Education
Pennsylvania is failing Philly’s schools — so, close the schools?
The Pennsylvania Senate’s effort to amend the PA School Code ( ...
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Outsourcing substitute duties burdens Philly teachers, students
The Philadelphia School District took a big risk last summer. In an attempt to boost the number of substitute teachers willing to ...
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Philly parents push state to intervene in four academically lacking schools
In what’s being celebrated as a major victory for parents, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has validated their claims of d ...
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New year will bring more details on Jefferson, Philadelphia U merger
Thomas Jefferson University is a 190-year-old medical school that is trying to function more like a startup. Philadelphia University, mea ...
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Philly school supt. Hite has contract extended, hears raucous debate about charter conversions
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted unanimously Thursday night to extend Superintendent William Hite’s contract through ...
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Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia universities to merge
A Philadelphia medical school is merging with a liberal arts university known for its design programs in a move officials say will help t ...
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Philly schools look to outsource two top administrators, temporarily
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission will vote Thursday night on a resolution that would temporarily outsource two upper management ...
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Philly schools chief says cash will run out by end of January
The Philadelphia School District may not be able to pay its employees or its bills after January 29, 2016. Superintendent William ...
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Parents rally against converting Philly school into charter but supporters show up too
Supporters and opponents of the plan to transform Philadelphia’s Wister Elementary into a Mastery Charter school squared off last n ...
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Pa. education secretary lauds new federal school accountability law
President Obama last week signed a bill that weakens federal oversight of public schools and transfers autonomy to the states. Pen ...
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Pew study compares Pa. charters with schools in other states
Charter schools are a hotly debated public education option in the Keystone State, particularly in the Philadelphia area, where one out o ...
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Philly district leaders criticize Pa. Senate’s school takeover legislation
Philadelphia School District leaders are questioning the need for a potential new state law that would require the state to take drastic ...
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Pa. Senate passes bill calling for dramatic interventions at bottom performing schools
In a bipartisan 42-9 ...
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After another tentative agreement falters, uncertainty returns to long-overdue Pa. budget
For the second time in a month, a tentative deal to end Pennsylvania’s five month-long budget impasse has fallen apart. Gov. ...
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Gov. Wolf, GOP leaders reach tentative budget deal providing historic education boost
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and top legislative leaders say they’ve reached an agreement to end the state’s more-than five ...
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