The news comes three months after City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas called for hearings on the so-called “rubber rooms," where teachers accused of wrongdoing have languished for months or years.

The School District of Philadelphia says new internal procedures have significantly reduced the backlog of teachers placed in ...

The School District of Philadelphia has taken steps in recent months to dramatically reduce the number of backlogged ...

The overhaul comes after complaints about the holding facility's conditions and the waste of keeping educators there for ...

Superintendent Tony Watlington said the district has cleared up a huge share of backlogged cases of alleged teacher misconduct and made other improvements. It’s unclear how many Philadelphia teachers ...