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Education

A handful of community members take seats in the Benjamin Franklin High School auditorium to learn about turnaround plans for the school. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Two Philly schools tapped for turnaround offer study in contrasts

Eleven Philadelphia schools are due for a major overhaul, and the district has hired a consultant to visit each school and hea ...

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Actor Matt Damon narrates a film opening this weekend that focuses on education reforms in the Philadelphia schools

Matt Damon takes on Philly schools in new documentary

The School District of Philadelphia’s money struggles are well documented. And now they have their own documentary. ...

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The union representing faculty members at West Chester University and 13 other universities in Pennsylvania has ended its strike. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Pa. state universities to resume classes Monday as faculty strike ends [updated]

After a three-day faculty strike at Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities, the state system and its largest union report they have a ...

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No talks underway with striking Pa. professors

Pennsylvania’s state university system is not in formal contract talks with its union but officials said Thursday they are still lo ...

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney sits in on a preschool class at Little Learners Literacy Academy in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

It’s official: Expanded Philly pre-K has arrived

Philadelphia’s long-awaited, much-debated pre-K expansion has officially begun. At a Thursday press confer ...

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 A dramatic dip in vending machine commission suggests that public health advocates may have finally created a school eating environment without junk food loopholes. (Emma Lee for NewsWorks, file)

Requiem for the old reliable school vending machine?

School vending machines are offering healthier options and are less popular than ever. Is that a good thing? On those days wh ...

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The union representing faculty members at West Chester University called a strike Wednesday morning. Classes at the University and at 14 other state universities in Pennsylvania were cancelled. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

UPDATED: Thousands of public college professors strike across Pennsylvania

Professors across Pennsylvania traded PowerPoints for picket signs, and education for more than 100,000 college students came to a sudden ...

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Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

Faculty strike at 14 Pennsylvania public universities

UPDATE: 5:25 am, 10/19 It’s official, the union representing 14 public universities a ...

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Students at Emlen Elementary School in Mt. Airy
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Why we need to invest in keeping the lights on after school

The growing academic achievement gap that separates rich and poor students is being exacerbated by unequal access to tutoring, coaching, ...

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Sources confirm Estelle Richman will be nominated to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (AP/File)

Gov. Wolf to nominate Estelle Richman for SRC

Gov. Tom Wolf intends to nominate Estelle Richman, a career public servant and former Secretary of Pennsylvania’s Department of Pub ...

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (third from left) and others accept a $500

Rethinking high-poverty schools: An interview with Dr. Robert Balfanz

The freshman class at Frankford High School in Northeast Philadelphia faces long odds. But on Friday they might have gotten at ...

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Austin Gibson is shown in his high school football uniform.
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Race & Ethnicity

Charter schools build leaders the NAACP should support

I graduated from a West Philadelphia high school that’s a charter school. Now in college, I also work at a charter school that’s focu ...

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Protestors calling for the dissolution of the SRC gather outside district headqquarters. (Brad Larrison for Newsworks)

As protesters urge the SRC to disband, vote on ASPIRA charters postponed again

Details revealed on Philadelphia Federation of Teachers contract offers and counter-offers. Departing chair Marjorie Neff says ...

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Members of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers at a center city rally. The U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday could cripple the political influence of teachers' unions. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)

Legal battles between Philly school district, teachers union a lesson in excess

The front-page story of the Philadelphia school district’s bitter fight with its teachers union has been couched in raucous ...

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Philly targets 11 low-performing schools for intervention

Eleven Philadelphia public schools are in line for a major shake up, the school district announced Monday. The selected schools ...

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