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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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ListenPhilly 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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ListenPa. 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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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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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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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 ...
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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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ListenThe turnaround at Blaine Elementary turns out to be more about momentum than test scores.
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Listen 8:36A mother worries that the faculty’s dedication and hard work just won’t be enough to keep her medically fragile son safe. Tha ...
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Listen 6:48In 2014, a group of passionate faculty members took a big gamble to improve Blaine Elementary. Would it work?
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Listen 10:32Philly 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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‘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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Listen 52:49Pennsylvania’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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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
Listen‘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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