Education
Op-Ed: Join the Grassroots Movement to Support Philly’s Neighborhood Schools
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from guest writers Christine Carlson, Jeff Hornstein and Ivy Olesh.) Mayor Michael Nutter said in a recent policy address that Philadelphia […]
Pa. Budget Woes Deepen; Senate Starts Vacation
We’ve all gone on vacation knowing we left a little bit of work undone. But the Pennsylvania Senate has us all beat: It’s starting a […]
Op-Ed: Philly’s Charter School System is Falling Apart
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from City Council candidate Helen Gym.) “As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up […]
Insider: What Philly Mag’s Awful Cover Reveals About School “Choice”
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider. Check Citified next week for a different take from at-large City Council candidate Helen Gym.) […]
The Weekly Brief: How 83 Aliens Are Voting in Philly
1. There Are Dozens of Adarians Registered to Vote in Philly The gist: Ever heard of Adarians? Oh, you haven’t? Weird. They’re a “species of bipedal humanoids from the […]
3 Huge Problems With the Charter School Movement
[Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comment from PIDC.] Philly.com has a story this week that distills many of the troubling qualities of the charter school movement […]
Penn Slips in New Colleges Rankings from U.S. News & World Report
It’s that time of year again — when college students go back to school, see old friends and probably hit the year’s first party. It’s […]
Insider: Teachers Should Be Opting-Out of Their Own Uninspired Tests
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) The story of Philadelphia’s schools play like a bad rerun — principals making awful decisions under […]
Local Schools Make Newsweek List of Top 500 in Nation
Newsweek just released its latest list of the Top 500 high schools in the nation, along with a new “Beating the Odds” list of schools […]
Philly-Area Startup Gets $2 Million from Gates Foundation
A local nonprofit education start-up is on the radar of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. So much so, that the charitable organization is giving Edcamp […]
How Philly’s Plummeting Smoking Rate Could Harm Schools
1. Maybe you shouldn’t quit smoking … for the kids. (We kid, we kid.) The gist: Today, Philadelphia’s new cigarette tax is bringing in the bucks for […]
Philly Students Audited Their Own School Lunches
Scarfing down a fattening, stomach-churning lunch every day used to be seen as a normal part of going to public school in America, as much as riding the bus […]
Alan Butkovitz: Philly Schools Owe Past Employees Millions of Dollars
Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz released an audit Wednesday that makes the school district look a little frazzled. He says his team found that the district […]
The Brief: We’ll Soon Know the Names of All Cops Who Shoot Civilians
1. The police department is going to start releasing the names of officers who fire at civilians. The gist: City Paper reports that Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey […]
GOP Budget Falls Short of Philly Schools Request
Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed the GOP-led legislature’s state budget Tuesday night, in part, he said, because it would set aside far less education funding than he believes […]