Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Turzai says he is “very disappointed” that the Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted Wednesday night to approve only five of 39 […]
[Updated at 6:30 a.m. Thursday] The Philadelphia School Reform Commission decided Wednesday night at a high-stakes, five-hour meeting to conditionally approve five of 39 applications […]
https://twitter.com/hollyotterbein/status/568144459474571264 [UPDATE] The SRC has approved 5 of 39 new charter school applications — with conditions. [ORIGINAL] As promised, the School Reform Commission will be […]
La Salle University today announced that Colleen M. Hanycz will be the university’s next president — the first woman and first lay leader of the […]
Inside a near-empty auditorium at Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti High School in South Philly, roughly 100 adults are sitting in a sea of […]
In 2015, should a mayoral candidate’s ethics platform be taken seriously if it doesn’t address open data? Mark Headd, Philadelphia’s former Chief Data Officer, argues that open data is a key part […]
The School Reform Commission has a tough choice to make: Should it accept the Philadelphia School Partnership’s offer of $35 million? In return for the big check, […]
State Sen. Anthony Williams is the consensus front-runner and the top fundraiser in the Philadelphia mayor’s race. But what does he stand for? Citified sat down […]
It’s official: The firebrand education activist Helen Gym says she is running for Democratic City Council At-Large in the May 19th primary. Though she hasn’t made […]
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) “This Crisis affects all of us” “You can save them. You can save all of […]
If you’re a low-income Philadelphian with a kid in pre-K, Councilman Kenyatta Johnson wants to give you a tax break. Johnson introduced legislation Thursday that would offer a wage and […]
Haddon Township School District isn’t necessarily against PARCC, the highly controversial standardized education assessment that has been adopted by dozens of states nation-wide. But district officials are telling […]
Earlier this week, Philly Mag told the story of cutthroat competition among Philly parents to get young children into top-notch preschools. A new report from […]
Pedro Rivera, a one-time Philadelphia educator who moved on to superintendent of the Lancaster school district, has been named the Pennsylvania Secretary of Education by […]
John Boehner apparently has a stockpile of Taylor Swift GIFs, and they finally seem to have come in handy. On his website this afternoon the […]
