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Education

Education: The Kids Aren’t Alright

December 15, 2015 Lora C Strum

The cause of Philadelphia’s failing public schools has been attributed to anything from budget stalemates in Harrisburg, to misappropriation of past federal stimulus money, to district officials determined to live above their means. Whatever the

Arts and Entertainment

Education: Schools Teeter on the Brink of Financial Crisis

December 15, 2015 Lora C Strum

Philadelphia has had a big year. It’s welcomed the pope, honored the Dalai Lama and was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO. But behind the scenes is a building crisis: its schools are failing.

Bella Vista

Queen Village: Community Gardeners Prepare for Winter

December 8, 2015 Danielle S. Nelson

As the temperatures dropped, local gardeners came out in droves to clean up their community garden before hanging up their racks, hoses, pruners and shovels for the season. The Southwark Queen Village Community Garden hosted

Crime

Northern Liberties: With Increased Crime Comes Self-Defense Classes

December 8, 2015 pnadmin

After a 20-year-old waitress named Sabina O’Donnell was beaten, raped and strangled in Northern Liberties five years ago, Lawrence Whitaker, chief instructor of at Urban Defense on 6th Street near Fairmount Avenue, knew he needed to do

Brewerytown

Brewerytown: Revitalizing Commercial Corridors Through Public Funding

December 7, 2015 pnadmin

When you walk around Fairmount and Girard avenues, you might begin to notice local businesses receiving a facelift. The facades of some local businesses have been assisted in their transformations with help from a city-run

Education

Education: Sick at School? No Nurse on Duty

December 3, 2015 Lora C Strum

It’s a busy Monday morning at Andrew Jackson Elementary School in South Philadelphia when two kindergarteners walk into the front office, one with wet pants. As the little boy begins to tearfully explain how he

Center City

Center City: Valuing the Individual at the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia

December 3, 2015 Tom Dougherty

For Hugh Taft-Morales (above), the closest he came to a religious experience was “Star Trek.” Taft-Morales, the leader of the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia, grew up in an intellectual home with his father a scientist.

Featured Stories

Fishtown: Martial Arts School Teaches Self Defense, Self Improvement

December 2, 2015 pnadmin

She came home with bruises running up and down her arms. Her mother told her to just try to make the bullies her friends, and the school told her not to fight back. That’s when

Featured Stories

Fishtown: Selling One-of-a-kind Guitars, One Decade at a Time at DiPinto Guitars

December 1, 2015 Khaliha Ina Hawkins

Philadelphia has always been known for its love of cheesesteaks but it is also a city that loves music just as much. From live music venues such as World Café Live, Union Transfer and Electric

Featured Stories

Strawberry Mansion: Recreation Center Helps Children Learn and Grow

November 30, 2015 pnadmin

Children gathered their backpacks and lunches as they got ready to leave the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center. The recreation center, located near the corner of 22nd Street and Sedgley Avenue, provides children with a

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