May 2011

Grays Ferry Farmers’ Market to open May 31

May 23, 2011

PHILADELPHIA, May 23 – State Reps. Babette Josephs and Kenyatta Johnson and Sen. Anthony H. Williams, all D-Phila., announce the Grays Ferry Farmers’ Market will open for the season Tuesday, May 31. The market will run from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. each Tuesday in Peace...

Conference gives skipped-generation “parents” advice, mission

May 18, 2011

PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2011 – Estella Hyde understands the stigmas grandparents and other family members raising younger relatives sometimes face, intimately. She’s raising her teenaged granddaughter.

Philly Family Prays For Vouchers

May 12, 2011

Philly Family Prays For Vouchers: MyFoxPHILLY.com 13-Year-Old Stuck In ‘Failing School,’ Family Says PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania’s governor is making a big push for school vouchers. Gov. Tom Corbett believes they’ll give lower-income...

Fox 29 General manager Patrick Paolini voices his opinion on Senate Bill One, the charter school initiative.

May 12, 2011

My View: Pass Senate Bill One Now: MyFoxPHILLY.com Fox 29 General manager Patrick Paolini voices his opinion on Senate Bill One, the charter school initiative. Here is the text of Paolini’s editorial: I want you to meet Lukius White – a student in the 7th...