Central High School alumnus Philip Lindsay posted an open letter tonight on the Philadelphia Student Union website calling on students to protest Gov. Tom Corbett’s visit this Friday. “His administration has done great harm to public schools like Central throughout…

Neal Santos Occupy Philly protesters were not happy in November 2011 when they were evicted from the large concrete apron in front of City Hall known as Dilworth Plaza to make room for a $55 million renovation that includes an…

The smiling school portrait of Laporshia Massey, an asthmatic who died after falling sick at an elementary school with no nurse on duty, sadly became the face of tragedy amid the Philadelphia public-school crisis.The long-underfunded school system has been reeling…

William H. Gray III represented the Second Congressional District of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1991, rising to become the country’s first African-American majority whip. Gray, 71, who died on July 1 while attending Wimbledon, was a third-generation pastor of North…

It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Philadelphia City Hall.  Proposals emerged from City Council to plaster a cash-starved public school system with advertisements, and to remake LOVE Park into a food court packed with seven restaurants.…

Evan M. Lopez Since Pennsylvania overhauled its Right to Know Law in 2008, Roger Buehl has typed out numerous requests, demanding that a state agency turn over information about everything from private medical contractors and MP3 players to the official…

Students and parents across Philadelphia are scrambling to meet Jan. 1 college application deadlines amid a budget crisis and deep cuts to the ranks of school counselors. Some Philadelphia high schools reached a counselor-to-student ratio of 1 to 3,000 this…

When labor activist Gwen Snyder saw a SEPTA train laden with big plastic bags of trash go by, she pointed her smartphone at the cars and began taking photos. Very quickly, armed SEPTA “revenue attendants” confronted Snyder and told her…

Courtesy of Harvey Finkle/Philadelphia Public School Notebook SIGNIFICANT POWER: Sylvia Simms, center, is one of five voting members of the School Reform Commission. When Mayor Michael Nutter appointed Sylvia Simms to the School Reform Commission (SRC) in January, he lauded…