Topic: School District of Philadelphia

It took two requests and an Office of Open Records ruling before the School District of Philadelphia released data to a Broad + Liberty reporter about the increase in students failing classes last year. How can we solve a problem we're not allowed to see?

Black parents, especially, favor more school options for their children. The head of Philly’s Children's Scholarship Fund lays out one way to help increase their choice.

Phase III of the School District’s back to campus plan launches next week—a colossal effort to give kids eight days of in-person learning. Our Mystery Shopper reviewed how it's going.

A local nonprofit has shown measurable progress in helping Philly public school students stay on track through training in an unexpected skill: meditation

The city has finally started planning for ways to help students make up for pandemic-related learning loss. But do we really want to just get back to normal?

Amy Gutmann’s $100 million pledge to the school district proved again how she is making Penn a leader among elite universities. A longtime college president offers ideas for what else Penn could do for Philly.

Philadelphia’s schools superintendent has taken some hits lately. Does he have what it takes to manage—and tame—a $3.5 billion bureaucracy?

The 2020 Principal of the Year thinks the key to turning around Philly schools comes down to human connection. His work at Robeson High School may prove him right.

As the social studies curriculum specialist for the School District of Philadelphia, Smith helps open worlds, and doors, for more than 200,000 students every year

The unsung health heroes of the pandemic have risen to the challenge of new job descriptions