Dec 26, 2014
A local education advocacy group is sponsoring a grant program to revive arts programs in city public schools where they were dropped after budget cuts. Public schools from elementary grades to high school without full-time art or music teachers has become the norm in...
Dec 23, 2014
Vincent Edwards, a middle school student wearing a red polo shirt buttoned to the very top, stood in front of Vare-Washington Elementary School with a look of disquietude. “I wish for a life with no problems,” reads the caption below his photo in the book, All About...
Dec 23, 2014
Fifteen Philadelphia area schools have something to be thankful for. They are being awarded grants totaling $70,000 through Public Citizens for Children and Youth’s Picasso Project — a philanthropic reaction to budget cuts that have decimated art and music...
Dec 23, 2014
Pennsylvania’s standardized test scores have steadily declined over the past three years, according to the state department of education’s filings with the federal government. The dropoff has been especially stark amongst some of the commonwealth’s...
Dec 22, 2014
2014 has been quite a year for public education in Philadelphia and the surrounding the counties. Massive budget cuts, undemocratic decisions, and more continue to plague public schools. Yet, in the midst of this ongoing struggle organizations and advocates continue...
Dec 18, 2014
It was touted as a groundbreaking achievement in a public-private partnership for education. But eight years in, the former Microsoft’s High School of the Future is struggling through a legacy of broken promises and deferred dreams. The School of the Future looked...
