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Education: A Look Inside the District’s Struggling Schools

December 15, 2015 Lora C Strum

—Text and image by Lora Strum and Ashley Hart

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.

Education

Nicetown: Parents, Teachers Protest at School District

May 8, 2014

In the debate about whether to turn over Edward T. Steel Elementary School to the administration of Mastery Charter Schools, the voices for the current leadership at Steel have been loud and clear. They are

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Education

Nicetown: Parents Vote on the Future of Edward T. Steel Elementary School

May 6, 2014

https://vimeo.com/93909422] It was an intense and emotional journey leading up to the results that would help decide the fate of Edward T. Steel Elementary School in Nicetown. It would soon be decided if parents and the

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