Citing financial concerns, the School Reform Commission is not accepting applications for new charter schools at least until spring, causing

For five years, Paul Tough, a reporter on education and an editor of the New York Times Magazine, followed Harlem

La diferencia racial y socioeconómica en logros a menudo se nota cuando los niños comienzan a tomar exámenes estandarizados, usualmente

To the editors: Your Fall 2008 edition underscores the urgent need to reevaluate how the Philadelphia schools are educating the

Despite pressure from No Child Left Behind, changes in the teachers’ contract, some incentives, and a “Campaign for Human Capital,”

Students eager to bring needed change to the School District held a youth-led Student Summit on Oct. 30 and drew

Despite the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision rejecting “separate but equal” schools in America, it took

Latino parents in South Philadelphia, working through the organization JUNTOS/Casa de los Soles, won a commitment from District officials to

The choir of West Philadelphia High School sang the first public performance of “A Shepherd Among Us” – a new,