
Education
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
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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
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 ...
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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
ListenPelosi 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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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ListenNo 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 ...
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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 ...
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