Topic: School District of Philadelphia
Want Better Schools?
Then, a Southwest Philly school principal urges, stop asking Philly schools to do it all
By Brandon McNeice
How to Help Schools, Students and Teachers
Donate food or money for uniforms, share your expertise, provide reading help and more ways you can support schools in Philadelphia
By Jessica Blatt Press
How the Hell Are Kids Going to Get to School?
The first round of SEPTA service cuts aligns with the start of the school year — seriously hampering back to school for thousands of students. Here are some ideas that could help
By Courtney DuChene
The Fight Over What Philly Teachers Are Teaching
A national media report last spring lambasted the School District’s social studies curriculum and its director for being anti-American, antisemitic and teaching kids to become social activists. What is really going on in Philadelphia’s classrooms?
By Malcolm Burnley
HS Graduation? That’s Just the Start
The 15-year-old nonprofit 12+ helps nearly 5,000 Philly and Camden students a year plan for college, trades or military service after high school — and life beyond
By Natalie Pompilio
An “Amazing” Experiment in School Safety
Philadelphia’s first “school street” pilot closed its dropoff and pickup street to vehicular traffic. It was as great as you might imagine
By Diana Lind
About that Missing $700,000 …
For the second time in three years, the School District of Philadelphia was defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. What’s really going on?
By Jessica Blatt Press
Pennsylvania, Prioritize Literacy
Only 17 percent of Philadelphia fourth graders read at grade level. Let’s tell Harrisburg to pass bipartisan bills that invest in our kids and our future, says a PA literacy leader
By Rachael Garnick
What Happens in Philly Schools’ “Rubber Rooms?”
The public will never know, a labor policy expert with a free-market Pennsylvania think tank argues, unless the District opens its records
By David R. Osborne
The School District’s Own Efficiency Team
GOP legislators want to investigate wasteful spending in Philadelphia schools. A high school teacher knows just who they should ask
By Lydia Kulina-Washburn