North Philadelphia Team Gets a New Community Football Field
After the Blackhawks won the National "Pop Warner" Pee Wee championship in 2010, Mayor Nutter promised them a new place to play.
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After the Blackhawks won the National "Pop Warner" Pee Wee championship in 2010, Mayor Nutter promised them a new place to play.
Students now have some new options when applying to the school.
A new commission empanelled by the Pennsylvania legislature to redraw the state's formula to fund basic education has held its first meeting.
A Fishtown nonprofit that teaches girls confidence through musical self-expression held a concert this week. The "Girls Rock Philly" participants performed on instruments they made from scratch during a two-day workshop.
They're kids from the Philadelphia area who might just come up with the next iPhone or create the next Amazon.
"We've been made familiar with the bomb shelter and we've been made familiar what to do when the Code Red siren goes off," says Max Newman, of Blue Bell, Pa.
A group of South Jersey teenagers who hope to become teachers are getting a chance to practice, with the help of some Camden youngsters and a program based at Rowan University.
A two-day camp at Rowan University is giving young girls a chance to get up close and personal with the world of engineering.
The district is inviting principals and teachers to present their own instructional ideas to overhaul Philadelphia schools.
A scientific first from Philadelphia, that could pave the way toward curing HIV. 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has more on the breakthrough.
The head of the PICA board told the mayor's finance director that he'd like to see the city do more belt-tightening in order to start a rainy day fund.
Students at the Overbrook School for the blind are working on some apps to help them read.
This is the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of America's ground-breaking female journalists. Now, the writings of Nellie Bly have been consolidated into one book.
A recent independent voter poll found that the single biggest factor behind voter disapproval of Corbett's job performance is his record on education.
As executive director of Youth United for Change for the last 16 years, Andi Perez has seen the student group's political influence grow.
Charles Reilly, 45, was sentenced to 5-15 years for engaging in what Camden County assistant prosecutor Kelly Testa labels "sexually explicit conversations" with boys, ages 12 to 16.
If you have a family connection to World War I and are vacationing in Paris this summer, may I suggest a stop at the French Museum of the Army.
Tuition and fees are going up at New Jersey's flagship university for the upcoming school year.
The children have put together a video inviting the first lady to the program's big finish on August 13th, at Vogt Recreation Center.
Exactly forty-five years ago, the attention of the entire world was on three brave men going, as the saying goes, where no man had gone before.
For the first time, courses on basic computer skills, job development training, parenting tips and English as a Second Language (ESL) are available at the school district's Parent Center.
Five area high schoolers, interning with the non-profit Philadelphia Youth Network, are in Washington D.C. for a Student Leaders Summit.
Inner city kids need positive role models. So says a high school history teacher who's mounted an unusual outreach.
"The children of Philly deserve better," said secretary of education Arne Duncan (center) at a Community College of Philadelphia roundtable on how young men of color can achieve.
