
Education
Mandarin magic in Delaware K-5 classrooms
Foreign language has been a staple of high school education for years, but in Delaware, more than 1,000 Delaware elementary students spend half their day learning in Chinese.
7 years ago
Listen 5:09Philly schools looking for an #AttendanceHero
The School District of Philadelphia wants to know how you get your kids up and out in the morning.
7 years ago
Rural Pa. public schools look to break cycle of struggle, welfare, and addiction in the Northwest
Titusville’s story is echoed across many towns in Pennsylvania, where a solid middle-class workforce was once sustained by no more than a high school degree.
7 years ago
Mercer County, N.J., school officials set meeting on rising teen suicide rate
Seven suicides among teens in Mercer County, New Jersey, have the county’s school superintendents calling for action.
7 years ago
New federal tax ‘loophole’ could stoke interest in private school donations in Pa.
A new analysis found wealthy individuals and high-profit businesses in Pennsylvania and nine other states may make money when they donate to private school scholarships.
7 years ago
Bipartisan alternative education bill has Philly-region sponsors
The U.S. House GOP is moving forward with a highly partisan proposal that would revamp federal student loan programs. Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick opposes the plan.
7 years ago
Listen 5:00Wolf administration greenlights returning Philly schools to local control
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera officially approved the demise of Philadelphia School Reform Commission, return of the school district to city control.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Lincoln, Cheyney latest to ban tobacco on campus
Fewer than half of the 102 historically black colleges and universities have comprehensive smoke-free or tobacco-free policies.
7 years ago
Penn grad students earn union vote, with a caveat
After a long campaign, Penn's graduate students will soon vote on whether to form a union. But the vote will include more graduate students than organizers wanted.
7 years ago
New raft of data sets stage for debate over school property tax elimination in Pa.
These new reports — heavy with charts and computations — will likely inform arguments made for and against property tax abolition.
7 years ago
First hearings held for nine proposed new Philly charter schools
Eight management companies seeking to open nine new charter schools in Philadelphia made their initial pitches on Monday to a hearing officer for the School Reform Commission.
7 years ago
Delaware State University honors departing president at December graduation
More than 200 Delaware State University men and women are headed into the workforce. But before leaving the campus, they received their degrees along with one more pep talk.
7 years ago
Teenage ingenuity on display at Philly school holiday fair
Eclectic doesn’t begin to describe Kensington High School’s stand at Philadelphia’s annual CTE Holiday County Fair.
7 years ago
BankWork$ training Philly residents to be tellers
BankWork$ set up shop in Philadelphia earlier this year through a partnership with Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center, a local job-readiness nonprofit.
7 years ago
SRC votes to ax three Philly charter schools
The SRC had delayed action on two of the schools for nearly two years, but eventually marshaled enough votes for a clear decision.
7 years ago