Jackson Elementary School Educators marked the first day of classes Monday with pickets outside Feltonville School of Arts and Sciences which, according to teacher and union leader Amy Roat, has in recent years lost counselors, secretaries, a school police officer,…

Seven parents of children in Philadelphia’s embattled public school system filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court today contending that the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s failure to investigate reports of “massive curriculum deficiencies” violated the law. Philly parents have submitted more…

Mayor Michael Nutter didn’t seem like a fan of City Councilman Jim Kenney’s bill to decriminalize marijuana in Philadelphia. Last month, he mocked its supporters for making “black guys should be allowed to smoke as much dope as they want”…

Laporshia Massey Sixth grader Laporshia Massey died after falling ill from an asthma attack while no nurse was on duty at Bryant Elementary School last September. Now, her estate is suing the School District in federal court. The School District…

by Beyond My Ken – Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 via Wikimedia Commons Philadelphia Police Headquarters Philadelphia Police Officer Christopher Hulmes, currently under investigation for admitting to lying under oath in a 2011 drug case, was…

The Philadelphia Police Department today confirmed that Officer Patrick Banning, the partner of a narcotics officer under investigation after admitting to lying under oath, was taken off the street on Aug. 8 and assigned to desk duty, pending an Internal…

Eighty-three percent of the 4,314 marijuana-possession arrests made by Philly police in 2013 were of African-Americans. Yet last week, Mayor Michael Nutter mocked supporters of City Council legislation to decriminalize marijuana. “Suddenly, this is the great civil rights issue of…

Mayor Michael Nutter last week mocked legislation passed by City Council that would make carrying small quantities of marijuana subject to a $25 fine rather than an arrest. And he mocked its supporters. “Suddenly, this is the great civil rights…

At least four drug cases involving Philadelphia Police Officer Christopher Hulmes, embroiled in a growing controversy after City Paper revealed that he had admitted to lying, were postponed today after defense attorneys requested time to read documents turned over by…