Education
A powerful coalition of Pennsylvania lawmakers is promoting a forthcoming education savings account (ESA) bill that would allow hundreds ...
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Shorter standardized tests coming to Pa. public schools
The Wolf administration is making changes to standardized testing in Pennsylvania elementary schools. Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday that the ...
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Philly’s Spanish-speaking students lag in English language achievement
This story is about an achievement gap. No, not the achievement gap — a term used to describe how white and wealthy stu ...
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Pre-K access, teacher race, and more: Five notable facts about Pa. public schools
Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released a draft of its plan to comply with the new federal education law, the Every ...
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The charter bump: Philly researcher finds charters boost public schools … in NYC
When charter schools move into a neighborhood, people often wonder what will happen to the traditional public schools nearby. Will ...
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Collaborating to cut Delaware’s low-income school achievement gap
Catherine Lindroth has had a singular mission the last five summers — reducing the huge achievement gap in Delaware between low-income ...
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Debate club: ‘Fight Club’ for thinkers
Debate club tends to attract kids who really like arguing. And for the kids who really, really like arguing, there’s Philadelphia ...
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Debate club: ‘Fight Club’ for thinkers
Debate club tends to attract kids who really like arguing. And for the kids who really, really like arguing, there’s Philadelphia ...
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Rutgers seminar to focus on retraining to stay in the workforce
The Dow Jones is at an all-time high and the U.S. labor market is near full employment, with the jobless rate at 4.4 percent. And yet, ...
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With school on the brink, Cheyney backers rally in Philadelphia
With the future of their school at risk, graduates and supporters of the nation’s first black college are trying to rally. And they ...
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Immigrant student gets Wesleyan scholarship, thanks to TeenSHARP
The nonprofit has helped dozens of students from the Philadelphia region get accepted to top schools, now TeenSHARP is branching out ...
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Pennsylvania State Education Association’s next president isn’t a teacher
This September, Pennsylvania’s teacher’s union will have a new leader. And she won’t be a former teacher. Dolore ...
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Mixing arts and academics helps immigrant kids feel at home in Philly
The kids crowded into a second-floor classroom at Gilbert Spruance School in Northeast Philadelphia came from every corner of the world: ...
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Philly schools failing to prevent bullying of disabled students, complaint alleges
The School District of Philadelphia has systematically failed to investigate or intervene when students bully their disabled peers, accor ...
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Segregated and satisfied: parents of special ed students blanch at calls for inclusion
While advocates call for major changes, some special education parents demand their children stay in specialized private schools. ...
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