The Daily Pennsylvanian — Penn, West Philadelphia, and the School Closures

Reporting from Penn’s student newspaper documenting State Representative Rick Krajewski’s statement that the University of Pennsylvania “has driven intense gentrification and displaced thousands of working-class Black families for decades,” and Councilmember Jamie Gauthier’s framing of the Robeson closure as a continuation of the era “when government and institutions razed the Black Bottom to make way for University City.” Records Penn’s existing partnerships with Robeson High through the Netter Center’s University-Assisted Community Schools program.