Insiders
Inside Take: How the Philadelphia Nominating Petition Game Is Played
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) The fun started this morning. For the next three weeks, volunteers and paid field staffers […]
Inside Take: Ken Trujillo’s Tough Questions for His Former Mayoral Opponents
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from Citified insider Ken Trujillo, a former Democratic candidate for mayor.) The “real” Philadelphia mayoral race, the Democratic […]
Inside Take: New Charters Should Be Unacceptable to All
(This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) Conditions in the School District of Philadelphia have hit a new low after four record breaking […]
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 […]
Inside Take: How to Build a Bridge to Philadelphia’s Energy Future
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) The debate over the Philadelphia energy hub is the best test of whether Americans are […]
Inside Take: How City Hall Makes Blight Worse
(This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) This could prove to be a seminal year in Philadelphia’s seemingly intractable fight against blight. The launch […]
Charter CEO: Whiter and Wealthier a “Blatant Misrepresentation”
(Editors note: The following is a response from MaST CEO John F. Swoyer III to a controversial column this week from Citified insider Andrew Saltz. Citified […]
Land Bank Defeatism Solves Nothing
[Editor’s Note: This story was first published on the blog of Progressive Philly Rising. It’s reprinted here in full with permission from the author. It’s […]
Are the Best Charters Actually Whiter & Wealthier?
Yesterday, English teacher (and Citified insider) Andrew Saltz argued that the highest-performing charter schools do as well as they do in large part because they enroll […]
INSIDE TAKE: End the Judicial Fundraising Charade
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) It’s a part of the campaign process which gives many a sense of the oogies; […]
INSIDE TAKE: Time for Real Talk on Charters
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) (Note: This story has been updated to correct an editing error in the graphic that […]
INSIDE TAKE: Six Predictions for City Schools in 2015
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) Reading the big headlines, 2014 seemed like another rough year for Philadelphia’s schools, but we […]
INSIDE TAKE: So. What the Hell Is an Energy Hub?
What the hell is an energy hub? You might think I’m sick of the question. But the truth is, the question is almost never asked. […]
INSIDE TAKE: The Land Bank Is a Bad Idea
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) Most changes are born of dissatisfaction and animated by a dream: “Things are terrible,” […]
INSIDE TAKE: Standardized Testing Isn’t Worth It
(Editor’s note: This column is the first of many to come from Citified insiders, our roster of urban doers, experts and advocates who will offer their takes […]