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The success of immigrant communities starts with support of neighborhood schools
To help my neighborhood succeed, the next mayor needs to know how critical it is to the Karen Philadelphia's community to support our city schools financially and politically.
10 years ago
Carver High School emerges second in city on Pa. report card
Students and faculty at Carver High School of Engineering and Science celebrated the latest Pennsylvania School Performance Profile.
10 years ago
Free and affordable summer camps in Philly
Finding camp opportunities for your soon-to-be-sprung student doesn’t have to break the bank. There are several free or low-cost pr ...
11 years ago
Photo exhibit opening this week chronicles the ‘decline and destruction’ of Philly public schools
Harvey Finkle stood on the third floor of Fairhill Elementary and snapped a photo of a sight he hadn’t seen in three decades of doc ...
11 years ago
ListenIn Philly schools, can sports and arts be saved as an afterschool refuge?
Under a bright-blue North Philadelphia sky, Coach John Sullivan runs around a grassy field in gym shorts and a T-shirt, teaching the Dobb ...
11 years ago
Philly schools gets tough with two charters over money dispute
Philadelphia School District officials are recommending that Discovery Charter School in West Philadelphia be shut down, due to a high-st ...
12 years ago
Masterman students make all the right moves to win national chess title
Seven students from Julia R. Masterman Middle School in Fairmount competed in the SuperNationals in Nashville, Tenn., the Super Bowl of c ...
12 years ago
Twelve Philly schools under ‘quarantine’ during PSSA exams
Forty-two Philadelphia District schools are under heightened security during the administration of this year’s state standardized t ...
12 years ago
Hite orders new probe into alleged cheating at Wagner School amid signs of cover-up
The head of the Philadelphia School District has ordered a fresh investigation into possible cheating on state standardized tests at Gen. ...
12 years ago