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Ideology not performance drives the push for more charter schools
One of the latest and most ardently pursued urban education reform is the all-charter school district. New Orleans, Detroit, and the Dist ...
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Struggling Corbett campaign gets a lift
The uphill re-election campaign of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is getting a big boost from the Republican Governors Association — ...
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Propped up by state funds Camden’s credit rating hits investment grade
Despite a shaky national economic climate and the second downgrade to New Jersey’s credit rating since Gov. Chris Christie took off ...
12 years ago
Norristown event promotes action plan for recovery from mental illness
Mental health professionals and advocates are increasingly pursuing the idea of “recovery,” which means helping people to liv ...
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Deal to preserve carousel may keep ‘soul of the boardwalk’ in Seaside Heights
There’s now hope that the historic carousel on the Seaside Heights, New Jersey boardwalk may be preserved. A deal in the works coul ...
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Manayunk community gets sneak peek of soon-to-open Venice Island arts center
On Wednesday night, Manayunk residents got a sneak preview at a new performing arts center hailed by city officials as being state-of-the ...
12 years ago
Second case of chikungunya confirmed in Delaware
A 51-year-old New Castle County woman is Delaware’s second confirmed case of the chikungunya virus. Similar to the first cas ...
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Temple police expand patrol grid, as students cover more ground
Temple police are patrolling more streets around the university’s North Philadelphia campus. The expanded zone is designed t ...
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Congressman Fattah denies criminal wrongdoing
A Philadelphia congressman who appears to be in the sights of federal prosecutors is denying all wro ...
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Dilworth Park, City Hall’s front entrance reopen to public [photos]
A good portion of the renovated Dilworth Park outside Philadelphia City Hall is now open to the public. Pomp and circumstance atte ...
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New resources allocated to low-performing schools in Wilmington
Some of Wilmington’s most needy schools will share nearly $6 million in federal and state money to improve academic performance among s ...
12 years ago
2 men found dead, 1 shot, 1 hit with hammer in Northeast Philly
Police say one man was shot to death and another appeared to have been killed with a hammer in a northeast Philadelphia home. Offi ...
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Google settles with FTC over in-app charges
The government says Google has agreed to pay full refunds totaling at least $19 million to consumers who were charged for purchases that ...
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State troopers help deliver baby on Garden State Parkway
Two state troopers helped a Lakewood couple deliver a baby on the Garden State Parkway. State Police say the women went into labor ...
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Philly fast-food workers stand up — and sit down — for minimum wage hike [photos]
Demanding an increase in the minimum wage, protesters stopped traffic in Center City Philadelphia Thursday. Police took away demonstrator ...
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