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Jan 10, 2025 | 
penncapital-star.com | Dale Mezzacappa |Chalkbeat Philadelphia
A new statewide coalition aims to respond to alarming data showing that just 1 in 3 Pennsylvania students — and even fewer in Philadelphia — can read proficiently by fourth grade. Eighty people from 20 organizations under the umbrella of the Pennsylvania Literacy Coalition met via Zoom Wednesday to push for state policies that will improve student outcomes in reading.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
penncapital-star.com | Dale Mezzacappa |Chalkbeat Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s recent decision to rescind guidelines about culturally relevant teaching practices has some Black educators in Philadelphia worried about the impact on teacher recruitment in a district where the student body is already far more diverse than its mostly white teaching force.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Dale Mezzacappa |Chalkbeat Philadelphia
(Getty Images)This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersSign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
datiak12.io | Carly Sitrin |Chalkbeat Philadelphia
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersAt community meetings across the city, the School District of Philadelphia is warning families that school closures are coming, but unlike the last time the district closed schools, officials say this time, they want parents, students, and neighbors to help shape the decision-making from the beginning.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
datiak12.io | Carly Sitrin |Chalkbeat Philadelphia
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersTwo months in, Philadelphia’s year-round school program is blossoming, officials say. But so far, the effort seems focused on giving more families access to programs that already existed, rather than revising the academic calendar. Mayor Cherelle Parker continues to tout the program as a new vision for the city’s schools and the realization of her campaign promise.
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May 21, 2024 | 
penncapital-star.com | Dale Mezzacappa |Chalkbeat Philadelphia
6:00 News Story Education Philadelphia’s schools remain among the most segregated in the nation. In 1969, Debra Matthews was almost nine years old and looking forward to fourth grade with her friends at Rowen Elementary when her mother told her she would be going to a different school five miles away from her West Oak Lane home. “I didn’t have a choice,” Matthews recalled. Rowen had just built a brand new annex building that Matthews had been excited to explore.
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May 21, 2024 | 
citizensvoice.com | Dale Mezzacappa |Chalkbeat Philadelphia
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May 17, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Abigail Henry |Chalkbeat Philadelphia
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. I came to the United States 35 years after the Supreme Court’s Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka decision, ruling that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. As a mixed race student arriving from England with a strong accent and an Afro, I was not warmly received by my new suburban school community. I entered elementary school at age 7.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
kensingtonvoice.com | Emily Rizzo |Amanda DeJesus |Chalkbeat Philadelphia |Jill Bauer-Reese
Artist and Kensington native Roberto Lugo wants Kensington residents to see themselves in long-lasting ceramic art. Over the past year, in collaboration with Mural Arts, Lugo collected input from community members to get a sense of the neighborhood’s patterns — patterns that reflect their background, culture, and everyday life. Lugo will infuse those ideas with his own designs. He’ll be outside this summer painting three 11-foot outdoor sculptures that will be installed throughout the neighborhood.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
penncapital-star.com | Dale Mezzacappa |Chalkbeat Philadelphia
by Dale Mezzacappa, Chalkbeat Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Capital-Star March 12, 2024 The Philadelphia school district has fallen way behind schedule in providing thousands of students in special education with extra services they did not receive during the pandemic, according to state officials.
