Education
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A&E in Port RichmondPort Richmond Students Take on 10 Day Film Challenge
In a dark and lively screening room at the United Artist Riverview Plaza, located on the 1400 block of South Columbus Boulevard, student film makers, teachers and event organizers behold…
Devin Custodio | 05/13/2015 -
Education in KensingtonKCAPA Drum Line Fights for $15
On Wednesday, April 15, while most Philadelphians were either working or thinking about filing their taxes, several hundred protesters joined together in Center City to demand an increase in minimum…
Joshua Albert | 04/22/2015 -
Community in FishtownPort Richmond Thriftway Donates to St Laurentius Through a BLOCS Initiative: Contribution to support the community’s K-12 education
A check presentation of $20,000 was granted to Saint Laurentius Catholic School in Fishtown on Wednesday, March 25. The donation by Thriftway followed news that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia plans…
K. Andrew Deffley | 04/01/2015 -
Education in Port RichmondEducation: Five New Charters Schools for Philadelphia, None Approved In Port Richmond
Amid intense pressure from both sides of the debate, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission took, what some would see as, the middle road. The SRC approved five new charter schools…
Andrew Mark Corkery | 02/18/2015 -
Education in Port Richmond
Education: The Issue That Might Just Make of Break the Future of Philadelphia Part II
With a subpar education system in Philadelphia (outlined in Part I of this series in last week’s Spirit), the odds are stacked against some young families. They may not see…
Andrew Mark Corkery | 01/14/2015 -
Education in Port RichmondEducation: The Issue That Might Just Make of Break the Future of Philadelphia Part I
This two-part report looks at the current state of education in Philadelphia, the causes of those issues, and possible solutions. Education in Philadelphia is broken. As budgets fall, classroom…
spiritadmin | 01/07/2015 -
A&E in FishtownArtist-Educators and Adaire School Students Continue to Collaborate With New Fishtown Mural
On Tues., December 2 around 20 volunteers from the corporate headquarters of Anthropologie joined students from Alexander Adaire K-8 elementary school to help with a mural arts project. When finished,…
Joshua Albert | 11/26/2014 -
Education
CLASH of the TITANS: Some advice on how parents and teachers SHOULD interact (from a guy who is both.)
Hello again everybody! The good folks at The Spirit have taken my bribe…er, liked my work so much that they gave me a chance to follow up my Back to…
Frank Stepnowski | 10/01/2014 -
Education in Port RichmondSports Make Change Come Easy at Memphis Street Academy
Change never comes easy. When American Paradigm Schools took over John Paul Jones Middle School in 2012 they knew they had their work cut out for them. Administrators and teachers…
Max Pulcini | 07/06/2014 -
Community in FishtownCity Council Pres. Clarke Discusses Education, Municipal Pensions at FNA Meeting
As tensions mount between City Hall and Harrisburg with regards to Philadelphia’s $5 billion unfunded pension liability and struggling (read: stumbling) school district, City Council President Darrell Clarke stopped by…
Max Pulcini | 05/21/2014 -
Education in Port Richmond
Call To Action: Local Charter School Students Need Your Help
For the better part of the past two years, I have been a teacher at Memphis Street Academy Charter School (formerly John Paul Jones Middle School) in Port Richmond. Memphis…
Jeff Kilpatrick | 05/14/2014 -
Education in Northern LibertiesPhiladelphia Futures Hang With Phillies at North Bowl
In Jayson Stark’s “Worth The Wait: The Tales of the 2008 Phillies,” Carlos Ruiz, Philadelphia’s catcher, noted that when his team clinched a berth in the 2008 World Series, all…
Max Pulcini | 04/23/2014