Rebecca Redelmeier
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Covering Philly's public schools for @chalkbeat.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined June 2012
Philadelphia’s youngest learners aren’t getting support services they’re legally entitled to https://t.co/ywTsNLAHaV
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When Kimberly Halevy’s son was 3, she started hearing from his preschool that he needed extra support. But more than a year later, she describes the effort to get her kid services through Philly’s...
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Philadelphia’s youngest learners aren’t getting support services they’re legally entitled to. Some families say they're waiting months for early intervention services, putting kids behind before they start kindergarten. https://t.co/3CqGoWKZNY
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When Kimberly Halevy’s son was 3, she started hearing from his preschool that he needed extra support. But more than a year later, she describes the effort to get her kid services through Philly’s...
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NEW: @SEPTA is restoring some bus lines that serve schools after an outcry from students and teachers who said transit cuts made getting to school on time impossible. The city announced that SEPTA agreed "in concept" to restore some service on Sept. 2. https://t.co/ZyRMK3p7ys
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The city said that SEPTA agreed “in concept” to dedicate funding to restore priority bus lines for students by mid-September.
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Are you a student or educator in Philly? Tell us about how planned SEPTA cuts will derail your school commute: https://t.co/33PBTl5GgD
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Chalkbeat is reporting on how planned major SEPTA cuts will affect students and educators across Philadelphia. Let us know how your commute is changing.
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Why so many Philly students who say they plan to go to college do not matriculate
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Thousands of Philadelphia high school graduates say each spring that they plan to go to college. But by fall, hundreds of them don’t enroll. Some advocates say this rising “summer melt” rate indica...
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More than 21,000 Philadelphia students rely on SEPTA to get to school. But if the transit system does not get more funding by Aug. 14, officials say service cuts at the start of the school year are unavoidable.
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More than 21,000 Philadelphia students rely on SEPTA to get to school. But if the transit system does not get more funding by Aug. 14, officials say service cuts at the start of the school year are...
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Pennsylvania’s summer food benefit for kids is delayed — again
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The SUN Bucks program is meant to help families pay for food for their kids all summer. But some Pennsylvania families are struggling due to the delay in getting the money distributed. The state says...
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If you didn’t hear this story from Anas Baba on NPR today, you should take a listen. He walked 3 hours to find a working internet connection to file the story. https://t.co/PoTxYU9UYO
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Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."
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Philly school district officials have promised that their plan to close some schools and modernize others will be informed by data. But some principals and community members say the numbers and information the district has presented are lacking.
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Philly school district officials have promised that their plan to close some schools and modernize others will be informed by data. But some principals and community members say the numbers and...
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A federal judge ruled a Philly charter school that sued the school district to allow it to stay open despite poor academic performance must close. But officials representing Memphis Street Academy Charter School say the school plans to stay open. https://t.co/2u4JWfYJEM
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A federal judge has ordered a Philadelphia charter school to close after years operating on an expired charter agreement. But officials representing Memphis Street Academy Charter School say they...
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A federal judge has ordered a Philadelphia charter school to close after years operating on an expired charter agreement. But officials representing Memphis Street Academy Charter School say they plan to continue to operate the school.
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A federal judge has ordered a Philadelphia charter school to close after years operating on an expired charter agreement. But officials representing Memphis Street Academy Charter School say they...
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NEW: Philly school district officials have promised any future school closures will be benefit students. But community leaders involved in the planning process say it's become opaque. "We are not looked at as resources. We are looked at as obstacles.” https://t.co/qbua6SbtOy
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School district officials have pledged not to repeat mistakes that fractured communities and hurt students. But parents and community leaders involved in the district’s facilities planning process,...
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It's my first day at @Chalkbeat, where I'm covering the School District of Philadelphia! I am so happy to get to dig into the education beat in this great city. If you wanna chat Philly schools, please reach out!
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Very cool data visualization from @puddingviz on how middle schoolers are doing, based on survey answers from millions of students. https://t.co/E7ePgc860W
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Follow hundreds of kids as they navigate their treacherous middle school years.
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Trump’s federal job cuts have left many early-career scientists in turmoil. @WSKG's @auroragberry and I spoke to Ph.D. students whose advisers, employed by the USDA, lost their jobs last month. They told us the upheaval has already taken a toll. https://t.co/5rLOSXQU5S
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After thousands of Department of Agriculture employees were fired last month, some early-career scientists have lost advisers. Ph.D. students at Cornell university say they worry about the future of...
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Ithaca got a lot of attention when it committed to electrifying all of its buildings by 2030. It partnered with a company called BlocPower to manage the effort. But the whole thing didn't quite go as planned. For @NPR, I reported on the lessons learned: https://t.co/WT7wPM9C9W
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As part of its Green New Deal, Ithaca pledged to decarbonize all of its buildings by 2030. It hasn't gone as planned, but the city has lessons for others trying to tackle this key climate challenge.
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BlocPower promised to help electrify Ithaca. Now it has ended its support. (Via @wskg)
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In 2021, the small city of Ithaca announced it would electrify all of its 6,000 buildings with the help of one key partner: a technology company called BlocPower, whose then-CEO Donnel Baird said the...
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building publicly-owned renewables in NY (@publicpowerny). fighting for building decarbonization done by unionized workers in RI (@climatejobsri). passing a "polluter pays" climate bill in CA (@StopBigOil). the climate fight continues under trump. https://t.co/3A3gskBRXe
theguardian.com
Officials are making clean-energy moves in California, New York and beyond, and Republican states will be integral too
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“It was big dreaming, and I think that's what decarbonization is all about”. BlocPower has quietly pulled out of cities including Milwaukee and Ithaca, where it had said it would decarbonize thousands of buildings:
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The technology company said it would help make Ithaca the first fully-electrified city in the U.S. It left town after initiating only 14 electrification projects.
BlocPower, a green loan provider, says it’s solved a huge challenge: providing finance and skilled workers to decarbonize leaky old buildings in poor neighborhoods. I’ve covered their business model for years. My new story asks: Where are the results? https://t.co/mTvjvl42Lg
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In Ithaca, BlocPower left town after initiating 14 electrification projects. The company’s only remaining public-private partnership is with the city of Denver. https://t.co/bjSb9An3hT
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The technology company said it would help make Ithaca the first fully-electrified city in the U.S. It left town after initiating only 14 electrification projects.
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