
Education
District comes closer to meeting needs of North Philly school; ‘not enough’ say some
Last week I wrote a story highlighting LaTonia Lee’s struggle to ensure that her daughter Christina’s individualize ...
9 years ago
Aide pleads in Philly charter school fraud case
A top aide to a suburban Philadelphia woman accused of having defrauded three charter schools of more than $6.5 million has pleaded guilt ...
9 years ago
Coatesville School Board hinders investigation, says Chester County DA
The Chester County District Attorney is asking the Coatesville School Board to cooperate with his criminal investigation into the distric ...
9 years ago
ListenWith negotiations ongoing, Hite adds factors for Philly teacher recall and assignment
Among the items that Superintendent William Hite included in this week’s “ ...
9 years ago
Pa. DAs: If we don’t pay for pre-K education now, we’ll pay for jail terms later
Several district attorneys in Pennsylvania said Wednesday that they want the state to spend more on early childhood education. Fro ...
9 years ago
Corbett to release $45 million that Pa. has been withholding; 400 jobs to be restored [update]
Gov. Corbett announced Wednesday that he would release the $45 million that the state had appropriated to the Philadelphia School Distric ...
9 years ago
Trying to live up to special-ed law amid the Philly school budget crisis
With a skeletal support staff serving the city’s traditional public schools, many worry that the district has opened itself up to a ...
9 years ago
ListenPhoto exhibit opening this week chronicles the ‘decline and destruction’ of Philly public schools
Harvey Finkle stood on the third floor of Fairhill Elementary and snapped a photo of a sight he hadn’t seen in three decades of doc ...
9 years ago
ListenArcadia prof connects education class with ‘The Wire’ for lesson in real-life challenges
Many fans of the HBO crime drama “The Wire” consider it among the best TV series ever made. Now it’s serving as tool fo ...
10 years ago
ListenResidents demand resignation of whole Coatesville school board
Many Coatesville residents are calling for the entire school board to resign for how it handled racist text messages between the former s ...
10 years ago
Ogontz teacher discusses frustrated letters she sent to Pa. gov. and Phila. mayor
Judy Willner teaches 3rd grade at Joseph Pennell Elementary School in Philadelphia’s Ogontz neighborhood. Last week she sent ...
10 years ago
ListenPerformance art teaches Philly students basic principles of physics [video]
Students at Grover Washington Jr. Middle School in North East Philadelphia experienced a special performance called, “FMA Live! For ...
10 years ago
Eric Cantor tells Philly school vouchers and charters are the future of American education
As the cash-strapped Philadelphia school district began its third week of classes operating under a severely reduced budget, House Majori ...
10 years ago
2 Pa. school officials resign, DA investigating
School officials say two high-ranking administrators at a large southeastern Pennsylvania district have stepped down amid a criminal inve ...
10 years ago
Pa. to unveil new grading system for schools
Education officials are set to unveil a new grading system for public schools across Pennsylvania. The School Performance Profile ...
10 years ago