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What 25 Years of Teaching Our Kids Has Taught America’s Teacher of the Year Leon Smith

After a quarter century at Haverford High, 2026’s National Teacher of the Year Leon Smith shares what he’s learned about connection, critical thinking, and helping young people see what they’re capable of.

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The Biggest Game in Town: Inside the Eagles Media-Industrial Complex

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A Center City Kid Remembers the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum

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Dear AT Frenchies, You Had Us at “Geaux Birds!”

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Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.

So, Junior’s into Yale. Congratulations — it’s gonna cost you $200 thou before he’s done. Strategies to fight the sticker shock

Bombarded by news about increasing costs, burgeoning student debt and plummeting endowments, moms and dads already overwrought about getting kids into college now worry what […]

Admissions officers spill secrets about what will get your application noticed—or tossed

DO Make your mark as a leader “We’re not looking for a long list of activities,” says Villanova’s Steve Merritt, “but for students who were […]

Everybody from Jim Gardner to Buzz Bissinger to Brian Kappra spills the beans about where they applied, who turned them down, and why they went where they did

Sam Katz, 61, three-time candidate for mayor Applied to: Yale, Swarthmore, Haverford, Dickinson, Johns Hopkins. Rejected by: Yale. Went to: Johns Hopkins. “I wanted a […]

Stressed about whether your kid can claw her way into Penn? Or Swarthmore? Or ’Nova? Relax. With the college-application landscape changing fast, local admissions pros share the latest secrets about how to play the game.

Eric J. Furda, dean of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania—a.k.a. the gatekeeper at Philly’s most prestigious college—is talking about the wait-list. The wait-list, for […]

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Is the Kevin Kolb “Era” Over Already?

What quarterback controversy? Oh, that one

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.

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Post-McNabb Era

Bad calls by sports experts

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Phils win, Eagles lose

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Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger

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Jennifer Weiner, Shut Up

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