Philadelphia Families Want the Opportunity to Find Great Schools for Their Children Over 153,000 students exercise school choice everyday The Philadelphia Inquirer recently ran a series of opinions on school choice and wanted a fact-based op-ed about the state of choice in the city from a credible source, so they turned to Philadelphia School Partnership …
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Parents want school choice. Here are tools that can help them. | Opinion | Inquirer
Parents want school choice. Here are tools that can help them. | Opinion Salma Khan and Eileen Walsh work for the Philadelphia School Partnership, where Khan is the director of GreatPhillySchools and Walsh is the manager of Apply Philly Charter. Philadelphia Inquirer October 20, 2019 Policies in support of school choice have been bitterly contested …
Carver High School is Awarded A National Blue Ribbon for Excellence
(Photo: “I had potential I did not realize I had. Now, [after being at Carver] I do know.” – Aziz McDaniels, Senior at Carver High School) Today, it was announced that George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science was one of only two schools in the city, and one of just 362 schools …
Pennsylvania’s charter sector needs a scalpel, not a sledgehamme
Mark Gleason is the Executive Director of Philadelphia School Partnership Thomas B. Fordham Institute – Flypaper 9.4.2019 Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Tom Wolf garnered headlines recently when he announced vague plans for taking funding away from the state’s public charter schools. He also described charters as benefiting from an unlevel playing field for accountability and transparency. …
New Charter Schools “Ups the Game for Public Education in Philadelphia”
Impact of PSP-Suported Public Charter Schools The Philadelphia Inquirer’s feature story about PSP-supported MaST II and MaST III charter schools concludes by stating, “If only every school in Philadelphia could offer students as much [as they do].” PSP provided grants to both MaST II, which opened its doors for the 2016-17 school year, and MaST …
PSP Impact Quarterly: School’s in Session!
New School Year, New Beginnings Over 1,000 Students Will Attend Two New Great Schools With the support of our donors, PSP provided startup grants to launch two new charter schools—MaST III and Philadelphia Hebrew Public—for the 2019-20 school year, providing 1,056 students the opportunity to receive a great education. Grant Amount: $500,000 Students Served: 900 …
PhillyPLUS Inspires New Leaders for Upcoming School Year
“What do you want to do when [your PhillyPLUS principal fellowship] is over?” This was one of many important questions Kate Davis was asked by her PhillyPLUS leadership coach before she started her principal fellowship a few years ago, and she remembers being unsure about how to answer. “I said ‘I think I want …
In 1st Year, KIPP North Doubles Students on Grade Level in Math and Reading
At the core of a successful school is a strong, proven leader who sets high expectations for all of their students and staff. In 2018, PSP awarded the KIPP network a $945,000 startup grant to open a new charter school, KIPP North Philadelphia Academy, for the 2018-19 school year. KIPP North, led by Principal …
Drexel Partnership Prepares Undergraduate Students for Teaching Careers
Like many high school graduates, Melissa Comunale went to college to pursue a degree in a subject that she thought would be her career, but she quickly realized the degree path she was on wasn’t her passion. Melissa changed her major to general studies and decided to explore the teaching field after hearing about the …
Mastery Prep Elementary Creates an Immersive Learning Experience
Walk in to Mastery Prep Elementary School on any school day at 11:30 a.m. and you’ll be greeted by the sounds of students playing African drums, doing karate or yoga, cooking, working in the school’s clay studio or playing sports. Mastery Prep Elementary Principal Ray Fields, 2018 Neubauer Fellow and former founding principal of Mastery’s …