Join us at Philadelphia City Hall at 12:30 pm August 31st for A Prayer for the City: [...]
Read moreTime to audit the Philadelphia School District
For months, I've advocated for detailed annual audits of the nearly $3 billion the Philadelphia School District [...]
Read moreTop 5 Live-Friday October 23
Top 5 Live-WURD Friday October 23 1. Near-broke Phila. schools must borrow to make payroll Close to broke, the [...]
Read moreAhmed Mohamed: Muslim is the new black
I was angry when I read the story of 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, an Irving Tx., teen who [...]
Read morePhilly schools could be broke by mid-October
When I was a child, the start of the school year was a time of giddy anticipation. That [...]
Read moreWords on the Street
Words on the Street is a writing and literacy program that brings the resources of educational, corporate and [...]
Read moreBoehner lawsuit is a “Mean Girls” episode
HAVE REPUBLICANS moved the federal government to a little country town? I ask because in the aftermath of President Obama's [...]
Read moreSchools, vices and the sin tax
AMONG THE MANY things that are making me scratch my head in relation to the School District of [...]
Read moreMichelle Obama and American school segregation
IT'S ODD that anyone from Topeka, KS, would balk at having Michelle Obama speak at a high school [...]
Read moreReport: Black kids face more preschool suspensions
AS A BLACK FATHER, my concerns for my children are much the same as those of other [...]
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