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(CAPA principal Johnny Whaley Jr. with some of his students. Credit: Steve Tawa)

Philadelphia Performing Arts H.S. Cancels Spring Musical Due To Budget Crunch

The spring musical, a signature event at Philadelphia’s High School for Creative and Performing Arts, will not go on as planned this year because of Philadelphia School District cutbacks.

2013/04/26

(Science Leadership Academy principal Chris Lehmann, in file photo. Photo provided)

Local Educator Wants Philly Pro Teams To Underwrite School Athletics

Chris Lehmann, the principal of Science Leadership Academy, has launched an online petition calling on Philadelphia’s professional sports teams to fill the financial gap that could mean the end of scholastic sports.

2013/04/26

City Officials Trying To Find Money For School District

City Council members are wondering how they and the mayor will come up with an extra $60-million for the school district and whether the state will do its share.

2013/04/24

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Free Digital Resource Fair To Be Held In Philadelphia

The digital divide is a very real thing in Philadelphia.

2013/04/20

Philadelphia School District To Launch Online Learning Program

The new initiative, called Philadelphia Virtual Academy (PVA), will offer online learning for students in grades 6 – 12, starting in time for the 2013-2014 school year.

2013/04/19

Philadelphia Schoolkids Can Get Free Vision Exams on Saturday at Jefferson Hospital

Uninsured and underinsured Philadelphia children can get their eyes checked for free on “Give Kids Sight Day.”

2013/04/12

(Philadelphia School District headquarters. File photo by Mike DeNardo)

Phila. School District Extends Deadline For Displaced Students To Find New Schools

School District of Philadelphia spoikeswoman Deirdre Darragh says they simply wanted to give parents a little more time, so the deadline has been extended to Friday, April 19th.

2013/04/05

(Tom Knudsen, at lectern, at a City Hall ceremony announcing his appointment. Credit: Mike Dunn)

Former PGW Head Tom Knudsen Named Philadelphia’s Tax-Collector-in-Chief

The man who helped both the Philadelphia Gas Works and the Philadelphia School Disrict address their financial woes has been chosen by Mayor Nutter to take charge of going after the city’s many tax deadbeats.

2013/04/03

Two Philadelphia School Principals Lose Credentials In Wake of Test Cheating Scandal

These are the first heads to roll in the investigation of 53 Philadelphia schools that has been going on for more than a year.

2013/04/03

(City finance director Rob Dubow, left, responds to a question from City Council president Darrell Clarke. Image from City of Phila. TV)

At Philadelphia City Hall,Tug-of-War Over Filling School District’s Budget Gap

City Council president Darrell Clarke and others on Council questioned the mayor’s finance director, Rob Dubow, over whether the mayor himself will present a plan to raise an extra $60 million for the school district, or whether that political hot potato will fall in the lap of Council.

2013/04/03