Students, parents and community leaders turned out Thursday afternoon for a Rally for Public Education at Thomas Mifflin Elementary School in East Falls.
The latest in a series of Northwest-based outreach efforts, participants
Looking for something to do this week? WHYY's Robin Bloom has some recommendations on what's happening in the Philadelphia region. Here are her picks:
The game of roads is often understood as a battle between motorist and bicyclist, but this is not the full story. Every day on my bike convinces me that the mercenary pedestrian is among the most dangerous players.
Using technology to make cities better.
That's the theme of the 2013 Mayors' Innovation Summit. It's the work of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, of which Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is current president.
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Even as funding for Pennsylvania public schools has dwindled, the cost of sending students to independent, online charter schools has risen in more than three-quarters of Pennsylvania's 500 traditional school districts.
Praying, or just preying?:
Mt. Airy Kids Literary Festival this weekend:
Students march for schools, but where are the adults?:
Do we have the leaders to solve the Philly school funding mess?:
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