issued the following statement on Mayor Jim Kenney’s appointments to the new Philadelphia Board of Education: “A school board fulfills a role of great importance, because a city’s children are its future. A successful board will keep its eyes on the horizon and on the interests of its nonvoting constituents—the …
GreatPhillySchools Releases 2018 School Ratings and Profiles with New Enhancements Based on Feedback from Families
Schools with ‘High Academic Growth’ are Highlighted with a New Indicator Philadelphia, PA – Today, GreatPhillySchools (GPS) updated its ratings for around 400 schools of all types – public district, public charter and private – across Philadelphia. GPS has made several enhancements to its ratings methodology based on analysis, and parent and educator input. On …
PSP Awards $945,000 Grant to KIPP to Open New K-8 School in North Philadelphia
860 More Children Will Have Access to a Great School PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) announces it has awarded a $945,000 grant to KIPP Philadelphia to support the startup of the new KIPP North Philadelphia Charter School (KIPP North), set to open for the 2018-19 school year. KIPP North will be the first K-8 school …
Inquirer: Group wants to raise $140 million for city’s charter, parochial and public schools
The Philadelphia School Partnership, a powerful nonprofit that has raised and distributed $80 million to city charter, parochial and public schools since its inception in 2011, wants to raise $60 million more, it announced Thursday. The nonprofit (PSP), already the Philadelphia School District’s largest private funder, aims to expand its reach. Its investments have already affected …
Philadelphia School Partnership Launches New $60 Million School Investment Fund
PHILADELPHIA – Having invested $80 million since 2011 to improve educational outcomes for Philadelphia’s children, the Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) today announced the creation of Great Schools Fund II, an ambitious new $60 million fundraising campaign that will build on and accelerate progress already made in transforming schools of all types in the city. The Fund …
Newsworks: Drexel starts program to lessen Philadelphia’s middle school teacher shortage
With a wary eye toward the shrinking supply of Pennsylvania teachers, Drexel University has started a new program to train more middle school math and science instructors. Dragons Teach Middle Years (DTMY) has been in development since 2015, but received its official launch Monday with the announcement of a $1.2 million grant from the Philadelphia …