Voice: Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Building a (Good) Teacher Pipeline
Can a four-year residency model ensure new teachers stay in the district? A Baltimore-based program that launched in Philly this year is betting on it.
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: 5th annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival
Join us December 14 and 15 to share solutions for creating a more prosperous, equitable and thriving Philadelphia.
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
How to Support Veterans
We celebrate Veterans Day on Friday. Here, more than a dozen ways to give back to those who fought to keep you free
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Watch: Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Celebration
Philadelphia honored the late legal and civil rights giant last week during a breakfast and mural unveiling with Ken Frazier, Sherrilyn Ifill, Evelyn Higginbotham
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal, Revisited: Make. Voting. Easier.
We learned many things about Pennsylvania after yesterday’s midterm election. One of them: We should have a better way to vote
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Why Philadelphians Must Vote on November 8
Why should you cast a ballot this 2022 midterm election? Your health, your wallet and your democracy are counting on it.
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
What the Controller’s Police Audit Didn’t Say
Rebecca Rhynhart’s detailed analysis of the department’s budget included several dozen recommendations. The most important one never got a mention
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Are We Still A Union League Town?
The elite social club plans to award Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis its highest award. What does that say about who they — and we — are?
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy