In 1995, Tarrell Davis went into her interview at Settlement Music School for a position as a social worker. But during the tour, she saw the kinds of early education programs Settlement offered to low-income […]
Jessie Jackson not only learned the high temperature in Philadelphia on the day her husband was born, but she also learned the high temperature in Philadelphia for every other day in 1980. She knows these […]
Joe Saxon carefully placed the finishing touches on the clay bowl he was sculpting. He then slid out of his chair, making sure his white cane was safely folded underneath the table and handed his […]
When the Fairhill School closed in 2013 due to budget cuts, Tim Gibbon lost his job as a K-8 out of school time coordinator, the staff member responsible for after school and summer programming. What […]
When the School District of Philadelphia adopted what was known as its “doomsday” budget for the 2013-2014 school year, there was barely enough money to maintain general education requirements mandated by the Pennsylvania Department of […]
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