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Education

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Taking it to the streets: Teacher plans billboard blasting SRC, Kenney for contract impasse

Thousands of I-95 commuters may soon know just how fed up some Philly teachers are with the long contract stalemate between their school ...

9 years ago

 Lehigh University's Ghana Study Abroad group in the summer of 2016 includes Professor James Peterson (fourth from left) and Professor Kwame Essien (center). This photo was taken at Cape Coast Slave Castle. (Miles Davis)

One descended from slaves, one whose ancestors aided traders explore shared history in Ghana

A new study-abroad program at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, takes students to Ghana, in part, to explore slave castles an ...

9 years ago

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 Lehigh University students take a  canopy walk at Kakum National Park during the summer of 2015.  (Miles Davis)

Lehigh University students return from Ghana with a new perspective on life

Many college students study abroad to learn a language or a different culture. For three years, Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pe ...

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Students in Elaine Carboni's 8th grade class at Saint Gabriel School take a vocabulary test. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Can we call it a comeback for Philly Catholic schools?

Five years ago, Catholic education in Philadelphia was on life support. Since then, an independent nonprofit has saved 15 schools in low- ...

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Kileeo Wideman testifies on behalf of Deep Roots Charter School before the Philadelphia School Reform Commission

Philly approves one new charter school, rejects another two

In what was a slow year for applications, Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission approved one new charter and rejected two others ...

9 years ago

DeVos confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Education: Here’s what she can, can’t do

Despite surprisingly robust opposition, Betsy DeVos became U.S. secretary of education Tuesday, thanks to a tie-breaking vote from Vice P ...

9 years ago

Estelle Richman

Richman moves one step closer to SRC, says she’s in no hurry to dissolve Philly board

At her Tuesday confirmation hearing, Estelle Richman, Gov. Tom Wolf’s pick for the School Reform Commission, reiterated her support ...

9 years ago

 Sharell Reddin is the president of the Student Government Association. Cheyney University celebrates its 180th anniversary under a cloud of uncertainty as the state system does a strategic review of the HBCU and other colleges, which could include merging or even closing the university. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

Changes coming to 180-year-old Cheyney, though what form they’ll take still unclear

Cheyney, the country’s oldest historically black college or university or HBCU, celebrated its 180th birthday this year — fo ...

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Makayla Grant gets busy on her first day of preschool at SPIN-Parkwood on Jan. 4

A month in, Philly pre-K faces a paradox: high demand and empty seats

A month after it began Philadelphia’s pre-K program still has 500 unfilled seats, but officials and advocates praise the city’ ...

9 years ago

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite praises principals who earned high scores in a district evaluation in this file photo from 2017. (WHYY staff)

Which Philly schools made the most progress?

The School District of Philadelphia released its latest batch of School Progress Reports (SPR) Tuesday, honoring those schools that made ...

9 years ago

 Bucks County Community College plans to bring together local entrepreneurs and investors with the Start Me Up Challenge, a contest based on the television show Shark Tank. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

Community college starts ‘Shark Tank’ like contest to match investors and entrepreneurs

It probably won’t be as cut-throat as Shark Tank, but Bucks County Community Colle ...

9 years ago

Pennsylvania's state-owned universities like Kutztown are being considered for mergers or closures. (Dough4872/Wikimedia Commons)

Pennsylvania public universities consider mergers and closures for first time

For the first time in its history, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education experienced a ...

9 years ago

Paul Lawrence Dunbar School on 12th Street in North Philadelphia near Temple’s Campus. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Report: Philly needs billions to rehab sagging schools

A rare look into the state of Philadelphia’s public school buildings reveals billions in need repairs, with even bigger bills yet t ...

9 years ago

Kensington and Methacton students pose for a photo during an exchange visit to Methacton High School

How the other half learns: a field trip from Kensington to the suburbs

For one day, a group of Philadelphia teenagers experienced life at a wealthy, suburban high school. This is what ...

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Kensington and Methacton students pose for a photo during an exchange visit to Methacton High School
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How the other half learns: a field trip from Kensington to the suburbs

For one day, a group of Philadelphia teenagers experienced life at a wealthy, suburban high school. This is what they saw. You can ...

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