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The Inquirer reports that the State Senate will vote today on the nominations of Bill Green and Farah Jimenez to the city’s School Reform Commission. There […]

The expected snow—as of this 5 am writing, it still hasn’t materialized—has led to the shutdown of Philadelphia schools for the day. Trash collection will […]

Councilman Bill Green has long been known for his heterodox ways: While other pols rely on glad-handing to make their way, Green spent his time […]

1. Fix something old. Greenfield Elementary mom Christina Stasiuk led an effort to overhaul the outdated library that included parent-volunteer redecorating; a remodel with “reading […]

Science Leadership Academy A partnership between the school district and the Franklin Institute, Center City’s SLA is proof that a strong outside collaborator can help […]

My family and I moved out of Philadelphia last year. We did so reluctantly, and with a crippling heaping of guilt. It wasn’t the crime, […]

The Picasso Project, a Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) foundation that provides “mini-grants” to schools with limited arts budgets, has divvied out $60,000 in […]

The Daily News reports that likely mayoral candidate Kevin Johnson’s children attend West Philly’s prestigious Penn Alexander School. The problem? Classroom slots are supposed to […]

The national media has suddenly taken notice of Philadelphia’s cheating scandal, in which more than 130 educators are accused of helping, er, improve the local […]

At The Notebook, blogger Ron Whitehorne examines the possibility of abolishing the School Reform Commission that oversees Philly schools: With the SRC’s legitimacy at a […]

At the end of a snow day on Wednesday, the school District of Philadelphia announced that all district schools will be open on Thursday. Here’s […]

6ABC reports: “Police have made a second arrest in connection with a shooting inside a Philadelphia school on Friday. Investigators say Donte Walker, 18, of the […]

Mayor Nutter has released a statement about Bill Green’s appointment to chair the School Reform Commission and, well, it’s not super friendly. While I appreciate […]

Gov. Tom Corbett was supposed to hold an education event at Central High today, but word got out that he was to be met by […]

New SRC Chairman Bill Green may be stepping into a bigger mess than he bargained for. The Philadelphia Public School Notebook reports: “After more than […]