Education
What is Act 1 and how did it impact property taxes and school funding?
Act 1 is a property tax relief bill passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in 2006 and amended in 2011.
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9 years ago
Pa. approves first private school for the gifted
Pennsylvania’s academically gifted students can go unchallenged and unfulfilled in public and private schools, but this fall they w
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9 years ago
U.S., Pa. team up for $7.5 million summer jobs program for youth
Summer vacation has already started for many teens across Pennsylvania, but legislators are hoping to put them to work soon.
Offic
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9 years ago
Bipartisan panel calls for new formula to divvy up Pa. education aid
A bipartisan Pennsylvania commission unanimously recommended a new school funding formula Thursday that would account for several student
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9 years ago
ListenChanges at Pennsylvania School for the Deaf have some parents, advocates up in arms
Changes at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Northwest Philadelphia are rankling many in the community.
Pat Pomroy, cu
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9 years ago
When it comes to education funding, what’s the deal with Philly schools?
The district’s budget for the 2014-15 school year is roughly $2.6 billion. The SRC and Superintendent William Hite h
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9 years ago
Silhouettes and stereotypes: KCAPA students explore identity through public art
Sometimes art is a vehicle for sharing an idea with others. Other times, the act of making it shows you something about yourself.
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9 years ago
ListenHot weather means half day for Philly schools
The school district of Philadelphia has announced that all schools will dismiss early at noon Tuesday due to excessive heat expected.
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9 years ago
Pa. Senate endorses delay of Keystone exam graduation requirement
The use of tests as a public school graduation requirement beginning with Pennsylvania’s Class of 2017 is meeting resistance in the
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9 years ago
What is the purpose of the Pennsylvania Basic Education Funding Commission?
The day before the deadline in mid-June, the commission said they needed more time to come up with recommendations for a new formula to d
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9 years ago
UPDATED: In Harrisburg, a plan to stall, change Keystone exam
Testing might be over for Pennsylvania students this year, but debate about how one of the state’s standardized tests should change
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9 years ago
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A play and pleas for Pa. school funding formula
The debate over how to fund Pennsylvania’s schools is heating up as the governor and lawmakers face a June 30 budget deadline. The
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9 years ago
City’s financial commitment to Philly schools only half-hearted, district says
Philadelphia’s City Council gave initial approval to a slate of tax increases and asset sales to support the cash-strapped city sch
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9 years ago
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Union cries foul at Philly School District’s plans to outsource substitute teachers, medical care
The mother of a fourth-grader with medical needs at Lingelbach Elementary school in Philadelphia says private agency nurses did not work
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9 years ago
Schools in 40 Pa. counties would struggle with Keystone graduation requirement
A new brief details how complicated it could get to help students graduate who can’t pass those exams.
Pennsylvania students
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9 years ago