Emily Rizzo

The campaign launches amid Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal for a $1.35 billion increase to the state’s K-12 education funding.

The district said the program is meant to build intergenerational relationships between police and Black and Latino students, but any student can volunteer.

The announcement comes as the district invites students in grades 6-9 back for in-person classes a few days a week starting May 10.

District officials say the summer classes will help students “narrow achievement gaps” after almost 15 months of virtual learning.

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner says Gov. Wolf’s latest education funding proposal amounts to “the kind of anti-crime legislation that works.”

The Hope Center at Temple University released the results of a yearlong survey finding a majority of college students cannot afford basic life necessities.

Activists, including students, teachers, and community members, want the universities to contribute 40% of the property taxes they don't pay to the district.

Meeting organizers documented racist incidents and hoped to find concrete solutions on how schools can become more racially just spaces.

The School District of Philadelphia is reopening for about 2,600 pre-K through second graders — the first time students are back in classrooms since last March.

City councilmembers pressed School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite on issues of public trust during a hearing Wednesday.

District officials had been demanding some teachers return to school buildings Monday, ahead of a planned return of up to 9,000 young children on Feb. 22.

The union continues to maintain school district buildings are unsafe for occupancy given COVID-19 concerns. A mediator in the matter was named Friday.