Education
La Salle Names First Female President
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 […]
Bruce Robinson: Neumann-Goretti’s Turnaround Artist
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 […]
The Brief: Ethics 2.0 in the Mayoral Agenda
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 […]
Mayoral Candidates Pan $35 Million Offer To Expand Charters
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, […]
Mayoral Front-Runner Anthony Williams: “I’m Not Machiavellian”
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 […]
Education Firebrand Helen Gym Lands Big Union Endorsement, Donation for Council
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 […]
Inside Take: Don’t Call Me Superman
(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 […]
Kenyatta Johnson Proposes Pre-K Tax Break for Working Poor
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 […]
In South Jersey, District Instructs Families How to Opt Out of Testing
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 […]
Study: Pa. Gets D+ for Pre-School Education
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 […]
Former Philly Educator Named Wolf’s Secretary of Education
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 Uses Taylor Swift GIFs to Warn America About Obama’s Community College Plan
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 […]
Obama’s Community College Plan Would Be a Total Disaster
Obama’s dream plan to offer free community college tuition to students across the nation could work. The key word here is “could.” It would require […]
Wednesday’s City Reads
National Reads: “In Albuquerque, protests against police shootings and charges against officers” The national debate around police-involved shootings has largely centered on two places: Ferguson, […]
Twitter Fight of the Week: Can All Schools Actually Be Great?
Sure, Twitter is an ephemeral, terse medium. Yes, it is better suited for pithy one-liners and insults than for substantive policy debate. But every so […]