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City Life, Policy and Justice, Schools, The Neighborhood

Can a school save a neighborhood?

May 2, 2018 Kia Gregory

Philadelphia’s housing authority bought a high school. It hopes the institution can help reverse the fortunes of one of the city’s poorest areas. (The Hechinger Report)

City Life, Schools

Keeping standards high at Boys Latin

February 27, 2011 Kia Gregory

David Hardy believes every young man at Boys’ Latin is “the architect of his own fortune.” But to build that future, students must first pass inspection. The high school also embodies Hardy’s vision of getting more boys, particularly African American boys, into college, an uphill battle. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

City Life, Schools

He’s beating the odds. Northeast High star has big dreams, big challenges

August 29, 2010 Kia Gregory

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Deion Barnes is ranked as the sixth-best defensive end in the country, and he has narrowed his choices of big-time football programs. With football season fast approaching, he faces his biggest challenges and decisions, some right outside his front door. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

City Life, Schools

With curiosity, confidence, homeless as a child, he’s poised to enter the Ivy League

July 1, 2008 Kia Gregory

As he prepares for the arduous journey of college, Steven Vaughn-Lewis is humbled by thoughts of what if? What if his grandma hadn’t taken him out of foster care? What if he hadn’t been guided to his top high school? What if he didn’t collide with a series of mentors? “I don’t know where I’d be now.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

Journalist

Selected Stories

Killing Us Softly
Banking Black
Can a school save a neighborhood?
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark Says Criminal Justice Is More Than Locking People Up
In Search of “The Lost Arcade”
Can Training Programs Help Improve Police-Community Relations?
Telling Michael Brown’s Story
Doors often closed to transgender tenants searching for housing
Neighbors Mourn A Squatter, Known Widely but Not Well
Deciding Whether It’s Lights Out
Words of Praise, and Loss, for Malcolm X’s Grandson
On a Stage Shared With Trains, a Voice to Stir the Soul
In Changing Harlem, a Mosque Struggles to Pay Rent
On a Corner Plagued by Violence, Rallying to Say Enough Is Enough
They’re Still Swinging for the Rooftops
Keeping standards high at Boys Latin
Earlier complaint against 2 officers similar to another harassment allegation
He’s beating the odds. Northeast High star has big dreams, big challenges
Stepping Up
A life on the street
A spirit wandering, then a life lost
With curiosity, confidence, homeless as a child, he’s poised to enter the Ivy League
His Best Shot

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