When Mumin became the Reading superintendent in 2014, the district had 19 buildings of failing infrastructure, eight bargaining units that had gone five years without contracts, a highly transient student population and extremely low test scores. The district was also facing a financial crisis along with a looming state takeover. Within six years of Mumin being the … [Read more...] about Philly Trib Highlights New LMSD Superintendent’s Accomplishments
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Gladwyne School 4th and 5th Graders Read ‘A Book About Whiteness.’ Now It’s A National Story
City Journal, a Right-of-Center (but not off the edge), high-brow magazine and website - posted an article on Monday (September 1) by Michael Torres about what he claims is the teaching of Critical Pedagogy by the Lower Merion School District.TheAdvocate.org defines Critical Pedagogy as a teaching philosophy that invites educators to encourage students to critique structures of … [Read more...] about Gladwyne School 4th and 5th Graders Read ‘A Book About Whiteness.’ Now It’s A National Story
‘Part-City, Part Suburb’ – St.Joe’s Promo Video Nails It.
https://youtu.be/MMr4k2fABlI burgeoning St. Josephs's University, whose campus straddles City Avenue, offers a compelling pitch to prospective students. When the St. Joe's community was surveyed online about what they loved about their school here some of the predictable answers they got. “Because we are close enough to the city but still far enough to have the suburban … [Read more...] about ‘Part-City, Part Suburb’ – St.Joe’s Promo Video Nails It.
Lower Merion New School Superintendent Gets Tear-filled Send-Off From Reading School District
Reading School Board thanks Mumin, formally accepts resignation https://t.co/q7TVHG6QFf — WFMZ-TV 69News (@69News) August 26, 2021 The Reading School Board unanimously accepted Khalid Mumin's resignation at their meeting on Wednesday (August 25). The Reading Eagle wrote on Thursday (August 26) - It was a tearful Reading School Board meeting as the board voted to … [Read more...] about Lower Merion New School Superintendent Gets Tear-filled Send-Off From Reading School District
Mask Wars At T/E And Great Valley School Board Meetings
Caroline O'Halloran writes in Savvy Main Line - At a meeting punctuated by riotous applause, cheers, jeers and out-of-order outbursts from angry parents, the T/E School Board unanimously approved a mask mandate for all students this week. It wasn’t pretty. Both sides – for and against the mask requirement – attended in roughly equal numbers but those opposed were … [Read more...] about Mask Wars At T/E And Great Valley School Board Meetings