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Kristen Graham, education reporter for Philly.com, writes the weekly "School Link" column. A Northeast Philadelphia native and Temple grad, she comes from a family of teachers and people who revere education. She has covered education in one form or another for seven years, with stints spent focusing on suburban schools and the School District of Philadelphia.

 
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Email Kristen at kgraham@phillynews.com
Members of the Sponsor-A-Scholar Class of 2007 celebrate their graduation from high school. Since the program began in 1990, 98 percent of its 710 participants have gone on to college.
City teens head to summer school
By Kristen Graham, Philly.com Columnist
Posted 06/27/2007
Earlier this month, they marched up a long Convention Center aisle to cheers, applause and snapping flashes. They are the Class of 2007 of Philadelphia Futures, the nonprofit organization that picks at-risk teenagers from city high schools and prepares them - from ninth grade - to earn college diplomas. There are mentors, tutors, and financial and emotional support.
Christopher Wiler with his eighth graders during algebra class at Chester A. Arthur School in South Philadelphia. He has had the unusual perspective of teaching them since third grade.
Kristen Graham | A teacher worthy of apple and pi
By Kristen Graham, Philly.com Columnist
Posted 06/20/2007
Christopher Wiler would love for his students at Chester A. Arthur School to be stars in math and reading. But the thing he wants most is for the boys and girls he has guided for six years to be ready for the real world.
Gallery: Chris Wiler's Eighth Graders
 
Kristen Graham | Art teacher's long goodbye - 06/13/2007
By Kristen Graham, Philly.com Columnist
Painted in greens and blues and pinks and oranges, teeming with sharks and porpoises and sand and shells, it is Marilyn Isaacs' parting gift to a place she loves.
 
A student who started life anew, and triumphed - 03/07/2007
By Kristen A. Graham, PHILLY.COM
Five years ago, Nomble Coleman lay in a hospital bed after grueling 11-hour spinal surgery, wondering if she'd ever learn to walk again.
Art students get the lead (pencil) out - 02/28/2007
By Kristen A. Graham, PHILLY.COM
Paints are plentiful in Todd Marrone's modern Lower Merion classroom. Brushes? Pastels? Markers? Heavy, creamy paper? Available in abundance.
 
Real old-school rhymes - 02/21/2007
It's not over till the phat lady sings. Students team up for "Hip H'Opera."
By Kristen A. Graham, PHILLY.COM
Robert Denson could hardly believe it. As part of the North Stars, an arts-focused after school program for students from around the city, Denson is used to expressing his emotions through writing.
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