Shakeda Gaines met Councilmember-elect Kendra Brooks back in 2014 when they were both parent advocates fighting the spread of standardized tests. Fellow

As an unprecedented election night comes to a close, history has been made in Philadelphia: Voters took away a City

For the second time this school year, a community meeting to address asbestos exposure in a Philadelphia school devolved amid

In a conference room at Lewis Elkin Elementary School, principal Charlotte Maddox stood at a laptop, flipping through photos that

As dozens of vaping-related lung illnesses are being investigated across Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas Farley announced Wednesday

The signatures piled up and the comments poured in. “No outsiders should be allowed…” “I pay to send my daughters

Stefaine D’Amico says her oldest son Bobby was bullied relentlessly at the public and Catholic schools he’d attended. “The bullying

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers announced Wednesday that one of its members has mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of

After a long community design process and a lot of help from outside funders, the wait is finally over: the

It’s the last day of school in Philadelphia.  Summer at the Hank Gathers Recreation Center has begun, the outside basketball