Jul 13, 2018
Something stinks in Fishtown In May, Forbes magazine declared Fishtown “America’s Hottest New Neighborhood.” Its real estate market is on fire as well as its cultural capital, thanks to gentrifying hipsters and savvy businesses who live by the motto “location,...
Jul 6, 2018
PA Schools Work. Harrisburg? Not so much… Constitutionally inadequate. That’s what the State Supreme Court thinks of how the legislature funds schools, concluding that current levels are well below what students need to meet basic reading and math...
Jul 2, 2018
Where there are smokes, there’s fire It was all hands on deck to beat back the preemption forces threatening 2,000 high quality pre-k seats. A proposed bill to bar PA municipalities from raising funds locally to pay for programs like pre-K was...
Jun 22, 2018
Improving conditions for locked up kids After an onslaught of shocking footage of immigrant children separated from their parents and detained in cages, Philadelphia is working to change the story for its own youth experiencing the horrors of being severed from...
Jun 15, 2018
Putting shame where it belongs After ordering AG Jeff Sessions to tear children from their parents, President Trump claimed the Democrats are making him do it. On Friday morning, President Trump doubled-down on his claim, saying, “Democrats forced that...
Jun 1, 2018
In Southeast PA, 9 of 10 districts are hiking taxes The math is simple. Yet so very hard. We’re talking about the simple math (figuratively speaking) behind school district budgets. School districts need funding to deliver schools ready for...
