Topic: School District of Philadelphia

Philly schools may have spent their federal stimulus funds wisely. How they tracked their spending? Not so wise. Two education leaders on why and how to fix that

Donate food or money for uniforms, share your expertise, provide reading help and more ways you can support schools in Philadelphia

A teacher at a North Philly elementary school offers a reason to hope for our kids — and a pathway to success in public education

In Philadelphia, school closures are not the real debate, says the head of an educational nonprofit. It’s what educators plan to do inside those schools that matters

Want to grow our city? The path, the Center for Black Educator Development’s founder argues, is through our children’s classrooms

The community school in North Philadelphia has grown and prospered because of neighbors’ and outsiders’ involvement — and, coincidentally, a man named Prosper

City Council has one chance to get rideshare taxation right, says an urbanist and strategist. His solution combines the ideas of Parker, Uber and economics 101

Mastery’s CEO urges the School Board to develop standards — and follow them — before making any new charter decisions on May 14

What other schools can learn from the way South Philly’s Sharswood K-8 has raised reading scores in the first year of the city’s new literacy curriculum

… They need more choice. A free market think tank leader urges Governor Shapiro to opt-in to a new federal tax credit program