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Education: A Look Inside the District’s Struggling Schools
—Text and image by Lora Strum and Ashley Hart
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Center City
Education: Improving Student Literacy with Scrabble
The Philadelphia School District budget crisis has meant that after-school programs suffered losses. Nonprofits like After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP Philly) help organize activities for students all over the city. “ASAP is funded by grants […]
Education
Education: Building a Future For Students Despite Budget Crisis
One of the Philadelphia Education Fund’s main goals is for all young people to have access to opportunity, not just the lucky ones. According to President and CEO Darren Spielman, the vision of the organization, which has been […]
Economy
Spruce Hill: Penn Alexander Extracurriculars Survive ‘Doomsday Budget’
Penn Alexander School saw nearly a 17 percent increase in its extra curricular funding by the School District between the 2008-2009 and 2013-2014 school years. With the help of $45 million in state education funds […]
Economy
Spruce Hill: Lottery Brings New Era for Penn Alexander
Penn Alexander School’s kindergarten waitlist ended this year, changing to a contested lottery. Traditionally, parents had waited in line for days to register. School District Superintendent William Hite made the change within days of becoming […]
Economy
Mount Airy: Houston Elementary Strives Despite Funding Crisis
The phrase “it takes a village” has certainly come into action at Mount Airy’s Henry H. Houston Elementary School and, according to new principal Reginald Johnson, the village has come. When the Philadelphia School District […]