I’ve been watching the progress of Philadelphia’s new school superintendent, William R. Hite, Jr., very closely. Every business person in the area should. Why? Because […]
Marking perhaps the first time anybody’s marketed something using the tag “1.0,” Philly School Superintendent William Hite, Jr. has released a 25-page document spelling out […]
News I missed while on vacation: A third of Philadelphia public high schools–those with the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases–will welcome students back from […]
Of the 37 schools Superintendent William Hite has slated for closure, two of them received donations this summer received donations from the Cole Hamels’s foundation, […]
Philadelphia public schools, whose front entrances are already equipped with metal detectors and surveillance cameras, will propose new safety measures in the wake of Friday’s […]
In what is no doubt his biggest move since taking over as Philadelphia Schools Superintendent, William Hite will announce the closure or restructuring of 37 […]
Mirroring an encouraging new trend, childhood obesity in Philly declined five percent from 2007-2010. Philadelphia, which has the biggest share of residents living in poverty […]
Saliyah Cruz, the former principal of Philly’s Communications Technology High, says district officials cultivated a “culture” that allowed cheating on statewide assessment tests, even though […]
The fun times continue at the year-old Philadelphia School Reform Commission. With just weeks to go before the release of a report calling for the […]
Experts are scratching their heads at the Philadelphia School District’s response to allegations that adults and students cheated on standardized tests. The head of the […]
Kids at Philadelphia’s public schools will be able to use gyms and participate in extra-curricular activities thanks to a new deal between the City of […]
“Noooooooo, Daddy!” screamed my six-year-old son the other day. With the level of angst in his little voice, you’d think that I was about to […]
Samantha Pawlucy—the 16-year-old student now known at the “Romney T-shirt girl”—will not be returning to Charles Carroll High School in Port Richmond as a result […]
On a train to New York, a week ago Monday, I read an email on my iPhone from a distraught father looking for help. I […]
Samantha Pawlucy—the 16-year-old girl who was ridiculed by her teacher for wearing a Romney-Ryan T-shirt to Charles Carroll High School—will not return to the Port […]
