
Education
Pre-K access, teacher race, and more: Five notable facts about Pa. public schools
Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released a draft of its plan to comply with the new federal education law, the Every ...
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The charter bump: Philly researcher finds charters boost public schools … in NYC
When charter schools move into a neighborhood, people often wonder what will happen to the traditional public schools nearby. Will ...
8 years ago
Collaborating to cut Delaware’s low-income school achievement gap
Catherine Lindroth has had a singular mission the last five summers — reducing the huge achievement gap in Delaware between low-income ...
8 years ago
Debate club: ‘Fight Club’ for thinkers
Debate club tends to attract kids who really like arguing. And for the kids who really, really like arguing, there’s Philadelphia ...
8 years ago
ListenDebate club: ‘Fight Club’ for thinkers
Debate club tends to attract kids who really like arguing. And for the kids who really, really like arguing, there’s Philadelphia ...
8 years ago
ListenRutgers seminar to focus on retraining to stay in the workforce
The Dow Jones is at an all-time high and the U.S. labor market is near full employment, with the jobless rate at 4.4 percent. And yet, ...
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Listen 4:58With school on the brink, Cheyney backers rally in Philadelphia
With the future of their school at risk, graduates and supporters of the nation’s first black college are trying to rally. And they ...
8 years ago
ListenImmigrant student gets Wesleyan scholarship, thanks to TeenSHARP
The nonprofit has helped dozens of students from the Philadelphia region get accepted to top schools, now TeenSHARP is branching out ...
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Pennsylvania State Education Association’s next president isn’t a teacher
This September, Pennsylvania’s teacher’s union will have a new leader. And she won’t be a former teacher. Dolore ...
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Mixing arts and academics helps immigrant kids feel at home in Philly
The kids crowded into a second-floor classroom at Gilbert Spruance School in Northeast Philadelphia came from every corner of the world: ...
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ListenPhilly schools failing to prevent bullying of disabled students, complaint alleges
The School District of Philadelphia has systematically failed to investigate or intervene when students bully their disabled peers, accor ...
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Segregated and satisfied: parents of special ed students blanch at calls for inclusion
While advocates call for major changes, some special education parents demand their children stay in specialized private schools. ...
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Listen 6:32Del. test scores show too many students behind in math, English
Delaware students made incremental gains and losses this year in both English and math, and mostly lost ground in science, according to r ...
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Solving summer learning loss on the court and in the classroom
The term “summer slide” may conjure images of water parks or amusement rides. Unfortunately, however, it describes a serious ...
8 years ago
In Camden, a castle under siege
This October, Camden is poised to experience a loss as devastating to the troubled city’s spirit as a funeral for one of its many m ...
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