Phillip Tate

Phillip "Phil" Tate is a high school science in New York City. He currently works at a school in alongside Ezra Bridger, Sabine Wren, and Chopper under the supervision of Reggie Dobbs. Previously, Tate worked at a school in where he worked with Gary McKnight to transfer Gary's grandson Landon to  after Landon came out as gay and was later bullied to the point of dropping out as a result.

Tate transferred to The Bronx in 2018, where he met and became fast friends with Ezra and Sabine after hearing them talking about Landon and was equally excited to see Landon at the school's Christmas Show. He also joined Ezra and Sabine in his support of abused teen Darius Carpenter showcasing his musical talent. He also took a dim view of substitute math teacher Pryce and encouraged students who she reported for no real reason to "get their money's worth" and tell Pryce off to which the students said they wanted Tate as their teacher after Sabine had confronted Pryce over Pryce stealing from students which resulted in a fight between the two women. In the Fall of 2019, he mentioned an increase in the number of incidents involving vandalism at the school to Ezra and Sabine after Chopper played a video of a student tagging lockers.

Tate is an avid fan of and frequent;y uses baseball slang when communicating with people. He has stated that if he had gotten fired for slapping Landon's mother when she showed her indifference to Landon's situation, he at least would have "gotten his money's worth". He later repeated this same sentiment regarding Darius' mother after hearing the whole story about the amount of abuse Darius suffered, but was satisfied by the lengthy prison sentences and harsh tirades delivered to both mothers by Judge Jennifer Khayman.