Philadelphia School District
Boy Locked in School Stairwell for 9 Hours
A 13-year-old was reported missing by his mother yesterday afternoon when he was trapped in a stairwell at Roosevelt Middle School. After multiple searches, the […]
Aide Worked on Secret Projects for Ackerman, Expects to Be Fired
Christopher Akers—a Philadelphia School District aide—expects to be fired for work he completed while Arlene Ackerman was the district superintendent. Akers created an iPhone game […]
Virginia Tech Shooting Looks Like Murder-Suicide
Yesterday’s Virginia Tech Shooting Looks Like Murder-Suicide. Evidence indicates that yesterday’s shooting on the campus of Virginia Tech occurred when a gunman shot and killed […]
Girl Doles Out Ambien To Elementary School Classmates
A number of children were taken from Kensington’s H. A. Brown Elementary School to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children after they said they felt ill. […]
Arlene Ackerman Says She’s Writing a Book
Arlene Ackerman’s Public Response. Queen Arlene agreed to an exclusive interview with NBC10’s Lu Ann Cahn in an effort to defend her unemployment claim. She […]
Eagles Lose, Fall to 4-8
The Eagles Lost Last Night. Everyone act surprised. The Eagles lost to the Seahawks 31-14 in this week’s installment of Thursday Night Football. Vince Young […]
Arlene Ackerman Has Filed for Unemployment
Yes, really. Ackerman was given $905,000 on a silver platter before being chased from the Philadelphia School District by parents and citizens wielding torches and […]
City Won’t Force Occupy Philly to Move
Mayor Nutter Won’t Force Occupiers to Move. Mayor Nutter—in the midst of a permit approval process with Occupy Philly—has announced that the city will not […]
How to Improve Education for Young Black Philadelphians
Are Philadelphia’s black children stupid? Why is it that they consistently lag behind all other kids in school? How is it that while 85 percent […]
Philadelphia School District Further Slashes Budget
School District Makes More Budget Cuts. The Philadelphia School District’s financial woes have been well documented. With school closings, teacher layoffs, and spending reduced across […]
Feather Houstoun Nominated to School Reform Commission
Yesterday Denise McGregor Armbrister resigned from the SRC because she felt that having her replacement step in three months early would help bring some solidarity […]
West African Boy Bullied at Patterson Elementary
Menduawor Comgbaye—a first grader at Patterson School in Southwest Philly—has been being marked absent for the past two weeks while his parents kept him home […]
School Choice Can Save Pennsylvania’s Education System
As we all know, weather forecasters are wrong much of the time. But you can’t hold them responsible for that wholly unpredictable icy blast felt […]
More Details Discovered in Philly Dungeon Case
House of Horrors Case Gets More Complicated. As if the original details of the case weren’t deplorable enough, police have located a missing 15-year-old girl […]
Mayor Nutter Makes Second SRC Appointment
Mayor Michael Nutter has made his second appointment to the School Reform Commission by announcing that novelist Lorene Cary will fill the final available position. […]