
Education
Pa. House OKs delays Keystone exams as graduation requirement
The Pennsylvania legislature is one step closer to pushing back using standardized tests as a graduation requirement. As is, state ...
9 years ago
Pa. House votes to delay graduation exams for 2 more years
Pennsylvania’s House is giving its approval to a plan to delay for two years a set of mandatory tests for students before they can ...
9 years ago
In Philly rally, dozens call on Wolf to fast-track scholarship process
Many Pennsylvania schools and organizations that rely on state money have been suffering as the budget impasse has cut off funding. ...
9 years ago
Mayor-elect Kenney pushes plan to create 25 community schools
In his first major policy announcement since winning election, Philadelphia Mayor-elect Jim Kenney formalized a campaign promise to creat ...
9 years ago
ListenFollowing doctor’s orders: Take a few books and read regularly
Pediatricians prescribe many things, but a prescription for books may surprise parents. Research shows many parents don’t re ...
9 years ago
ListenResearch group calls for revisions to Pa. school quality index
Does Pennsylvania’s school rating system make the grade? In a recent ...
9 years ago
Marathon SRC meeting revolves around charter conversion proposals, renewals
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission hosted a marathon meeting Thursday night featuring a slate of nearly 70 public speakers. The bu ...
9 years ago
Millersville University student finishing studies in Paris despite attending fateful soccer match
Caitlyn Bordon, a senior at Millersville University, thought she was hearing firecrackers or distant thunder, but it would turn out to be ...
9 years ago
Integration: What happens when magnet school suddenly drops admission criteria?
For many Philadelphia families, the city’s special admissions magnet schools are key resources that keep them from moving out of to ...
9 years ago
ListenChanges to Philly substitute teacher plan to be unveiled at SRC meeting
Philadelphia Schools Superintendent William Hite intends to present a new plan for covering teacher vacancies after months of dissatisfac ...
9 years ago
ListenLabor union protests Pa. budget framework, calling for shale tax
Some of Gov. Tom Wolf’s friends in organized labor are making some noise about the lack of a Marcellus Shale drilling tax in the em ...
9 years ago
Field narrows as 14 charter hopefuls submit proposals to Philly SRC
Fourteen potential Philadelphia charter operators submitted applications for proposed new schools by the November 15 deadline. That ...
9 years ago
Pa. school officials lobby to keep taxing abilities
Without local revenue options, school districts could be left without the money they need. Tiny preschoolers and K-12 school stude ...
9 years ago
Hashing out the nitty-gritty in the very tentative, detail-scarce Pa. budget framework
After a scare Tuesday, leaders in the Pennsylvania Capitol said that the framework of a state budget agreement is still intact. Th ...
9 years ago
ListenPa. budget framework supports major funding boost for public schools
Sources in the Pennsylvania Capitol say that the framework reached Monday for a state budget agreement includes a $400 million increase t ...
9 years ago