
Education
Wolf 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
How much do teachers spend on classroom supplies?
It's inevitable. Each year, teachers dip into their own pockets to buy things like notebooks, tissues and pencils for their students.
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.
8 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.
8 years ago
Pennsylvania, Delaware high schools get an F for financial literacy classes
Pennsylvania and Delaware are among nine states to receive a grade of F for teaching personal finance to high school students, according ...
8 years ago
Principal apologizes after 6th graders tasked to draw fictional addict's 'mug shot'
A sixth grade health class assignment that required students to write about a fictional drug addict reaching rock bottom and to draw thei ...
8 years ago
Fewer N.J. schools providing breakfast to kids in need
300,000 New Jersey kids in low-income families are not getting the nutrition at school they need to help them pay attention and reduce behavioral problems, advocates say.
8 years ago
Committee shuffle could make difference for Pa. school choice bill
Senate Bill 2 would create education savings accounts — a similar concept to private school vouchers.
8 years ago
Temple’s first Rhodes Scholar, Hazim Hardeman
In this segment, we meet HAZIM HAR ...
8 years ago
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