Education news: Philly schools, colleges & policies

From left, actors Jermaine Crawford, Maestro Harrell, Tristan Wilds and Julito McCullum portray students in the Baltimore school system, the focus of the fourth season of HBO's dramatic series

Arcadia 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 ...

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Residents in Coatesville want the entire school board to resign for allowing the superintendent and high school athletic director to resign following the revelation the two had exchanged racist text messages. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

Residents 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 ...

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Philadelphia teacher Judy Willner, shown here in the WHYY studios, wrote a letter to Mayor Michael Nutter and Gov. Tom Corbett, saying

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 ...

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Grover Washington Jr. Middle School teachers Alison Barnes and Gwen Huett don sumo suits to explain basic physics to fifth grade students as part of the

Performance 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 ...

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Chris Lehmann, at right, the principal and founder of the Science Leadership Academy, is being honored with the Harold W. McGraw Jr. education award. It's known in school circles as the Nobel Prize of the educational community. (NewsWorks file photo)

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Education scholar Diane Ravitch critiques charters, standardized tests in Philly

Diane Ravitch, a New York University education professor, was once a passionate champion of charter schools and standardized testing. She ...

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Michelle Rhee ((AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file))

Philly education chat: What questions do you have for Michelle Rhee?

Michelle Rhee, founder and CEO of ...

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Outside Abraham Lincoln High School, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the decision to deny her entry came from officials at the Philadelphia School District, not Lincoln's principal. The district said it was the principal's decision. (Charlie Kaier/WHYY)

Head of national teachers union joins City Hall protest over Philly school funds

A few dozen activists were so upset about the Philadelphia School District’s budget crisis that they interrupted City Council’ ...

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This rear view of Ardmore Avenue School shows students exercising and an enclosed spiral fire escape. (Lower Merion Historical Society Archives)

Lower Merion remembers desegregation and the end of Ardmore Ave. school

There’s a new historic marker in Lower Merion Township at the site of an elementary school that was shuttered in the weeks followin ...

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Dimner Beeber Middle School was removed from Pa.'s

Five Philly schools taken off the ‘most dangerous’ list

The School District of Philadelphia has a positive statistic to talk about this week. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has a ...

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Parents, teachers push for new Pa. schools funding formula

Pennsylvania lawmakers met in Philadelphia Tuesday to talk about educating funding, just a day after the city’s schools opened amid ...

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Students arrive for the first day at South Philadelphia High School. School officials are trying to ease concerns that receiving students from the now-closed Bok Technical High School will cause tension in the school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly schools open with big concerns, big classes

Philadelphia’s public schools opened Monday with larger classes, missing programs, and 3,000 fewer employees. The school district i ...

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Some Philly residents, like Russell McCullough and Rev. Chester Williams, have volunteered for patrols as part of the city's WalkSafePHL program for students walking to new schools. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks, file)

Parents question ‘safe routes’ to Philly schools

Safely steering kids to and from school is never an easy task. In Philadelphia, there’s an extra challenge this year. As the ...

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