EducationOpinionCity Hall failed the school district. Now Philly’s kids will pay for it. | EditorialStudents have been reversing pandemic-era learning declines. An impasse over how to close a $300 million budget gap puts that progress at risk.The Editorial Board A 50-year-old partnership allows Haverford and Bryn Mawr students to take classes or even pick a major on the other campusSusan Snyder A top Philly school official is leaving the district to be a superintendent in South JerseyKristen A. Graham Philly teachers union and advocates implore school officials to restore 340 classroom positionsKristen A. Graham School board culture wars caused the most upheaval in purple districts, a new study findsMaddie Hanna Advertisement52 Philly schools will operate virtually because of the heat FridayA quarter of Philadelphia schools will pivot to virtual instruction, with temperatures expected to soar Friday.Kristen A. Graham Philly school officials are cutting 340 classroom jobs despite getting more funding from City CouncilMore than 340 school-based budget cuts are apparently still on the table, despite $48 million in new funds for the Philadelphia School District.Kristen A. Graham, Anna Orso, and Sean Collins Walsh Temple’s president received $1.47 million in 2024 even though he had resigned a year earlierSuch "separation payments" have become common in higher education but can draw ire on campuses, especially in an era of layoffs.Susan Snyder Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they're rewriting the rules for all of academiaPresident Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.Collin Binkley, Associated Press Their elementary school is closing. These West Philly students took to the streets with puppets and joy.“People take joy for granted, but not today,” said Jennifer Turnbull, co-executive director of the arts nonprofit Spiral Q, which has worked with Blankenburg Elementary students for 12 years.Kristen A. Graham ‘Toxic’ climate at Frankford High prompts a Philadelphia School District probeMultiple staffers described serious allegations of misconduct and long-simmering tension at the historic school.Kristen A. Graham Temple University’s public safety vice president will depart in June after a challenging tenure marked by policing changesJennifer Griffin has led the department since August 2022, dealing with the shooting death of officer Christopher Fitzgerald while on duty and challenges in recruiting and retaining officers.Susan Snyder Time is running out for Uber tax negotiations, and Philly teachers and advocates are pleading: reverse classroom budget cuts“Put up or shut up,” an education advocate told Council. Teachers and others talked about the devastating impact of Philadelphia School District cuts as the deadline for a City Council budget nears.Kristen A. Graham The historically women’s Moore College of Art and Design will enroll men beginning in 2027-28The decision comes as colleges nationally are coping with greater enrollment pressures and the number of women's colleges declines. Susan Snyder The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District is pushing back a planned high school renovation amid budget challengesMore cuts are possible: “Unfortunately, we are at a point where we cannot continue to support the number of staff we’ve added,” Superintendent Russell Johnston said last week.Maddie Hanna Meredith Elementary in South Philadelphia amends Pride celebration after conservative backlashMore police were present at the Tuesday celebration. The X account LibsofTikTok, with over 4 million followers, had blasted Meredith's Pride plans.Kristen A. Graham Ursinus College lays off 15% of nonfaculty staffThe layoffs are part of Ursinus’s ongoing effort to cut $10 million from its budget and close a deficit. The school cut 29 full-time faculty positions - nearly a quarter - earlier this academic year.Susan Snyder Philly schools’ learning outpaces other big-city districts post-pandemic, a new report saysEvaluated against 24 other big-city school systems’ student achievement, Philadelphia’s “learning rate” ranked first, but it's a complicated picture overall.Kristen A. Graham This Central Bucks English teacher isn’t banning AI. Instead, he’s asking kids how they used it.A Central Bucks teacher has stepped into a national debate over AI’s role in the classroom playing out in statehouses and universities, and down to local school boards.Maddie Hanna This high-achieving CCP grad came to the United States ‘with nothing.’ But through scholarships, he attended CCP for free and now will do the same at PennDaniel "Danny" Emdin will attend the University of Pennsylvania in the fall and aspires to become a physician policymaker.Susan Snyder See more storiesAdvertisement
OpinionCity Hall failed the school district. Now Philly’s kids will pay for it. | EditorialStudents have been reversing pandemic-era learning declines. An impasse over how to close a $300 million budget gap puts that progress at risk.The Editorial Board
OpinionCity Hall failed the school district. Now Philly’s kids will pay for it. | EditorialStudents have been reversing pandemic-era learning declines. An impasse over how to close a $300 million budget gap puts that progress at risk.The Editorial Board
A 50-year-old partnership allows Haverford and Bryn Mawr students to take classes or even pick a major on the other campusSusan Snyder
A 50-year-old partnership allows Haverford and Bryn Mawr students to take classes or even pick a major on the other campusSusan Snyder
A top Philly school official is leaving the district to be a superintendent in South JerseyKristen A. Graham
A top Philly school official is leaving the district to be a superintendent in South JerseyKristen A. Graham
Philly teachers union and advocates implore school officials to restore 340 classroom positionsKristen A. Graham
Philly teachers union and advocates implore school officials to restore 340 classroom positionsKristen A. Graham
School board culture wars caused the most upheaval in purple districts, a new study findsMaddie Hanna
School board culture wars caused the most upheaval in purple districts, a new study findsMaddie Hanna
52 Philly schools will operate virtually because of the heat FridayA quarter of Philadelphia schools will pivot to virtual instruction, with temperatures expected to soar Friday.Kristen A. Graham
52 Philly schools will operate virtually because of the heat FridayA quarter of Philadelphia schools will pivot to virtual instruction, with temperatures expected to soar Friday.Kristen A. Graham
Philly school officials are cutting 340 classroom jobs despite getting more funding from City CouncilMore than 340 school-based budget cuts are apparently still on the table, despite $48 million in new funds for the Philadelphia School District.Kristen A. Graham, Anna Orso, and Sean Collins Walsh
Philly school officials are cutting 340 classroom jobs despite getting more funding from City CouncilMore than 340 school-based budget cuts are apparently still on the table, despite $48 million in new funds for the Philadelphia School District.Kristen A. Graham, Anna Orso, and Sean Collins Walsh
Temple’s president received $1.47 million in 2024 even though he had resigned a year earlierSuch "separation payments" have become common in higher education but can draw ire on campuses, especially in an era of layoffs.Susan Snyder
Temple’s president received $1.47 million in 2024 even though he had resigned a year earlierSuch "separation payments" have become common in higher education but can draw ire on campuses, especially in an era of layoffs.Susan Snyder
Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they're rewriting the rules for all of academiaPresident Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they're rewriting the rules for all of academiaPresident Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Their elementary school is closing. These West Philly students took to the streets with puppets and joy.“People take joy for granted, but not today,” said Jennifer Turnbull, co-executive director of the arts nonprofit Spiral Q, which has worked with Blankenburg Elementary students for 12 years.Kristen A. Graham
Their elementary school is closing. These West Philly students took to the streets with puppets and joy.“People take joy for granted, but not today,” said Jennifer Turnbull, co-executive director of the arts nonprofit Spiral Q, which has worked with Blankenburg Elementary students for 12 years.Kristen A. Graham
‘Toxic’ climate at Frankford High prompts a Philadelphia School District probeMultiple staffers described serious allegations of misconduct and long-simmering tension at the historic school.Kristen A. Graham
‘Toxic’ climate at Frankford High prompts a Philadelphia School District probeMultiple staffers described serious allegations of misconduct and long-simmering tension at the historic school.Kristen A. Graham
Temple University’s public safety vice president will depart in June after a challenging tenure marked by policing changesJennifer Griffin has led the department since August 2022, dealing with the shooting death of officer Christopher Fitzgerald while on duty and challenges in recruiting and retaining officers.Susan Snyder
Temple University’s public safety vice president will depart in June after a challenging tenure marked by policing changesJennifer Griffin has led the department since August 2022, dealing with the shooting death of officer Christopher Fitzgerald while on duty and challenges in recruiting and retaining officers.Susan Snyder
Time is running out for Uber tax negotiations, and Philly teachers and advocates are pleading: reverse classroom budget cuts“Put up or shut up,” an education advocate told Council. Teachers and others talked about the devastating impact of Philadelphia School District cuts as the deadline for a City Council budget nears.Kristen A. Graham
Time is running out for Uber tax negotiations, and Philly teachers and advocates are pleading: reverse classroom budget cuts“Put up or shut up,” an education advocate told Council. Teachers and others talked about the devastating impact of Philadelphia School District cuts as the deadline for a City Council budget nears.Kristen A. Graham
The historically women’s Moore College of Art and Design will enroll men beginning in 2027-28The decision comes as colleges nationally are coping with greater enrollment pressures and the number of women's colleges declines. Susan Snyder
The historically women’s Moore College of Art and Design will enroll men beginning in 2027-28The decision comes as colleges nationally are coping with greater enrollment pressures and the number of women's colleges declines. Susan Snyder
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District is pushing back a planned high school renovation amid budget challengesMore cuts are possible: “Unfortunately, we are at a point where we cannot continue to support the number of staff we’ve added,” Superintendent Russell Johnston said last week.Maddie Hanna
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School District is pushing back a planned high school renovation amid budget challengesMore cuts are possible: “Unfortunately, we are at a point where we cannot continue to support the number of staff we’ve added,” Superintendent Russell Johnston said last week.Maddie Hanna
Meredith Elementary in South Philadelphia amends Pride celebration after conservative backlashMore police were present at the Tuesday celebration. The X account LibsofTikTok, with over 4 million followers, had blasted Meredith's Pride plans.Kristen A. Graham
Meredith Elementary in South Philadelphia amends Pride celebration after conservative backlashMore police were present at the Tuesday celebration. The X account LibsofTikTok, with over 4 million followers, had blasted Meredith's Pride plans.Kristen A. Graham
Ursinus College lays off 15% of nonfaculty staffThe layoffs are part of Ursinus’s ongoing effort to cut $10 million from its budget and close a deficit. The school cut 29 full-time faculty positions - nearly a quarter - earlier this academic year.Susan Snyder
Ursinus College lays off 15% of nonfaculty staffThe layoffs are part of Ursinus’s ongoing effort to cut $10 million from its budget and close a deficit. The school cut 29 full-time faculty positions - nearly a quarter - earlier this academic year.Susan Snyder
Philly schools’ learning outpaces other big-city districts post-pandemic, a new report saysEvaluated against 24 other big-city school systems’ student achievement, Philadelphia’s “learning rate” ranked first, but it's a complicated picture overall.Kristen A. Graham
Philly schools’ learning outpaces other big-city districts post-pandemic, a new report saysEvaluated against 24 other big-city school systems’ student achievement, Philadelphia’s “learning rate” ranked first, but it's a complicated picture overall.Kristen A. Graham
This Central Bucks English teacher isn’t banning AI. Instead, he’s asking kids how they used it.A Central Bucks teacher has stepped into a national debate over AI’s role in the classroom playing out in statehouses and universities, and down to local school boards.Maddie Hanna
This Central Bucks English teacher isn’t banning AI. Instead, he’s asking kids how they used it.A Central Bucks teacher has stepped into a national debate over AI’s role in the classroom playing out in statehouses and universities, and down to local school boards.Maddie Hanna
This high-achieving CCP grad came to the United States ‘with nothing.’ But through scholarships, he attended CCP for free and now will do the same at PennDaniel "Danny" Emdin will attend the University of Pennsylvania in the fall and aspires to become a physician policymaker.Susan Snyder
This high-achieving CCP grad came to the United States ‘with nothing.’ But through scholarships, he attended CCP for free and now will do the same at PennDaniel "Danny" Emdin will attend the University of Pennsylvania in the fall and aspires to become a physician policymaker.Susan Snyder
