Local hero
Fortunately for his neighbors — and his city — Pedro Ramos hasn’t forgotten where he came from. And as president of the Board of Public Education, he’s in the thick of the fight over the future of Philadelphia’s public schools.
(Photo: Ramos on the street where he lives, with his daughters Catalina [right] and Isabel.)

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