Philadelphia School District
Bill Green Will Lead School Reform Commission
Breaking: tomorrow, Gov. Corbett will name Bill Green SRC chair, Farah Jiminez SRC member. #PHLed #inq — Kristen Graham (@newskag) January 17, 2014 Councilman […]
Student Brings Loaded Gun to Philly Charter School
CBS Philly reports a 17-year-old student of Dubois Collegiate Academy, a Philadelphia charter school, is in custody this morning after bringing a loaded gun to […]
School Debate: Should District Help Students Flee to Private Schools?
How would you prefer the Philadelphia School District spend its time and money? Would you like to see more effort put into fixing the city’s […]
Morning Headlines: District Gets 20 Bids for Shuttered School Buildings
Another lumbering step forward has been taken in the effort to raise budget money for the School District of Philadelphia. Since last year’s December 17th […]
Philadelphia School Closings On Tuesday Due To Extreme Cold? [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Philadelphia School District schools are open on Tuesday in spite of the extreme cold overtaking the region, according to district spokesperson Fernando Gallard. Responses […]
Four Resolutions Philadelphia Must Make for 2014
The end of the year finds many resolving to be more… well, resolute about who they are and what they stand for as they reflect […]
Twitter Fight! About that Epic Tom Ferrick-Helen Gym Dust-Up
I feel your pain, Tom Ferrick. I once got caught up in the emotions of the moment when Philebrity slammed a post by Greg Meckstroth on […]
Winter Forecast Shuts Down Philly Schools
Here’s the announcement posted to the Philadelphia School District website at the moment: Due to the severe weather forecast, all School District of Philadelphia schools […]
WATCH: Diane Sawyer Heads Back to Strawberry Mansion High School
Since Diane Sawyer first visited Strawberry Mansion high school last May, Nightline reports, several positive developments have occurred. One, the school is no longer on […]
Philly Considering Putting Ads in Schools
Yesterday City Council moved forward a bill that would allow the school to sell space on school buildings to advertisers. Predictably, as the Inquirer notes, proponents have […]
Was Nurse Shortage Really to Blame in Laporshia Massey’s Death?
In mid-October, City Paper reported that 12-year-old Laporshia Massey died after an asthma attack her school was unable to treat, since it was lacking a nurse on staff. […]
One Small Bit of Good News for Philly Schools
The Inquirer reports on a new study today suggesting the Philadelphia school district performs well when A) considering the staggering size of its need and […]
M. Night Shyamalan: Is “Fierceness” the Middle Ground in Philly’s Education Conundrum?
Of the two big themes that ran through last Saturday’s Philadelphia magazine ThinkFest at the Kimmel Center, improving education is probably the bigger challenge facing our […]
This Sixth-Grader’s Poem On School Funding Will Break Your Heart
This Tweet is making the rounds today, purportedly a sixth-grader’s poem about lousy school funding in Philly. Wagner Middle School is in North Philly, in […]
Dystopian Philly Schools Now Physically, Not Just Psychologically, Unhealthy
Students attending our city’s threadbare educational system are also walking into buildings that might be making them sick. 50 schools are in need of repairs, according […]