Education
Education groups at odds over study of Philly schools performance
An influential school reform group is urging Philadelphia school leaders to approve every charter school applicant that can effectively r ...
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ASPIRA charter provider on thin ice, Philly School District says
Philadelphia School District officials say time is running out for ASPIRA of Pennsylvania to resolve a host of fiscal concerns that could ...
10 years ago
Staying true to their code at Penn Alexander, students master programming
Friday is the final day of Computer Science Education Week – where educators nationwide work to spark students’ interests in what ...
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Appeals court seems baffled by Philly teachers contract strife
“Dysfunctional … abnormal … extreme.” These were just a few of the words a Commonwealth Court judge used W ...
10 years ago
Long-awaited hearings on new Philly charter school hopefuls begin
For the first time since 2007, the Philadelphia School District heard applications for new charter schools Monday. For years, citi ...
11 years ago
Philly high school students ‘die-in’ after recent grand jury decisions [photos]
The grassroots outrage in Philadelphia continues following the non-indictments in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric ...
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Despite budget cuts, students reap essential lessons at Philly’s Saul farm school [photos]
Isaiah Orellana’s school day starts early, hours-before-dawn early. “I get up at 5 o’clock. I shower. I clean up ...
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Bill Cosby resigns from Temple University board [updated]
Bill Cosby has stepped down from his alma mater’s board of trustees, fo ...
11 years ago
Staffers push to unionize at Pa. School for the Deaf
Lamenting a recent string of unilateral decisions by management, teachers and support staff at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf filed ...
11 years ago
Philly school district to hear new charter school pitches for first time in years
For the first time in years, the Philadelphia School District is accepting applications to open new charter schools. Many of the a ...
11 years ago
UPenn report finds Pa. schools need an additional $3.5 billion
A new report from the University of Pennsylvania finds that the state’s school districts need additional $3.5 billion to educate al ...
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Analyzing enrollment trends in Philly schools – district, charter and Catholic
Between this school year and last, K-12 enrollment in the Philadelphia School District fell from roughly 132,000 students to 128,000. ...
11 years ago
Beers, bars and babies: The next generation of Philly school parents gets serious
Dark bars, craft beers, cooing babies and a basic philosophical belief in the power of public education: Meet the new generation of urban ...
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With Philly’s opt-out movement growing, Council holds hearing on standardized tests
In a sign that the “opt-out” of testing movement is gaining traction, the Philadelphia City Council Education Committee Wedne ...
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Pa. commission hears education spending cuts have created crisis in Philly [photos]
Experts, advocates, and ordinary citizens from Philadelphia on Tuesday told legislators charged with revising Pennsylvania’s educat ...
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