
Education
DeVos confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Education: Here’s what she can, can’t do
Despite surprisingly robust opposition, Betsy DeVos became U.S. secretary of education Tuesday, thanks to a tie-breaking vote from Vice P ...
8 years ago
Richman moves one step closer to SRC, says she’s in no hurry to dissolve Philly board
At her Tuesday confirmation hearing, Estelle Richman, Gov. Tom Wolf’s pick for the School Reform Commission, reiterated her support ...
8 years ago
Changes coming to 180-year-old Cheyney, though what form they’ll take still unclear
Cheyney, the country’s oldest historically black college or university or HBCU, celebrated its 180th birthday this year — fo ...
8 years ago
ListenA month in, Philly pre-K faces a paradox: high demand and empty seats
A month after it began Philadelphia’s pre-K program still has 500 unfilled seats, but officials and advocates praise the city’ ...
8 years ago
Which Philly schools made the most progress?
The School District of Philadelphia released its latest batch of School Progress Reports (SPR) Tuesday, honoring those schools that made ...
8 years ago
Community college starts ‘Shark Tank’ like contest to match investors and entrepreneurs
It probably won’t be as cut-throat as Shark Tank, but Bucks County Community Colle ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania public universities consider mergers and closures for first time
For the first time in its history, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education experienced a ...
8 years ago
Report: Philly needs billions to rehab sagging schools
A rare look into the state of Philadelphia’s public school buildings reveals billions in need repairs, with even bigger bills yet t ...
8 years ago
How the other half learns: a field trip from Kensington to the suburbs
For one day, a group of Philadelphia teenagers experienced life at a wealthy, suburban high school. This is what ...
8 years ago
ListenHow the other half learns: a field trip from Kensington to the suburbs
For one day, a group of Philadelphia teenagers experienced life at a wealthy, suburban high school. This is what they saw. You can ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:12Adding art and a touch of business to turn STEM to STEAM
Drexel University’s Learning Innovation Program launches today with a speaker series featuring John Maeda, the Global Head of Compu ...
8 years ago
ListenDay before Trump takes office, immigration takes center stage at SRC
The evening before Donald Trump would become president immigration took center stage at the January meeting of Philadelphia’s Schoo ...
8 years ago
More creative approaches to learning can empower students of all ages
On Jan. 24 at 6 p.m., the ExCITe Center of Drexel University will kick off its Learning Innovation initiative with ...
8 years ago
Bucks engineers pair wind with water for a new kind of turbine
Engineering students at Bucks County Community College have developed an alternative energy generator — a wind turbine that takes u ...
8 years ago
Are colleges teaching students how to think?
“A cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with an education.”—Mark Twain A friend ...
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