The Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) is offering a flat 24-hour $5 parking rate at six different garages in Center City during the city’s snow emergency. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
In a stark example of inequity within the district, the board’s data show that schools considered on track enroll fewer than 5,000 students and are disproportionately white, while the near-track and off-track schools enroll more than 31,000 students in the grades studied, kindergarten to third grade. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
Our current system’s fragmented approach to transportation projects is inefficient and costly, and inevitably leads to disparities when it comes to priorities. Philadelphia has the tools it needs to move toward a more equitable transportation system. It just needs to coordinate them, to more meaningfully connect transportation projects to citywide equity concerns. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
A shortage of paper 2020 Census questionnaires hurt response rates in Philadelphia, where a large portion of residents don’t have reliable internet access, and likely means the Census Bureau will undercount residents, according to a city review of census operations released Friday. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia public schools will attempt to transition back to a hybrid learning model of both in-person and digital learning starting next month, School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite announced on Wednesday. | From: NBC10 Philadelphia (Read more.)
SEPTA has struck a deal to lift a “blanket ban” barring qualified applicants from employment at the authority because of past drug convictions as part of a proposed $3.6 million class-action settlement reached in a years-long discrimination case, according to court records. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Containers and packages account for 23 percent of landfill waste, equal to about 39 million tons per year, according to the EPA. Zero waste shopping eliminates this considerable amount of damage to the ecosystem, buying in bulk being a cheaper and eco-friendly method to purchasing groceries. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Community lenders sometimes can be the only option for immigrants without Social Security numbers who want mortgages. But a new federal policy opens the door for certain immigrants brought to the country illegally as children to access federally insured loans to become homeowners and build wealth for themselves and their families. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Beginning Feb. 22, pre-kindergarten through second-grade students whose families expressed interest in hybrid learning in the fall will be allowed to return to school buildings, Hite said. School staff will begin going into schools on Feb. 8. | From: Technical.ly Philly (Read more.)
Beginning in April 2021 and in partnership with professional organization Project Realign, the nonprofit’s TechUp program will train high school graduates who are underemployed or unemployed in in-demand Salesforce skills. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
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