And he'll do it at 1 p.m. today.
(edited to add: And here it is. Take a look! Video of Nutter's press conference is here.)
From the press release: "The Nutter plan proposes increasing school funding, reducing class sizes and improving school safety."
For those of you comparing the candidates on the issues: Evans' education plan is here; Fattah's opportunity agenda is here and Knox's short statement on his priorities for city schools is here.
Now, I've said before that education has an unusual role in this race. We can see that the schools are in need of sustained, cross-governmental attention: They are facing a massive deficit, caused in large part by the same stresses that are overwhelming the city budget -- pension costs and health care costs. However, the city really doesn't run the schools. The state took them over five years ago, and they are now run by the School Reform Commission. The city has a lot of sway (the district presents its budget to city council, for example) but the SRC runs the district.
I certainly am not arguing that the schools aren't an issue in this race -- far from it. But voters do need to understand how the district works now as they listen to campaign promises.
For more background, check out these earlier reports:
On the role of education in the race (timed for the release of Evans' education plan)
On the Philadelphia Cross City Campaign for School Reform (including their plans for an April 12 candidates' forum)
On the Daily News special report on the connection between job creation and violence reduction, especially for young students
Discussion of Fattah's technology plan, which includes a call for a laptop for every student
Discussion and analysis of Evans' education plan