[applause] it will include a question and answer session there will be written on the note cards as you enter the auditorium this evening so you can get a note card from them the questions will be collected later in the program in the lobby at the door to the of auditorium. So now then with the interview. On august 21st, 2006 and to serve 165 scholars. And to start a revolution. And weld telesco belongs to 36 schools serving over 40 those callers from kindergarten she would say that is no cause for celebration and it is worth celebrating. Her schools rank first in math and english of all Public Schools in new york and head of the schools get into a block and i should add the average Family Income of students is 32,000 compared to 300,000. Having a b. A. From university of pennsylvania from Johns Hopkins in American History and mother of three children and a longtime resident with the of the more is the focus of my question tonight one of the schools very recently i may occasionally str
[applause] it will include a question and answer session there will be written on the note cards as you enter the auditorium this evening so you can get a note card from them the questions will be collected later in the program in the lobby at the door to the of auditorium. So now then with the interview. On august 21st, 2006 and to serve 165 scholars. And to start a revolution. And weld telesco belongs to 36 schools serving over 40 those callers from kindergarten she would say that is no cause for celebration and it is worth celebrating. Her schools rank first in math and english of all Public Schools in new york and head of the schools get into a block and i should add the average Family Income of students is 32,000 compared to 300,000. Having a b. A. From university of pennsylvania from Johns Hopkins in American History and mother of three children and a longtime resident with the of the more is the focus of my question tonight one of the schools very recently i may occasionally str
Her sons Charter School is the academy in cleveland and they provided bus service for several days. East academy switched to a new bus stop. Her son first had to take an rta bus to get there. This morning she says he still didnt get on. She stood there in the pouring rain and rolled right past him. Had to walk back up the hill why today . I dont know. Thats what i asked august 15th. So we called east academy and finally showed up in person. Thomas would not answer my questions. Whats the issue with the transportation. Instead of talking thomas called security. Here some background. East academy is a free taxpayer Charter School but its run by a company with 95 of tax academy go asell. Thats about 3 million last school year according to the most resent state audit and a resent one the academy got an f. After the confrontation the Spokes Person called me with an explanation saying how the sun wasnt picked up because they moved the bus stop closer to his home but expected to see him or hi
Colleague lucy noland. applause . Thank you. Thank you all very much for joining us. We are thrilled to have you here iain thank you so much as well. You know the primary for philadelphia mayor is now less than one month away. Time flies. Only one republican is in the race but the field of democrats its a crowded one with six candidates all vying for their partys nomination. We have all six candidates with us for this debate. And a quick reminder for our audience please refrain from any applause in the end of our debate. We of course are very happy to have you here and weve dot to keep things moving of course. So now on to our candidates. We begin with Lynne Abraham. She served as Philadelphia District attorney for 19 years. Lynne abraham has 40 Years Experience as da, judge and head of philadelphias Redevelopment Authority. Next to her former Municipal Court judge nel see diaz. He serve as the judge for the Philadelphia Court of common pleas from 1981 through 1993. He has served as Ci
What has gone wrong . The bureaucracy. Like they are up against job of the hut the unions and the paper pushers. Destroy the system. Bring on the creative destruction. Who would disagree . And reformers who thinks city schools are terrible because of union. The test scores is not what we choose to focus on the. I know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. Give me a break. Over my dead body. A few years it unions are mad because the chargers can fire the bad teachers. What is wrong with that . This actor says teachers need tenure. Why have it . Most physicians do not. But now there is good news some schools where teachers can be fired kids learn. Give us over schools and the rare in america we will outperform the other schools in five years. How good our Charter Schools . Unions say they are four problem kids. Up until now the adults have run the show and make us stupid in america. School spending has tripled over the past 40 years. Three sped much more than other countries bu