As the governing body of the School District of Philadelphia, the Board of Education’s role is to set a vision for public education in Philadelphia and then to hold the School District accountable for realizing it. 

In December 2020, after an extensive public engagement process, the Board set clear student learning goals for the District and guardrails that will protect the conditions needed to make student learning a priority. 

The Board of Education will consider amending its vision, mission, and indicators for Goals and Guardrails, in the form attached, which will continue to serve as its five-year strategic vision for The School District of Philadelphia. The Goals and Guardrails themselves will remain as adopted in 2020. The updates to the Board's mission, vision, and indicators are being proposed in reflection of key takeaways from monitoring over the past two years as well as to ensure alignment with the recently adopted strategic plan (“Accelerate Philly”).