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After School: Why Watlington supported paid parental leave in new union contract
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Enrollment in the School District of Philadelphia is down year-over-year after one month, but Dr. Tony Watlington Sr. believes recent trends offer encouraging signs. On the latest edition of the “After School” podcast, the superintendent interprets the data.
Plus, Watlington provides new details about the return of the district’s free “Parents & Family University” program, and takes listeners behind-the-scenes of successful contract negotiations with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers union that wrapped up earlier this month.
00:00 Latest information on launch of free “Parents & Family University” programming
03:38 Making sense of the district’s enrollment drop after one month
06:26 Why Watlington embraced paid parental leave for the Philadelphia teachers’ union
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