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The move to the ’burbs used to be almost automatic for Philadelphians with means — families of all races picked up and left the city […]
In mid-June, the School Reform Commission voted unanimously to outsource school substitute management. “The vendor was able to commit to us to provide high quality […]
Last spring, which feels like eons ago, City Council grudgingly agreed to increase funding to the School District of Philadelphia by $70 million. That was $30 […]
Philadelphia’s public school students could with something like a Fall Break around Pope Francis’ visit. Public schools are already closed Wednesday, September 23rd, for Yom Kippur […]
1. Maybe you shouldn’t quit smoking … for the kids. (We kid, we kid.) The gist: Today, Philadelphia’s new cigarette tax is bringing in the bucks for […]
Scarfing down a fattening, stomach-churning lunch every day used to be seen as a normal part of going to public school in America, as much as riding the bus […]
Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz released an audit Wednesday that makes the school district look a little frazzled. He says his team found that the district […]
1. An arbitrator has decided that Philadelphia must have at least one full-time counselor per school. The gist: That’s because the school district’s contract with the teachers union stipulates […]
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from a Citified insider.) If State Sen. Scott Wagner didn’t exist, school advocates might have to invent him. At a […]
Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed the GOP-led legislature’s state budget Tuesday night, in part, he said, because it would set aside far less education funding than he believes […]
POWER Philly is in Harrisburg for 10 days to pray, fast and meet with state legislators with the hope of getting fair funding for Pennsylvania’s […]
Philadelphia City Council did something Thursday that it’s done a lot in recent years: voted to increase both taxes and education funding. Lawmakers expect to […]
1. A new report digs into Philadelphia’s extremely high maternal mortality rate. The gist: The city’s maternal mortality rate is 27.4 per 100,000 births, according to […]
The School District of Philadelphia will close all of its schools tomorrow, Tuesday, June 16th, at noon due to the high temperatures in the forecast. […]
Philadelphia public school teachers have to get creative sometimes, especially when funds are scarce. Thanks to Reddit, a photo taken by a teacher at a […]