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Home2023May

Month: May 2023

Fulton Elementary
Education

Education: The Lasting Effects of the 2013 School Closures

May 11, 2023 Elizabeth DeOrnellas

Ten years after the School District of Philadelphia closed 24 public schools, the impact looms large.

Inquiry Charter School
Education

Education: Schools Were Closed … but then Returned as Schools

May 11, 2023 Ella Lathan

Schools closed in 2013 have been reborn as schools.

City Hall

Transportation: Pausing the KOP Rail Reopens Possibilities for New Transit Priorities

May 8, 2023 Lawrence Ukenye

City councilmembers and local advocates discuss how SEPTA should proceed after canceling its King of Prussia extension.

Neighborhoods

South Philadelphia: Looking Back While Striving Forward: 44 Years of the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia

May 4, 2023 Sarina Lianne Mam

Bunrath Math, 55, was only 11 years old when he fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule. As an orphan in the United States, he initially found refuge in Berkshire, Massachusetts, before settling in Philadelphia in 1992. 

Education

Lower Moyamensing: Boosting Literacy Starts Early with Family Storytime at this Library

May 3, 2023 Saleh A. Alobaid

In Lower Moyamensing, the benefits — and fun — of fostering young readers is on display at the Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. Library.

North Philadelphia

West Philadelphia: A New Incentive To Hire More Philadelphia Lifeguards

May 1, 2023 Carl Wiggins

Philadelphia Parks and Recreation department created a new incentive to hire more lifeguards. The city also hosted a ‘Philly Phreeze’ to raise more funds to fund job incentives..

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