Kristen A. Graham
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Kristen A. Graham

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Philadelphia Inquirer education reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner covering Philadelphia public schools. Phillies superfan. Always learning. DMs/open.

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Last Front PageMAY 25, 2026Latest appearance

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Parker makes ardent appeal for rideshare tax

City Council members argued back that it was difficult to close schools and levy additional costs on residents.

View Front PagePhiladelphia InquirerAPR 23, 2026

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Clouded by uncertainty, Philly schools’ hiring season turns turbulent

With budget cuts and school closures looming, the district’s prime teacher-hiring time has some candidates and school staff confused about next year’s staffing.

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Philadelphia InquirerMAY 25, 2026
Examining local administrative and budgetary challenges affecting teacher recruitment in Philadelphia.
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Parker makes ardent appeal for rideshare tax

City Council members argued back that it was difficult to close schools and levy additional costs on residents.

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Philadelphia InquirerAPR 23, 2026Lead Story
The paper frames the story as a practical municipal funding debate, detailing the friction between the mayor's revenue proposal and the council's hesitance to increase resident costs.
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Tough talk from Council on school closings

City and state lawmakers criticized plans to vote on the district's facilities proposal Thursday. Then things started to heat up.

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Philadelphia InquirerAPR 22, 2026Lead Story
The paper highlights political friction and procedural tension between municipal lawmakers and the school district over facilities planning and proposed closures.
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One more school taken off closure list

The school board is set to vote Thursday on the latest version of the facilities plan.

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Philadelphia InquirerAPR 21, 2026
Detailed local civic reporting on an upcoming school board vote and its impact on neighborhood schools.
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Southwark’s needed repairs can’t wait seven years, lawmakers say

The bathrooms are so "disgusting," said one fifth grader, that kids avoid using school toilets.

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Philadelphia InquirerAPR 18, 2026
Highlights local infrastructure concerns, focusing on political and community pressure to accelerate public school renovations.
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Advocates call for an end to preschool pushouts

Children with disabilities are being expelled from programs at alarming rates, a new report says.

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Philadelphia InquirerAPR 15, 2026
Highlights an advocacy group's report on the disproportionate expulsion of disabled children from early education.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Kristen A. Graham in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.