Education
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Education in KensingtonLocal Teachers Picket at H.A. Brown for International Women’s Day
Henry A. Brown Elementary School is a struggling school in East Kensington: Last year, the state Department of Education gave it a 47.3 tally for its Building Level Academic Score.…
Steve Bohnel | 03/08/2017 -
Education in North CentralRead Across America: Local Fathers Read to Students to Encourage Literacy
Last Wednesday, the Frederick Douglass 100 Men of Color read to students at Frederick Douglass Mastery Charter School to celebrate Read Across America Week. Sponsored by the National Education Association,…
Ruthann Alexander | 03/08/2017 -
Community in FishtownCoded Collaboration: Coded By Kids Comes to Area Schools to Provide Students Free Tech Education
Many schools teach foreign languages to their students, including Spanish, French and Mandarin. Modern technology has also developed a new language, coding, that is responsible for creating computer programs for…
Shealyn Kilroy | 03/01/2017 -
Education in Northern LibertiesDown the Line and Beyond Launch New Tennis Program at Bodine High School
During a meeting at Bodine High School (1101 North 4th Street) on Wednesday, February 15th, community leaders gathered to officially kick off the Down the Line and Beyond Foundation’s new…
James Rennie | 03/01/2017 -
Community in FishtownGroundbreaking News at Adaire: Unique Partnership Between City Departments and Nonprofits Kicks Off New Schoolyard Project at Fishtown School
On February 21, 2017, the Alexander Adaire School at East Thompson and Palmer Streets hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new green schoolyard project. The project is part of a…
John Henry Scott | 03/01/2017 -
EducationRep. John Taylor to Host Meeting on Saving Lives with Narcan
On Thursday, February 23th, in conjunction with Prevention Point Philadelphia and Clean and Sober Radio, Rep. John Taylor of the 177th District will be hosting a meeting that will…
James Rennie | 02/16/2017 -
Community in FishtownFishtown Library and Rec Center Could Receive City Funding in Near Future
Just more than a block east of George and Garden Logan’s home sits the Fishtown Recreation Center, Fistown Library and the Lederer Pool. Each has served the Fishtown community…
Steve Bohnel | 02/15/2017 -
Education in Strawberry MansionStrawberry Mansion Community Leader Honored
About a decade ago, Kevin Upshur paid tribute to his late mother by turning her bar into a learning center at 30th and Dauphin Streets in Strawberry Mansion. …
Steve Bohnel | 02/15/2017 -
Education in FrancisvilleGirard College Students Inducted into National Honor Society
On Wednesday, January 11th, five Girard College students were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS) during a ceremony in the school’s chapel. Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmot, Drexel University’s…
Thomas Beck | 02/02/2017 -
Community in Strawberry MansionStrawberry Mansion to Receive Second PAL in April
For 70 years, the Police Athletic League (PAL) in Philadelphia has been working to give kids alternatives to the streets in troubled neighborhoods. This April, the upcoming second PAL…
Mark Brakeman | 02/02/2017 -
Community in Temple UniversityTemple Organizations Endorse Letter Urging Support for Undocumented Students
More than 1,000 faculty, staff and students at Temple University recently signed a letter urging University President Richard Englert to commit to protecting students and employees who are undocumented…
Ruthann Alexander | 01/25/2017 -
Education in HarrowgateDeep Roots Charter School Proposed to Open In 2018
Logan Blyler wrote most of the plan for the charter school he founded, Deep Roots, at a table in the back of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse (2578 Frankford Ave).…
Grace Shallow | 01/19/2017