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 Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite talks about school openings, closings and charter conversions that would affect 5,000 students. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Hite plan for Philly district: More charter conversions, closings, turnarounds and new schools

Philadelphia Schools Superintendent William Hite announced a package of recommendations Thursday that will turn over three additional ele ...

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Philly district proposes sweeping changes that would affect 5,000 students

The School District of Philadelphia proposed a sweeping set of changes Thursday that would affect 5,000 students and more than a dozen of ...

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Pa. students walkout over treatment, textbooks

Hundreds of students walked out of high schools in an eastern Pennsylvania city to call for better treatment of minorities and more textb ...

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Buses from Chester Upland School District await dismissal from Chester High School on West Ninth Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Chester Upland charters to settle special-education costs out of court [updated]

Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Delaware County Judge Chad Kenney’s announced Tuesday an “a ...

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The exterior of Radnor High School

Radnor teachers end moratorium on writing college recommendations

Last week, Radnor, Pennsylvania, teachers working without a contract said they would refrain from writing college recommendation letters ...

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 Students, faculty and staff gathered at  Rosemont College learned of the 'Our Tuition Promise' initiative in which tuition will be reduced by 43 percent starting next year (Courtesy of Rosemont College)

Rosemont College slashes tuition sticker price, actual savings may vary

College tuition prices continue to steadily rise faster than just about anything. Running against that trend, Rosemont College has decide ...

10 years ago

 Philadelphia School District headquarters at Broad and Spring Garden streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly’s bid to outsource substitute teachers falters through first week of classes

The Philadelphia School District’s push to outsource substitute teaching services has thus far been a major disappointment. ...

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Keith Gray supervises his grandson's homework. Little Keith will be a first grader at Blaine Elementary this fall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Part Three: Redemption

The turnaround at Blaine Elementary turns out to be more about momentum than test scores.

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Rosalinda Harris worries that her son's medical needs aren't being met at Blaine Elementary. Her son,Chance Nelson,11, was born with a heart defect. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

Part Two: The Critic

A mother worries that the faculty’s dedication and hard work just won’t be enough to keep her medically fragile son safe. Tha ...

10 years ago

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Teacher Andrew Brooking works with students at Blaine Elementary School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

Part One: The Big Shakeup

In 2014, a group of passionate faculty members took a big gamble to improve Blaine Elementary. Would it work?

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Philly educators cautious, optimistic as new year begins

Philadelphia School District students will arrive for the first day of classes Tuesday morning. Educators are cautiously optimisti ...

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Students arrive at Blaine Elementary School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

‘Turnaround’ radio documentary

Kevin McCorry documents a year he spent tracking the progress of the chronically low-performing James G. Blaine Elementary School in Strawberry Mansion section of North Philly

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 Students sit outside at West Chester University (Sara Hoover/WHYY)

Pennsylvania’s state universities OK four more labor contracts; no deal with teachers yet

Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education’s board of governors has approved new contracts with four of its labor unions ...

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Voices in the Family

A Change in Leadership

What kind of leadership is required to meet the challenges we face locally and globally? What if we looked at leadership in a new way th ...

Air Date: September 4, 2015

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 Dr. Marguerite Weber takes her new students on a tour of the college campus on their first day in her new degree completion program at Cabrini College in Radnor, Pa. The students range from 21 to 52 and come from all walks of life in pursuit of finishing their college degree. (Emily Cohen/for NewsWorks)

‘Comebackers’ get help from Graduate! Philadelphia on quest to finish college degree

More than 1 million adults in Pennsylvania started college but never earned their degree. About 380,000 of them are living in the Greater ...

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