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Penn State Abington lockdown lifted [updated]

A lockdown at a Penn State campus in suburban Philadelphia has been lifted after a weapon scare.Abington Township police Chief William Ke ...

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The west facade of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP photo)

Bill aiming to curtail teacher seniority clears hurdle in Pa. House

In a bipartisan 16-8 vote, the Pennsylvania House ...

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 Danielle Scruse (top, left) poses with her kindergarten class in the freshly painted halls of Young Scholars Kenderton. (Kevin McCorry/

Touring a North Philly Renaissance school, a microcosm of the city’s education debate

When Shereda Cromwell, mother of three, learned last year that her kids’ school, Kenderton Elementary in North Philadelphia, would ...

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 Students accepted at Indiana University of Pennsylvania jump up and cheer when their school is called during Mastery Charter College Signing Day. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for Newsworks)

Mastery seniors pledge to complete college

Mastery Charter schools held its second annual college signing day Tuesday. Students and staff from Mastery’s 15 Philadelphi ...

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School police officer from George Washington High School dies on duty

A 50-year-old school police officer at George Washington High School died Monday after he took ill at the school, according to District o ...

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Catholic school teachers agree to 1-year contract

Teachers at Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area have agreed to a one-year contract. The deal includes a $1,200 ra ...

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 State budget secretary Charles Zogby said he 'didn't want to address' the district's 'empty shell' scenario. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)

Pa. budget secretary to Philly schools: Hey, we’ve got money problems, too

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Philly charter head calls state Supreme Court decision against his school ‘political’

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of the School Reform Commission in a case involving student enrollment caps at a Ph ...

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Passing Pa.’s standardized test to graduate from high school derided as ‘unfunded mandate’

State Sen. Andrew Dinniman, (D-Chester County), introduced legislation in Harrisburg Wednesday that would exempt Pennsylvania high school ...

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Faculty voting ‘no confidence’ at St. Joe’s

There is unrest at St. Joseph’s Sniversity. In a trio of “no confidence” votes, two by the faculty senate and one by th ...

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 Supporters of dismissed professor Dr. Tony Monteiro gather outside Temple's Morgan Hall to demand his reinstatement. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Temple students and Cornel West rally around fired African-American Studies professor

They swarmed a North Broad Street intersection Thursday night to demand justice for Temple University instructor Anthony Monteiro, whose ...

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 Five educators connected to Cayuga Elementary School in Philadelphia's Hunting Park neighborhood have been charged in connection with standardized test cheating. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

State presses criminal charges against five Philadelphia educators in cheating scandal

Five School District of Philadelphia educators who worked at Cayuga Elementary have been criminally charged in connection to the state ...

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 A United States Federal District Court Judge ruled that the Philadelphia School District can no longer transfer autistic students to new elementary or middle schools without giving parents an opportunity to understand and discuss the decision (Emma Lee/ NewsWorks Photo, file)

Federal judge strikes down quick transfers of Philly students with autism

Parents of children with autism in the Philadelphia School District are celebrating a victory this week. In a preliminary decision ...

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Where do Dem candidates for Pa. governor stand on education?

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 School district and SRC officials prepare to testify at City Council. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

School district officials come to Philly Council in quest for funds

Philadelphia School District officials came to City Council seeking funds to balance its budget. The school district is seeking $7 ...

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