School District of PhiladelphiaPhilly’s school board will consider transferring vacant buildings to the city at a special meeting this weekThe resolution would cover about 20 buildings that are already vacant — not any that might be closed in the future. Mayor Cherelle Parker has said she wants to use vacant schools to develop housing.Kristen A. Graham Philly school board elects its president and vice president for next yearKristen A. Graham Pennsylvania’s $80 billion school pension fund gets a new directorJoseph N. DiStefano Quinta Brunson wants thousands of Philly kids to have free school field tripsKristen A. Graham A House committee is investigating allegations of antisemitism in Philadelphia schoolsKristen A. Graham AdvertisementPhilly principals union has a tentative contractNearly 1,000 Philadelphia principals, assistant principals, climate managers and other workers will get pay raises if they approve a tentative four-year pact.Kristen A. Graham Philly principals, working without a contract for months, demand action: school board roundupSuperintendent Tony B. Watlington told the school board he needed more time to present a facilities plan. "We’re committed to not fumbling the football on the 2-yard line,” he said.Kristen A. Graham At Philly school board meeting, concerns bubbled up over the school closing process and principals working without contractsThe Philly school board hosted its monthly action meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday. Read live coverage from reporter Kristen A. Graham.Kristen A. Graham ‘A Drugcember to Remember’ is coming back to its ‘old local hangout’The War On Drugs' annual tradition benefiting the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia started in 2018 but was on pause since 2022.Dan DeLuca 3,000 protested conditions for Philly’s Black students in 1967. Here’s how these city kids remembered it.“Hey hey!” a group of students yelled, 58 years after thousands of Philadelphia students marched for rights for Black students. “Ho ho! Black history will never go!”Kristen A. Graham School closings are coming to Philly. Here are four themes that are emerging as leaders come closer to decisions.A survey is going out this week that school district officials hope will get thousands of responses as they plan school closings, co-locations, reconfigurations, and new construction.Kristen A. Graham Stolen phones sparked a fight and ongoing tension at Frankford High The school’s phone policy “caused some serious issues in the building,” a staffer said. “A lot of the students said, ‘You’re forcing us to put our phones there, but you’re not protecting them.’”Kristen A. Graham The winners and losers in Pennsylvania’s new $50.1 billion budgetThe breakthrough deal capped a saga that featured bitter partisan fights, months of stalled negotiations, and a dramatic resurgence of Pennsylvania’s rural-urban divide.Gillian McGoldrick Germantown mother accused of stealing $61K from the Philadelphia School DistrictLaurel Schullere pocketed $61,000 in payments meant to cover theraputic services for her two children, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said.Kristen A. Graham OpinionPhiladelphia’s pre-K program needs transparency, not a tax repealThe true urgency is a massive overhaul of the program’s administration.Lydia Kulina-Washburn, For The Inquirer Some Philly special education students get no speech language services, despite being federally guaranteed them. Here’s why.Speech language pathologists in Philly schools urged the school board to take action. The number of students needing speech services is on the rise.Kristen A. Graham Philly school board gets an earful on school closings, students’ right to bathroom breaks, and more"More school closures moves us further down the death spiral," one community member said at a school board public hearing Thursday night.Kristen A. Graham The public shared concerns with the Philly school board over potential school closings, wellness policy, and moreThe Philly school board hosted a public hearing on Thursday. Follow live coverage from reporter Kristen A. Graham.Kristen A. Graham Philadelphia school closure decisions have been delayedInstead of releasing a facilities master plan in November, a survey will go out to families this month and a draft plan delivered sometime in the winter.Kristen A. Graham Cecil W. Bond Jr., retired SEPTA executive and bank vice president, has died at 87 “Cecil was a champion of change and impacted so many lives in a good way at SEPTA,” a former colleague said in an online tribute.Gary Miles See more storiesAdvertisement
Philly’s school board will consider transferring vacant buildings to the city at a special meeting this weekThe resolution would cover about 20 buildings that are already vacant — not any that might be closed in the future. Mayor Cherelle Parker has said she wants to use vacant schools to develop housing.Kristen A. Graham
Philly’s school board will consider transferring vacant buildings to the city at a special meeting this weekThe resolution would cover about 20 buildings that are already vacant — not any that might be closed in the future. Mayor Cherelle Parker has said she wants to use vacant schools to develop housing.Kristen A. Graham
A House committee is investigating allegations of antisemitism in Philadelphia schoolsKristen A. Graham
A House committee is investigating allegations of antisemitism in Philadelphia schoolsKristen A. Graham
Philly principals union has a tentative contractNearly 1,000 Philadelphia principals, assistant principals, climate managers and other workers will get pay raises if they approve a tentative four-year pact.Kristen A. Graham
Philly principals union has a tentative contractNearly 1,000 Philadelphia principals, assistant principals, climate managers and other workers will get pay raises if they approve a tentative four-year pact.Kristen A. Graham
Philly principals, working without a contract for months, demand action: school board roundupSuperintendent Tony B. Watlington told the school board he needed more time to present a facilities plan. "We’re committed to not fumbling the football on the 2-yard line,” he said.Kristen A. Graham
Philly principals, working without a contract for months, demand action: school board roundupSuperintendent Tony B. Watlington told the school board he needed more time to present a facilities plan. "We’re committed to not fumbling the football on the 2-yard line,” he said.Kristen A. Graham
At Philly school board meeting, concerns bubbled up over the school closing process and principals working without contractsThe Philly school board hosted its monthly action meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday. Read live coverage from reporter Kristen A. Graham.Kristen A. Graham
At Philly school board meeting, concerns bubbled up over the school closing process and principals working without contractsThe Philly school board hosted its monthly action meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday. Read live coverage from reporter Kristen A. Graham.Kristen A. Graham
‘A Drugcember to Remember’ is coming back to its ‘old local hangout’The War On Drugs' annual tradition benefiting the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia started in 2018 but was on pause since 2022.Dan DeLuca
‘A Drugcember to Remember’ is coming back to its ‘old local hangout’The War On Drugs' annual tradition benefiting the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia started in 2018 but was on pause since 2022.Dan DeLuca
3,000 protested conditions for Philly’s Black students in 1967. Here’s how these city kids remembered it.“Hey hey!” a group of students yelled, 58 years after thousands of Philadelphia students marched for rights for Black students. “Ho ho! Black history will never go!”Kristen A. Graham
3,000 protested conditions for Philly’s Black students in 1967. Here’s how these city kids remembered it.“Hey hey!” a group of students yelled, 58 years after thousands of Philadelphia students marched for rights for Black students. “Ho ho! Black history will never go!”Kristen A. Graham
School closings are coming to Philly. Here are four themes that are emerging as leaders come closer to decisions.A survey is going out this week that school district officials hope will get thousands of responses as they plan school closings, co-locations, reconfigurations, and new construction.Kristen A. Graham
School closings are coming to Philly. Here are four themes that are emerging as leaders come closer to decisions.A survey is going out this week that school district officials hope will get thousands of responses as they plan school closings, co-locations, reconfigurations, and new construction.Kristen A. Graham
Stolen phones sparked a fight and ongoing tension at Frankford High The school’s phone policy “caused some serious issues in the building,” a staffer said. “A lot of the students said, ‘You’re forcing us to put our phones there, but you’re not protecting them.’”Kristen A. Graham
Stolen phones sparked a fight and ongoing tension at Frankford High The school’s phone policy “caused some serious issues in the building,” a staffer said. “A lot of the students said, ‘You’re forcing us to put our phones there, but you’re not protecting them.’”Kristen A. Graham
The winners and losers in Pennsylvania’s new $50.1 billion budgetThe breakthrough deal capped a saga that featured bitter partisan fights, months of stalled negotiations, and a dramatic resurgence of Pennsylvania’s rural-urban divide.Gillian McGoldrick
The winners and losers in Pennsylvania’s new $50.1 billion budgetThe breakthrough deal capped a saga that featured bitter partisan fights, months of stalled negotiations, and a dramatic resurgence of Pennsylvania’s rural-urban divide.Gillian McGoldrick
Germantown mother accused of stealing $61K from the Philadelphia School DistrictLaurel Schullere pocketed $61,000 in payments meant to cover theraputic services for her two children, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said.Kristen A. Graham
Germantown mother accused of stealing $61K from the Philadelphia School DistrictLaurel Schullere pocketed $61,000 in payments meant to cover theraputic services for her two children, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said.Kristen A. Graham
OpinionPhiladelphia’s pre-K program needs transparency, not a tax repealThe true urgency is a massive overhaul of the program’s administration.Lydia Kulina-Washburn, For The Inquirer
OpinionPhiladelphia’s pre-K program needs transparency, not a tax repealThe true urgency is a massive overhaul of the program’s administration.Lydia Kulina-Washburn, For The Inquirer
Some Philly special education students get no speech language services, despite being federally guaranteed them. Here’s why.Speech language pathologists in Philly schools urged the school board to take action. The number of students needing speech services is on the rise.Kristen A. Graham
Some Philly special education students get no speech language services, despite being federally guaranteed them. Here’s why.Speech language pathologists in Philly schools urged the school board to take action. The number of students needing speech services is on the rise.Kristen A. Graham
Philly school board gets an earful on school closings, students’ right to bathroom breaks, and more"More school closures moves us further down the death spiral," one community member said at a school board public hearing Thursday night.Kristen A. Graham
Philly school board gets an earful on school closings, students’ right to bathroom breaks, and more"More school closures moves us further down the death spiral," one community member said at a school board public hearing Thursday night.Kristen A. Graham
The public shared concerns with the Philly school board over potential school closings, wellness policy, and moreThe Philly school board hosted a public hearing on Thursday. Follow live coverage from reporter Kristen A. Graham.Kristen A. Graham
The public shared concerns with the Philly school board over potential school closings, wellness policy, and moreThe Philly school board hosted a public hearing on Thursday. Follow live coverage from reporter Kristen A. Graham.Kristen A. Graham
Philadelphia school closure decisions have been delayedInstead of releasing a facilities master plan in November, a survey will go out to families this month and a draft plan delivered sometime in the winter.Kristen A. Graham
Philadelphia school closure decisions have been delayedInstead of releasing a facilities master plan in November, a survey will go out to families this month and a draft plan delivered sometime in the winter.Kristen A. Graham
Cecil W. Bond Jr., retired SEPTA executive and bank vice president, has died at 87 “Cecil was a champion of change and impacted so many lives in a good way at SEPTA,” a former colleague said in an online tribute.Gary Miles
Cecil W. Bond Jr., retired SEPTA executive and bank vice president, has died at 87 “Cecil was a champion of change and impacted so many lives in a good way at SEPTA,” a former colleague said in an online tribute.Gary Miles
