360 video: Rappelling down a skyscraper was terrifying — and I want to do it all again

The Outward Bound fundraiser raised more than $200,000 for the Philly chapter.

Homicide is the leading cause of death for young black men in Philly. What should we do?

We spoke with five community leaders to get their ideas for solutions.

Germantown High reimagined as $30 million housing development — with lots of question marks

After two years, neighbors finally heard some details about the hulking vacant property.

There’s ‘luxury’ housing at Philly’s community college, but where are the students?

Main Line developers helped CCP build the Hamilton, now leasing in Center City.

Meet the 35 live tilapia swimming around a Fishtown classroom

Kids at Adaire love the 300-lb. aquaponics tank — and teachers think all schools should have one.

What do Philadelphia’s students want? More college counseling

Kids in Philly's public schools say they aren’t getting enough support to stay on track for college and careers. Now they’re taking a stand to change that.

Activists shut down the school board meeting last night, right after a 7-2 vote to mandate metal detectors in all high schools

There’s now a national class-action lawsuit against Glen Mills Schools

PA officials are pulling everyone out of the Glen Mills school in light of abuse allegations

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Why did a shuttered Germantown school sell for a fraction of its value?

Neighbors haven't heard a peep from the developer since he bought the building.

For every ticket sold to a show at the Met, Live Nation donates 25 cents to Philly schools. So far, that’s added up to $23k

The lockdown was just lifted at this Northeast Philly middle school, where a young man reportedly brought in three live rounds this morning

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Philly students are rallying at City Hall this afternoon to protest climate change and the proposed Philadelphia Gas Works plant

Pi Day special: Watch a Chestnut Hill sixth-grader recite 191 digits from memory

The school's all-time record-holder got up to a whopping 635.

Broke in Philly

Philabundance is trying out the “food-plus” model — the org will continue to help relieve hunger, and now also team up with additional nonprofits to provide housing, job assistance and education

Cheyney University in Delco, the oldest HBCU in the nation, has a new revenue plan to balance its troubled budget

Governor Wolf has ordered a formal review of Glen Mills Schools to look into the serious abuse allegations raised by The Inquirer’s reporting

After child abuse exposé, a public defender says Glen Mills falsely told boys their sentences would restart if they left for another program

Philly’s new Board of Education rejected three new charter school applications last night — a potentially big attitude change in the post-SRC era

The Philadelphia school board is expected to vote today on three new charter school applications. If approved, they would open this fall and serve 2,300 students