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 With the help of a Bill and Melinda Gates grant, Philadelphia teachers are meeting to determine how they can improve their schools. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Reimagining the 21st century teacher: Professional development from the bottom up

Try to find the constant in most schools, and you’ll likely end up in the classroom of a veteran teacher. Students come and go – ...

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 Andrew Lee, Ayrton Doerr and Jason Zimmell face charges including home invasion and assault. (photos courtesy Newark PD)

UD hockey teammates arrested in Newark assault

Three University of Delaware students face charges following a home invasion and assault on April 19.  Police say the inciden ...

11 years ago

Too soon to know if Philly tax crackdown is working

Philadelphia has been talking tough about collecting back taxes, but the chief collections officer says the city doesn’t have a goo ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Boyle, Leach scrap over who’s a millionaire – updated

Who doesn’t want to be a millionaire? Anybody running for Congress in Pennsylania’s 13th Congressional district. North ...

11 years ago

 The MURDEN, a shallow draft dredge vessel, clears shoaling from the Barnegat Inlet in April 2014. The vessel was designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Marine Design Center in Philadelphia and is based out of Wilmington, N.C. The Barnegat Inlet requires dredging to provide reliable maritime navigation for the U.S. Coast Guard and a large fishing fleet consisting of full-time commercial, charter, and recreational vessels. (Photo: Tim Boyle)
Down the Shore

Army Corps completes dredging of Barnegat Inlet

Crews have completed dredging the Barnegat Inlet, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today.  Utilizing the ...

11 years ago

 Protestors gather at the National Mall in Washington calling on President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, as well as act to limit carbon pollution from power plants and 'move beyond' coal and natural gas, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
National Interest

The Keystone pipeline punt is pure politics

Every so often, someone in politics says something so preposterously hilarious that we’re at pains to prevent our coffee from exiti ...

11 years ago

 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Understanding the governing structure for the Rowan/Rutgers eds & meds partnership

As the past two years have amply demonstrated, nothing is simple when it comes to the realignment of New Jersey’s public insti ...

11 years ago

 Stephen Ostapowicz and Tracy McNeil stand in front of Sandalwood Yoga. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Historic sliver of Germantown Avenue now home to new yoga studio

About 50 locals made their way to a Saturday meet-and-greet celebration that marked the opening of Germantown’s newest yoga studio, ...

11 years ago

 Ken Weinstein founded the non-profit Trolley Car Table Tennis Club more than three years ago. This weekend, it will host the state championships for the second time. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Table Tennis state championships return to East Falls this weekend

The commonwealth’s preeminent ping-pong players will compete in East Falls during Saturday and Sunday’s 2014 Pennsylvania Tab ...

11 years ago

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Delaware budget writers look for ways to plug shortfall

The Delaware Office of Management and Budget is trying to plug the state’s projected fiscal year 2014 revenue shortfall with money that ...

11 years ago

Politics & Policy

Where do Dem candidates for Pa. governor stand on crime, prisons, and marijuana?

Criminal justice isn’t one of the top issues for Democrats running in this years gubernatorial primary in Pennsylvania, but that ...

11 years ago

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 Charlie DelMarcelle and Liz Filios in Inis Nua Theatre Company's production of 'Midsummer [a play with songs]' (Photo courtesy of Katie Reing)
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Review: A smoldering ‘Midsummer’ love

The endearing little show called “Midsummer,” in a smartly done production by Inis Nua Theatre Company, is told much like a s ...

11 years ago

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April 22: Litter and waste | Maya van Rossum | $55 million in bonds toward police hq | Preemptive spot zoning around The Provence

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Design Center in the works for former Catholic School

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Spruce Street Harbor Park debuts this summer on the Delaware

11 years ago

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