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Education

Education: Financial Pressures Pushed the District to Close Schools but Resale Efforts Fall Short

May 11, 2023 Elizabeth DeOrnellas

Financial Pressures Pushed the District to Close Schools but Resale Efforts Fall Short

Fairhill Elementary
Crime

Education: Did the 2013 School Closures Lead to Increased Youth Violence?

May 11, 2023 Michala J Butler

Did the 2013 School Closures Lead to Increased Youth Violence?

The former Germantown High School as seen in 2023.
Education

Education: Germantown Pride Persists a Decade After School Closures Wounded the Community

May 11, 2023 Elizabeth DeOrnellas

Germantown Pride Persists a Decade After School Closures Wounded the Community

Vaux Community Building
Education

Education: Nonprofits Provide Opportunities for Philadelphia Youths

May 11, 2023 Ella Lathan

Nonprofits Provide Opportunities for Philadelphia Youths

Kristen Clark
Education

Education: The School Closures Were Traumatic

May 11, 2023 Ella Lathan

Kristen Clark said that the school closures of 2012 and 2013 were traumatic.

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.

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