Keystone Crossroads Archive

Twenty one percent of qualified candidates have leadership experience in the School District of Philadelphia.

The plan comes about a week before Gov. Tom Wolf unveils the final budget proposal of his two-term tenure.

U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, fell short, with 159 votes; He would have needed 176 for the endorsement. AG Josh Shapiro got the nod for governor.

Gov. Tom Wolf has pledged to appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court, which recent history suggests will reverse the decision.

Parents continue to feel the precariousness of careers and routines dependent on reliable child care during an ever-ongoing pandemic.

The district will enter into a memorandum of agreement with Penn, which will direct about $800,000 per year to the K-8 school in West Philadelphia.

One lawsuit out of Montgomery County says axing mask policies forces parents of medically fragile school children to pull their children out of in-person learning.

The local Afghan community, centered in Northeast Philadelphia, has nearly doubled with the influx of evacuees, who worry for family and friends left behind.

Members of the local Ukrainian diaspora have been doing what they can to support Ukrainian resistance from afar.

About 400 people live-streamed Thursday night’s meeting. More than a dozen spoke, protesting the district’s continued mask mandate.

Even as Philly officials vow to reduce omicron’s interruptions to in-person learning, the school district’s shifts to virtual are causing angst.

“There’s a lot that could still go wrong,” said one top GOP lawmaker, adding that the odds of the legislature passing a map are, “50 – 50, maybe.”

City officials are trying to reach at least 10,000 city families who officials believe have missed out on all payments.

Secretary of Education Noe Ortega is a defendant in the trial. But he struck a neutral tone as a witness, mirroring the Wolf administration’s overall tact.

A group organized a virtual book drive so the community can buy titles the district has removed or has plans to remove from school libraries and lessons.