A new acting superintendent. Hundreds fewer teachers and support staff. And perhaps most challenging of all, roughly $320 million less

This guest blog post is by Elaine Simon, a West Philadelphia resident and the director of the Urban Studies program

Avvonya Payne was so determined this summer to get her daughter Alicia into a good, safe school that if need

Avvonya Payne estaba tan determinada este verano a matricular a su hija Alicia en una escuela buena y segura que,

This week we will have several guest blog posts. The first is from Drick Boyd, an associate professor of Urban

by Celeste Lavin and Raquel Ronzone [Updated, 8:30 p.m.] As many as 100 students at West Philadelphia High School walked

The revolving door of teachers and principals at West Philadelphia High School is set to keep spinning. As part of

In a plan that will expand Superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s Renaissance Schools initiative to encompass 31 schools and 12 percent of

Philadelphia’s school buildings have value far beyond their function as educational facilities. To the preservation community, they are markers of

West Philadelphia High School is set to experience another dramatic shakeup, but there will be no repeat of last year’s