Education
Hesitating over terms, several Philly charters decline to sign renewal agreements with district
Several Philadelphia charter schools signaled their displeasure with the district’s charter office by declining to sign renewal agr ...
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Sharks bite on entrepreneurs’ ideas at Bucks college’s ‘Start Me Up Challenge’
Sharks invaded the Bucks County Community College campus in Bristol recently. They were not the kind lurking in the ocean depths, but the ...
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Soda tax benefits all, even its biggest critic
The Philadelphia Beverage Tax benefits Philadelphians. To say otherwise ignores the big picture. Criticism of the tax merely focuses on i ...
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Future of Laboratory Charter School in Philadelphia could be in doubt
In a year where an unusually high number of charter schools face review, the School District of Philadelphia released ...
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Swarthmore College students launch new sit-in for divestment
This time of year on most college campuses, students are staying up cramming for finals, but at Swarthmore College some students are losi ...
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Kensington school program has kids rocking toward a musical future
Over the last four years, siblings Alexus Arthur, 16, and Eugene Arthur, 13, have made meteoric strides in the ...
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In South Philadelphia, a public school revival pushes against its limits
On a rain-drenched Friday in late March, about 75 people pack into a cinderblock room at South Philadelphia’s Hawthorne Recreation ...
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With new tax money Philly schools to add teachers, brace for budget cuts
Thanks to an unexpected $65 million injection of tax revenue from the city, the School District of Philadelphia plans to hire more teache ...
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Delaware gets $7.6 million federal grant for early childhood education
Delaware’s challenges in early childhood education can be summed up in two bleak statistics. Nearly 40 percent of children u ...
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Court rules against Lower Merion in tax-hike lawsuit
For the second time in less than a year, local judges have sided with a group of suburban Philadelphia residents who said their school di ...
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Getting ready for college experience becomes Philly tradition with Know Before You Go
When Websterly Jean Louis enrolls at the Community College of Philadelphia this fall, it will mark almost exactly two years since he immi ...
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Christina school board approves Delaware’s first ‘safe zone’ policy for unauthorized students
Christina School District on Tuesday became the first in Delaware to adopt a “safe zone” policy that spells out specific step ...
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Center City charter school to close during NFL draft
As NFL fans descend on Philadelphia for the April draft, one charter school has decided to punt on nearly a week of school. The Ru ...
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Changing climate and flattening Earth: Teaching science in a ‘fake news’ world
A glossy booklet with an intriguing title recently turned up in Patrick Engleman’s mailbox. “Why Scientists Disagree About Gl ...
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It takes a ‘learning hero’ to break out of the education pipeline
Who is your learning hero? Who would you say has been an inspirational person in your life who has unlocked new ideas and pushed you to learn?
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