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What education questions should we ask Philadelphia’s mayoral candidates?

The mayor sets the policy tone and conversation around education in the city. During the lead-up to the primary election, Parker campaigned on a...
The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

The History Maker

Former Councilmember Cherelle Parker made history on May 16 when she became the Democratic nominee to be Philadelphia’s 100th mayor. With the November...
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Chalkbeat

As Philadelphia mulls year-round schooling, a charter school network shows what it can look like

Democratic mayoral nominee Cherelle Parker has made year-round schooling part of her education platform, here is how one charter school network is...
Votebeat

Philadelphia’s communities of color are disproportionately affected when mail ballots are rejected over small errors

In the city’s May primary, voters whose mail ballots were flagged for a missing or improper date mostly come from heavily nonwhite neighborhoods...
The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

Progress...of a sort

In addition to making history by putting a Black woman on the Democratic ticket for mayor, Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary election showed that the...