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Education

Students from Julia De Burgos elementary school listen as mayoral candidates Jim Kenney and Melissa Murray Bailey respond to their concerns. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Elementary students press Philly mayoral candidates on playgrounds, arts, guns

What civic issues press on the minds of the city’s fourth- and fifth-graders?   The two top mayoral candidates g ...

8 years ago

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Kenya Nation, parent at John Wister Elementary, speaks outside SDP, ahead of the Thursday SRC meeting.

Philly SRC meeting dominated by charter conversion critics

Philadelphia school leaders got an earful Thursday night. Much of the four-and-a-half-hour School Reform Commission meeting, was f ...

8 years ago

Gooding goes through his formula for how best to save for your future after his rock show at Lansdale Catholic. (Emily Cohen/for NewsWorks)

Rock of wages, credit scores and debt is compounding interest of young students

What if going to a rock concert were less sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll … and more stocks, bonds and financial planning? ...

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At moments the meeting turned chaotic. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Philly SRC to hear from parents about charter conversion plans

Expect a lively Thursday evening on North Broad Street. Philadelphia parents, students, educators and advocates will have their fi ...

8 years ago

 Buses await dismissal on West Ninth Street in front of Chester High School. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Judge approves charter cut, more funds for Chester schools. But can he do that?

After two months of negotiations and hearings, Delaware County Judge Chad Kenney has approved a drastic plan to rework the Chester Upland ...

8 years ago

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Knowing what to do if shooting starts still hazy at colleges, AP finds

A review by The Associated Press finds that colleges across the U.S. vary widely in their efforts to prepare students and employees for s ...

8 years ago

 CAPA ninth-grader Jonah Rose ('No If's'), CAPA senior Elizabeth Gargiullo  (Education is our right), and ninth-grader Sophia Wharton (yellow sign) protest the resource deficiencies in Philadelphia schools. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)

Protesting classroom cuts, 100 students march to Philly district headquarters

More than 100 Philadelphia School District high school students cut classes Thursday morning to protest a lack of resources in their clas ...

8 years ago

 District staffers look on as assistant superintendent Randi Davila begins her presentation to the one Cooke parent present at the beginning of the meeting. At its peak, attendance reached about a dozen Cooke parents. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)

Parents at Philly’s Cooke Elementary push back against charter conversion

It began with a whimper, ended with a bang. On Tuesday evening, the Philadelphia School District hosted its first parent engagemen ...

8 years ago

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 An audit by Auditor General Eugene DePasquale finds that the Pennsylvania Department of Education failed to provide special help to most poor-performing schools between 2010 and 2015 unless it were expressly required by federal law. (AP file photo)

Audit finds fault with Pa. education agencies

A new ...

8 years ago

Chester Community Charter School.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Chester schools to seek special funding from Pa., cut charter fees

In the midst of hearings to determine the fate of Chester Upland, arguably Pennsylvania’s most financially distressed school distri ...

8 years ago

 Homeland Security agents patrol Temple University campus in response to a threat posted online. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)

Responding to online threat, Philly-area universities amplify security

College campuses in the Philadelphia area were under heightened security after federal authorities warned of possible violence following ...

8 years ago

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 Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite talks about school openings, closings and charter conversions that would affect 5,000 students. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Hite plan for Philly district: More charter conversions, closings, turnarounds and new schools

Philadelphia Schools Superintendent William Hite announced a package of recommendations Thursday that will turn over three additional ele ...

8 years ago

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Philly district proposes sweeping changes that would affect 5,000 students

The School District of Philadelphia proposed a sweeping set of changes Thursday that would affect 5,000 students and more than a dozen of ...

8 years ago

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Pa. students walkout over treatment, textbooks

Hundreds of students walked out of high schools in an eastern Pennsylvania city to call for better treatment of minorities and more textb ...

8 years ago

Buses from Chester Upland School District await dismissal from Chester High School on West Ninth Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Chester Upland charters to settle special-education costs out of court [updated]

Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Delaware County Judge Chad Kenney’s announced Tuesday an “a ...

8 years ago

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