Turns out that Coatesville Superintendent Richard Como and director of athletics and activities Jim Donato were ousted from their positions because of racist text messages they […]
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 […]
In four years of college, I had, among others, the following roommates and suitemates: • An Ohioan prima donna who pledged a sorority as soon […]
Penn nabbed seventh place on US News & World Reports recently released college rankings, tying Duke and MIT. Penn’s ranking this year is slightly better […]
I picked some tomatoes and basil this morning to take to my daughter at her apartment in West Philly. After work, I’ll text her to […]
Today I dropped my daughter off at her freshman dorm. Last Saturday I did the same for my son. And a few weeks ago I […]
I come to praise cursive writing, not to bury it. My colleague Joel Mathis yesterday wrote that cursive “sucks” and he was glad to see […]
As if to prove there is nothing in life—nothing—beyond our culture wars, I give you this: We now face a battle over the future of […]
If you’re a student at one of Pennsylvania’s 14 public universities, you might want to reevaluate those loans: tuition costs are rising three percent. That […]
Paul Vallas, the Philadelphia School District’s former superintendent, lost his job as the head of Bridgeport, Conn. schools Friday for what school officials termed a […]
The problems continue for the Philadelphia School District. Already looking at a doomsday scenario, the district is now missing $196,000 in property across 11 schools—about […]
A law restructuring New Jersey’s public higher education took effect yesterday, reorganizing the structure of the state’s public universities and officially establishing Rowan University’s school […]
Education activists have ended their days-long fast in protest of the ongoing school district layoffs in the city. The fast ended due in part to […]
This time on “No, really, we have your best interests at heart,” the Senate has gone on summer vacation and left America’s college students to […]
Remember last summer, when the local political world was abuzz over the fact that Mayor Michael Nutter was getting a prime spot at the Democratic […]
