Youth for Black Lives, an independent Philadelphia activist group, marched from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall on Sunday, Aug. 2 to protest racism in Philadelphia schools. [continue reading…]
Quarantine hasn’t stopped some Philadelphia kids from spending time with their favorite librarian. Dana Giusti, the children’s librarian at Mt. Airy’s Lovett Library has hosted virtual story times over Facebook Live for children since the [continue reading…]
For three seniors and their teachers, spring concerts and musicals were the culmination of four years’ worth of work, but the coronavirus meant a change in plans.
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More than 100 Parents, teachers, principals, and students all spoke against the School District of Philadelphia’s hybrid learning plan for fall. The board voted to delay action on Superintendent Hite’s proposed plan until the next week. [continue reading…]
Reading High School graduate Tillman Sims began TLC Fore Reading five years ago with the goal of shaping the minds of young men and women from all walks of life. Using a shared interest in golf as a starting point, Sims’ program introduces inner city students to a larger world outside their neighborhoods. [continue reading…]
To help low-income students keep up with the new form of instruction amid the coronavirus crisis, the Collective Success Network is providing refurbished laptops to students in the Philadelphia area. The donations target low-income, first-generation [continue reading…]
Tree House Books, located at 1430 W. Susquehanna Ave., provides academic, literary, and after-school reading resources for students. The organization focuses on literacy based learning and ensuring every child in Philadelphia has access to books [continue reading…]
As Philadelphia schools were closing in March to slow the spread of COVID-19, the scene at many schools was chaotic. In Northeast Philadelphia, teachers from St. Jerome Catholic School carried stacks of books out of [continue reading…]
The students of Emlen Elementary School were hard at work on Nov. 15 at tables cluttered with art supplies like fabric, glue, and colored pencils. They finished their latest masterpieces with the help of the [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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