Coming To Grips With Closing Schools And A Talk With Superintendent Hite
Next week, the School District of Philadelphia will shutter 23 schools across the city. Jessie Fox interviews Superintendent Dr. William Hite, while a grassroots group of artists band to document the closings and the nearly 4,000 employees laid off as a result band together > more
Girard College To Nix High School & Boarding Program
Plan would temporarily downsize the historic school’s operations starting in 2014, ABC News inside Strawberry Mansion High School, Convention Center to consider private management, and Family Court rising > more
Overburdened South Philly Residents Speak Out Against Casino Proposals
Dreading the increased traffic to be had with a casino south of Oregon Ave, Nutter says no on property tax increases to bolster the school budget, PA senate finds more cash for SEPTA, and loving your park > more
Spare A Dime For Bok’s Memories: WPA Play Begins Tonight
The group CosaCosa brings the politics of the New Deal into a New Deal-funded auditorium in a school about to close--a song cycle for a cycle of economics and politics. Katrina Ohstrom previews the PIFA performance in words and photos > more
Final Bell Nears At Brutalist Southwest Philly Middle School
On the southwestern edge of the city, beneath the roar of PHL's airplanes and the calls of migratory birds at Tinicum, sits Pepper Middle School. Brad Maule profiles the brutalist beast that's being phased out by the School District > more
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