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William Penn Foundation gives $2M toward new waterfront park in Bridesburg
Monday, February 25, 2019
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Can Text Messages Home Help Build Vocabulary? Q&A With Temple University Researchers
Thursday, January 17, 2019
To enlist parents in their children's education, schools are increasingly sending text messages home. There's evidence to suggest parents appreciate...
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Watershed Protection
Opinion: Rolling back clean water protections will hurt our communities
Monday, December 24, 2018
Every one of us has the basic, human right to clean, drinkable water. Our health, our communities, and our economy depend on it.
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How land trusts play a starring role in the drama to ensure clean drinking water sources
Monday, December 10, 2018
Clean, drinkable water flowing freely out of a kitchen tap. So many of us take it for granted even though we cannot live without it.
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Great Learning
This innovative intake system model aims to shorten wait times for social services
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
The formula for how the length of wait times for city social services impacts people in need is simple, according to Carlita Owens, a licensed...
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Two-thirds of Philly kids can’t read at grade level. Can a library in a barbershop change that?
Thursday, October 4, 2018
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