Philadelphia School District
As a Writing Tutor, I’m Learning Just How Much Philly Schools Aren’t Teaching
There are some 150,000 students served through the School District of Philadelphia. Each week, at Mighty Writers‘ new location in West Philadelphia, I work with […]
Photo Exhibit Documents Last Days of Philadelphia Schools
The Philadelphia School Closing Photo Collective, a project marshaled by Zoe Strauss, will begin a weeklong exhibit of 20 of its photographs at West Philly’s […]
School Closure Plan Probably a Council Power Grab
The debate surrounding the two competing methods for raising funds for city schools has been unexpectedly wonkish for City Hall. Nutter advocates the borrowing of […]
Anonymous Donor Restores Masterman and Central Libraries
Last month, we told you that Masterman and Central were losing their libraries due to the school budget cuts. Now, thanks to an anonymous donor […]
Four-Year-Old Philly Boy Brought Crack to School
From the Daily News: A 4-YEAR-OLD preschooler brought cocaine and $173 in cash to his East Falls school yesterday. The boy had packed his pockets with the […]
South Philly’s Wei Chen Wins Peace Prize for Battling Anti-Asian Violence
Hard to believe it’s been four years since Wei Chen emerged into the spotlight, then an 18-year-old senior at South Philly High who had witnessed […]
City Council Snubs Mayor’s Plan to Raise Cash for Schools
City Council and the Nutter administration are still haggling over how to begin to hire back the thousands of teachers and staff members that were […]
Officials Have Great New Idea for Funding Philadelphia Schools: Collect Taxes
CBS Philly reports that City Hall is promising a more-vigorous effort to collect the “school tax,” in light of the district’s ongoing funding woes. “The […]
BREAKING: Everybody Hates Michael Nutter
Pew’s got a new poll out that spells a drastic shift in public opinion towards Michael Nutter in the last couple years. In January 2012, […]
Fergie to Stage “The Last Waltz” at Trocadero to Save Philly Schools
On November 26, 1976, the musical group The Band played a concert in San Francisco known as “The Last Waltz”, as it was their farewell […]
Schoolmageddon: Should the SRC Have Taxing Power?
Lots of school news for today’s roundup. Perhaps most significant? Talk that the state-appointed School Reform Commission will be given power to raise the city’s […]
Next Up in Eric Cantor’s School Choice Promo Tour: Philly Schools
Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor supports providing students with alternatives to public schools, and he wants you to know about it. So, naturally, he’s in Philly […]
Schoolmageddon ’13: SRC Chairman Pedro A. Ramos Set to Make “Unpopular Decisions”
Thousands of layoffs and hundreds of millions of dollars in the red later, the Philadelphia School District has started to clean up its act with […]
Schoolmageddon ’13: Education Advocates Storm Harrisburg for the Start of the Fall Legislative Session
State legislators are back in office for the fall session today, and they can expect to be met by what’s become the most feared special […]
You Can Save This Penguin. Or You Can Turn the Page.
I read in the news last week that the Detroit Zoological Society is building the largest center in the United States devoted to penguins. Construction […]