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A new acting superintendent. Hundreds fewer teachers and support staff. And perhaps most challenging of all, roughly $320 million less
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September 6 — 9:36 amA new acting superintendent. Hundreds fewer teachers and support staff. And perhaps most challenging of all, roughly $320 million less
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September 5 — 1:52 pmThis guest blog post is by Elaine Simon, a West Philadelphia resident and the director of the Urban Studies program
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September 1 — 9:36 pmAvvonya Payne was so determined this summer to get her daughter Alicia into a good, safe school that if need
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September 1 — 9:36 pmAvvonya Payne estaba tan determinada este verano a matricular a su hija Alicia en una escuela buena y segura que,
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February 14 — 6:39 pmThis week we will have several guest blog posts. The first is from Drick Boyd, an associate professor of Urban
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February 11 — 3:33 pmby Celeste Lavin and Raquel Ronzone [Updated, 8:30 p.m.] As many as 100 students at West Philadelphia High School walked
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February 8 — 3:23 pmThe revolving door of teachers and principals at West Philadelphia High School is set to keep spinning. As part of
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February 2 — 7:32 pmIn a plan that will expand Superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s Renaissance Schools initiative to encompass 31 schools and 12 percent of
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February 2 — 7:32 pmPhiladelphia’s school buildings have value far beyond their function as educational facilities. To the preservation community, they are markers of
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January 26 — 6:12 pmWest Philadelphia High School is set to experience another dramatic shakeup, but there will be no repeat of last year’s