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Philadelphia School District wants to close 37 schools, relocate or reconfigure dozens more
Saying the struggling Philadelphia School District is “out of time and out of options,” new Superintendent William Hite plans ...
14 years ago
Northwest Philadelphia schools facing closure or consolidation had big plans for 2012-13
In September, NewsWorks ran a ...
14 years ago
Has any other member of the animal kingdom experienced as dramatic a fall? Almost 250 years ago, the turkey was in the running to be Amer ...
14 years ago
Naked teacher 1st test of N.J.’s new tenure law
A New Jersey teacher caught running naked through an apartment complex is the first to lose his job under a speedier new tenure law. ...
14 years ago
Philly school-closing list released by superintendent
Superintendent William Hite early this morning announced his school closing plan in an email to District personnel. The 12-page do ...
14 years ago
Guilty pleas in Delaware day care fights
Two day care workers charged with encouraging and videotaping a fight between two 3-year-old boys in their care have pleaded guilty to as ...
14 years ago
A big fan of Sussex County on your Christmas list? We’ve found the perfect gift. The county is selling Sussex County ap ...
14 years ago
Delaware Compensation Commission meets
Should Delaware lawmakers, judges and other leaders get a raise? That’s on the agenda for today’s meeting of the Delawa ...
14 years ago
The GOP has run out of white voters
Every once in awhile, someone will admonish me for occasionally referring to the GOP as the white people’s party. I c ...
14 years ago
Wilmington breaks ground on new energy facility
Wilmington leaders break ground on a new energy facility using renewable energy biosolids from the Hay Road Wastewater Treatment Plant.&n ...
14 years ago
Devereux celebrates its 100th anniversary at the Museum of Art
Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for Dev ...
14 years ago
Holiday art show to benefit the American Red Cross Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund
This is part of a series from Ilene Dube of The Artful Blogger. Vermont gets all the credit for pastoral scenery, bu ...
14 years ago
Judge, lawyers, to discuss Pa. voter ID case
A Commonwealth Court judge plans to meet with lawyers on both sides of Pennsylvania’s voter-identification law to discuss how to ha ...
14 years ago
Middle name of NJ storm victims’ son: ‘Hurricane’
A New Jersey shore couple whose home was flooded and destroyed by hurricane-turned-superstorm Sandy have given their new son a fitting na ...
14 years ago
Where the likely 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial candidates stand on education reform
This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. Everyone’s waiting for Newark Mayor ...
14 years ago