From the Daily News: A 19-YEAR-OLD woman is being charged in connection with the kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl from her West Philadelphia school last […]
The Philadelphia Free Library has invited Twilight author Stephenie Meyer to conduct a book signing on February 22nd about her book “The Host,” which has […]
The William Penn Foundation, the powerful grant-making foundation, has suspended new grants to city agencies while it faces a complaint before the Philadelphia Board of […]
One would hope that if 37 public schools in Philadelphia were being shut down, the replacement schools into which students will be flowing performed significantly […]
Welcome to the new normal, anxiety-ridden potential Penn Alexander parents. Today marks the official start of the new post-line-waiting world you live in; applications for […]
Every day, we drop our kids off at school and hope and pray that they are safe. We trust that the people who are in […]
Hot on the heels of Monday’s announcement of a lawsuit challenging the proposed closing of Philadelphia schools—closings brought about because of massive budget deficits—comes news […]
A new development in the kidnapping this month of a 5-year-old-girl from Bryant Elementary: Investigators are now looking for a teen girl who may be […]
Last September, it was reported that about 50% of charter schools in the state were proficient, hitting the benchmarks mandated by No Child Left Behind. […]
The five criminal charges the U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed against “charter school mogul” Dorothy June Brown, will go nicely with the 62 federal charges […]
The fight for the heart and soul of Penn Alexander’s admissions process isn’t over yet. According to de facto parent spokesman Brett Feldman, a heated group […]
UPDATE: The Philadelphia School District, to the dismay of the roughly 70 parents who were waiting in line (see below) to secure their kids’ places […]
As of now, the only Philadelphia school being closed isn’t a traditional public school at all. Last night, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted to […]
Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels plans a sitdown with School Supt. William Hite soon; The Notebook reports he’s angry that the list of Philadelphia public schools […]
There’s a metaphor here, somewhere: The Philadelphia Student Union—an incubator organization for the city’s youngest activists—plans a “zombie-themed flashmob dance” on Tuesday at School District […]
