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More Than a Month: The Importance of Teaching Black History Year-round
History

More Than a Month: The Importance of Teaching Black History Year-round

Amy Cohen examines the decades-long push to require an African-American history course in Philadelphia’s public schools

Real Estate Brochure For Vacant School Sounds Alarms in Germantown
Development

Real Estate Brochure For Vacant School Sounds Alarms in Germantown

Neighbors rally around Germantown High School after a real estate listing revealed potential redevelopment plans. Emily Birdy Busch has the news

Twitter Bot Reveals Revenue Loss From Tax Abatement
Development

Twitter Bot Reveals Revenue Loss From Tax Abatement

Starr Herr-Cardillo catches up with the software engineer behind Philly Tax Abatements, a new Twitter account that aggregates the cost of City money lost to the 10-year tax abatement

From Gas Masks to Bricklaying Class: Life & Lessons at Bok Technical High School
Photography

From Gas Masks to Bricklaying Class: Life & Lessons at Bok Technical High School

With the reinvention of the Bok Building well underway, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania give us an exclusive glimpse of school life there in the 1940s

City For Families? Millennial Parents Say So
Development

City For Families? Millennial Parents Say So

If schools are a key to retaining families, what is Philadelphia to do? Quite a lot, says David Feldman, who takes us inside the parent and community-led movement to invest in ten public elementary schools

At Bok Tech, School’s Out Forever
Photography

At Bok Tech, School’s Out Forever

This final day of school doubles as the final day of service for 23 public school buildings across the city. It’s the sad end to a chapter written by students, teachers, alumni, and communities. Katrina Ohstrom brings us images of South Philly’s Bok Tech final days on the clock

Coming To Grips With Closing Schools And A Talk With Superintendent Hite
Preservation

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

Art & Design

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


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