Watlington's plans for Philadelphia schools could help transform education -- and the city itself | Editorial

  • Bias Rating

    -34% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -34% Medium Liberal

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Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : At the start of his third school year, Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. is overseeing important curriculum changes and the promise of year-round school.
60% : But in a recent interview with the Editorial Board, Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. showed promise that after a slow start, he is ready to steer Philadelphia's schools in the right direction.
41% : While the culture war over reading has dominated the debate about public education in suburban districts, many parents with children enrolled in city schools are less likely to be able to access resources like reading tutors.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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