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Education

Students pass though a stairwell at Overbrook High School. The school has 5 floors, only 3 of which are in active use, not incuding the basement levels. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

Two schools: 15 miles and worlds apart

Upper Dublin High School in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, and Overbrook High School in Philadelphia are a mere 15 miles from ...

9 years ago

High school students from 7 Philadelphia high schools participate in the first annual student-tested food show where vendors showcase different options for their lunch menu. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

A sampling of students: Philly high-schoolers get chance to pick their lunchroom menu [video]

Unlike Thanksgiving feasts, school lunches don’t have the best reputation. So Philadelphia is trying a new tactic: let the kids shape t ...

9 years ago

Clubs run by Philly cops: A recipe for harmony?

Cops aren’t always a welcome sight in Philadelphia’s lowest-income neighborhoods. One organization is trying to change tha ...

9 years ago

New leader wants to give elite Philly private school ‘public purpose’

With roots that date to the late 17th century, the prestigious Friends Select private school in Center City has watched the city around i ...

9 years ago

Joyce S. Wilkerson (center) is welcomed as new chairperson for the School Reform Commission at the Nov. 15

Philly SRC greets new era with Wilkerson as chair

Under the gavel of a new chairperson, Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission considered much but did little at its Nove ...

9 years ago

Jasmyn Wright leads her class in a call-and-response video that went viral on Facebook.

Philly third-grade class wins at Facebook with video responding to election unease

There’s been a lot of attention the past week on how schools, teachers, and students are handling the results of the presidential elect ...

9 years ago

 Seventh grade students at Mastery Charter School's Thomas Campus hold up answers to pre-algebra word problems. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)

Has Mastery lost its mojo? (The quest to fix Philly’s biggest charter network)

Test scores have begun to slip at Philly’s largest and most successful charter network. Now the race is on to figure out what went ...

9 years ago

Philadelphia students as exit a subway concourse in Center City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY

SEPTA strike causes significant dip in Philly high school attendance

On the first day of the SEPTA strike, only 61 percent of Philadelphia’s high school students attended classes, according to data ju ...

9 years ago

 Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has named Joyce Wilkerson to replace Marjorie Neff on the School Reform Commission. (City of Philadelphia)

Kenney chooses Wilkerson, former Street chief of staff, for SRC

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney named Joyce Wilkerson, John Street’s former chief of staff, to the School Reform Commission on Thursday. ...

9 years ago

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Mayor Jim Kenney shares his views on the importance of Pre-K education during a roundtable discussion at United Way of Greater Philadelphia that included (from left) Gov. Tom Wolf and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Pelosi praises Philly pre-K expansion as bold step forward [photos]

Top U.S. House Democrat Nancy Pelosi showered praise on Philadelphia’s pre-K expansion during a Tuesday visit, and stump ...

9 years ago

A handful of community members take seats in the Benjamin Franklin High School auditorium to learn about turnaround plans for the school. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Two Philly schools tapped for turnaround offer study in contrasts

Eleven Philadelphia schools are due for a major overhaul, and the district has hired a consultant to visit each school and hea ...

9 years ago

Actor Matt Damon narrates a film opening this weekend that focuses on education reforms in the Philadelphia schools

Matt Damon takes on Philly schools in new documentary

The School District of Philadelphia’s money struggles are well documented. And now they have their own documentary. ...

9 years ago

The union representing faculty members at West Chester University and 13 other universities in Pennsylvania has ended its strike. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Pa. state universities to resume classes Monday as faculty strike ends [updated]

After a three-day faculty strike at Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities, the state system and its largest union report they have a ...

9 years ago

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No talks underway with striking Pa. professors

Pennsylvania’s state university system is not in formal contract talks with its union but officials said Thursday they are still lo ...

9 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney sits in on a preschool class at Little Learners Literacy Academy in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

It’s official: Expanded Philly pre-K has arrived

Philadelphia’s long-awaited, much-debated pre-K expansion has officially begun. At a Thursday press confer ...

9 years ago

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