Philadelphia

Nearly 2 million people in Pennsylvania rely on federal food stamps, including around 472,000 Philly residents.

The Philadelphia school system is undergoing a facilities planning process and will be announcing school closures. Advocates say schools can tackle health, safety, and climate at once.

Gun violence is down in Philadelphia, but kids are still getting shot. Here’s why we’re covering solutions to the problem and the role schools can play.

At a Chalkbeat event in Germantown, city residents said they want district leaders to give serious weight to community feedback in their closure plan.

Philadelphia school leaders said Tuesday they won’t publish recommendations this month of which schools to close, pushing back a long-awaited deadline.

To address Philadelphia’s severe teacher shortage, educators and advocates want to inspire more high schoolers to go into the field through hands-on opportunities.

Developed with The New York Times’s Headway Initiative, Chalkbeat Philly is launching a new project to report on gun violence through the prism of schools and education.

The city has used a beverage tax to help pay for its free pre-K program since 2017. But labor and business groups have been opposed to the funding mechanism.

The district spent $25 million on the new curriculum. Officials say more training, support, and patience are needed.

Anna Herman at The U School in North Philly has written a new curriculum unit to help students understand how geography shapes lives, communities, and futures.

Without state funding, preschool providers say they’ve been forced to take out loans and drain personal savings

The district remains far from its goal that more than half of students will achieve proficient math and reading scores by 2030.

The school district and outside organizations are launching tools to make the process simpler but families say it’s still too complicated and stressful to navigate.

Building a new school library at William C. Bryant elementary took nearly a year and support from several community organizations. Now, students will have access to more than 5,000 new books.

School board members voted to approve a raise and contract extension for Superintendent Tony Watlington Thursday night.

District officials see the program as a way for parents and guardians to build connections with schools and communities.

Esperanza Academy has spent decades building trust in Philly’s majority-Latino Hunting Park neighborhood. That’s been especially useful amid increased immigration enforcement.

One legislator backing the bill said the current state of school buildings is ‘both a crisis of education and a public health crisis.’

The new contract provides raises for teachers but relies on state funding increases that may not materialize. The board also approved short-term borrowing amid budget uncertainty.