It's Our City is a project that uses TV, Radio and Web
to promote civic engagement in the Philadelphia region.(Updated with MP3) Live call-in show on the the future of Philadelphia’s Schools @ 2pm on 91FM
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 at 2:30 pm - by Matt Campbell. Filed under: Education.
Re-posting in case you missed the interview
Updated: An MP3 of today’s interview with Arlene Ackerman and Lori Shorr.
Instructions on how to save a copy of the show to your computer
In case you missed it. Here is an MP3 of Mayor Michael Nutter’s Education Speech on 9/11/08
Recent DN story on how Philly Schools are performing under No Child Left Behind
It’s Our City’s next broadcast event will focus on the changes underway in the Philadelphia School District. Our guests will be Arlene Ackerman, the district’s Superintendent and with Lori Shorr, the Chief Education Officer for Mayor Michael Nutter. The show will be moderated by Dave Davies, a Senior Writer for The Philadelphia Daily News and a regular guest host for WHYY’s Fresh Air and Radio Times. We’ll talk with them about everything from Nutter’s goal to halve the student dropout rate, why the district faces a teacher shortage, and what’s being done to stem school violence. This is a live event so you can call in with questions at 1-888-477-9499 or you can email us city@whyy.org your questions now and we’ll pass them along to Dave before the interview.
When: Friday, October 3rd @ 2pm
Where to listen: 90.9FM or whyy.org
Who: Arlene Ackerman and Lori Shorr
Interviewer: Davie Davies. “Who’s he?” photo
This program is being video taped for later broadcast on TV12 on November 14th.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Can this also be recorded as an MP3 file for those of us who may not be able to listen at 2 p.m., or may not catch the whole show?
September 29th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I wonder if they’ll talk about the new “green” school being planned to be built in Kensington?!
September 30th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Hi Eric. I don’t know if Dave will ask about the green school in Kensington. Can you tell me what it is, and why it might be interesting to hear about.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am
I will try to put an MP3 of the education radio interview up on our website asap. A video of it will also be posted but at a later date. As i’m finding, creating video for the web is alot more time consuming than I expected. If anyone has tried learning Final Cut, there are a whole bunch of rookie mistakes that you have to go through before learning it. But it’s fun.
October 1st, 2008 at 8:04 am
It’s great that WHYY is broadcasting and taping for later broadcast…..
The new SDP new administration is refreshing, lean and efficient .
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:58 am
the new green school is the new Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School. It is set to open either in September 2009 and 2010.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
How do we change our public schools?
1. Understand that we a nurturing our society not creating workers for industry.
2. Watch Chris Lehman of Science Leadership Academy : IgnitePhilly talk. http://ignitephilly.org/
3. Reinvent our schools stop tinkering around the edges.
October 5th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
This letter is to inform the Public, Arlen Ackerman and the so call Mayor Nutter about the LACK of text books and supplies of the children in the Public School System. FACTS: School has been in sessions for a month, but still in yet my child does not have ANY text books to learn from. After addressing this issue to the new Principal she claims that she was not aware of the situation, keep in mind she was the Vice Principal at the same school last year. Is it me or did I completely miss something here? The sad part to this all is that I’ve actually been to the SO called meetings (Broad ST) to voice the FACTS about the children and nothing has happen. ”NO ONE WITH THE RESOURCES CARES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE CHILDREN OF TOMORROW”! I am not the Mayor or Ms. Ackerman but how does change come about if our children are not being challenged at school? My child school has not had a music teacher for three years. Is this right? What is really happen to the Monies that the city of Philadelphia is getting from tax payers like myself , I guess it going to the people that shows up late, leave early and still can make 90K a year instead of PROVIDING the necessary tools and equipment for the Children! All that the Principals, Arlen Ackerman and Nutter worries about are the Standardize Test that I know for a fact that the are rigged. How is it that a child on a third grade reading level is in the sixth grade, oh that’s right the no child left behind act. Wow, is that really helping the child or just making that child more confuse, loss, and helpless oh that right it is going on now in the Public School System. The below information is from my child’s teacher a CONCERN person that should have been the Mayor, Superintendent, or the Principal but of course the right caring persons never get those positions. Of course it’s scheduled so teachers can’t call. So you may want to call in and ask why we often lack the supplies we are to suppose to have in school. Add to that why the district doesn’t protect teachers who blow the whistle on school corruption and children needing extra help are stranded in the CASP process (one of my kids I recommended in 3rd grade and she still hasn’t gotten help now even though she’s back in my 6th grade class). They had order books, but we won’t get everything. Nothing has come in as yet so I am still xeroxing things for math homework, etc. This is what is going on and the saddest part of it all is that this DID NOT JUST START BUT BELIEVE YOU ME I AM GOING TO HELP FIX THIS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE NOT EVER ACURE!