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Schools work to avoid ‘pipeline to prison’

Juvenile justice experts in New Jersey say they’re concerned that school leaders are calling police for minor infractions that end ...

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 Quincy Riley-Greene is hoping to create a charter school that improves the experience of LGBT students. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

LGBT-friendly high school among slate of Philly charter school hopefuls

The Philadelphia School District, which will accept applications for new charter schools through Nov. 15, already has received 22 letters ...

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 Mayor Michael Nutter calls for the dissolution of  the School Reform Commission by 2017. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Mayor Nutter calls for dissolution the School Reform Commission [updated]

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 Anne Gullo faces child abuse charges. She's accused of pushing a student in the state's autism program. (Del. State Police photo)

Delaware teacher accused of assaulting autistic student

A Delaware teacher at a program for students with autism has been arrested for allegedly pushing a 6-year-old student into a bookcase. ...

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Outgoing Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (AP file photo)
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At sunset of term, Mayor Nutter reflects on his ambitious education agenda

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter set an ambitious agenda for schools in his 2008 inauguration speech

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 Philadelphia mayoral candidates Melissa Murray Bailey, a Republican, and Democrat Jim Kenney have very different thoughts on charter school expansion. (Emma Lee/WHYY))

Philly mayoral candidates diverge on charter schools

As Election Day nears, the two top Philadelphia mayoral candidates have separated widely in their thoughts on charter school expansion. ...

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 Three Philadelphia District schools currently lack nursing services every day of the week. (John Amis/AP Photo, file)

Philly schools don’t bite on plans to outsource student health services

In May, the Philadelphia School District asked for outside proposals to help it provide better health services in schools without raising ...

10 years ago

 District officials don't know yet much the school system will need to borrow or how much the debt service will cost to cover expenses through the calendar year. (NewsWorks file photo)

Philly schools forced to borrow more because of Pa. budget impasse

As Pennsylvania’s budget impasse creeps towards its fifth month, the Philadelphia School District will need to borrow additional mo ...

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Students from Julia De Burgos elementary school listen as mayoral candidates Jim Kenney and Melissa Murray Bailey respond to their concerns. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Elementary students press Philly mayoral candidates on playgrounds, arts, guns

What civic issues press on the minds of the city’s fourth- and fifth-graders?   The two top mayoral candidates g ...

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Kenya Nation, parent at John Wister Elementary, speaks outside SDP, ahead of the Thursday SRC meeting.

Philly SRC meeting dominated by charter conversion critics

Philadelphia school leaders got an earful Thursday night. Much of the four-and-a-half-hour School Reform Commission meeting, was f ...

10 years ago

Gooding goes through his formula for how best to save for your future after his rock show at Lansdale Catholic. (Emily Cohen/for NewsWorks)

Rock of wages, credit scores and debt is compounding interest of young students

What if going to a rock concert were less sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll … and more stocks, bonds and financial planning? ...

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At moments the meeting turned chaotic. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Philly SRC to hear from parents about charter conversion plans

Expect a lively Thursday evening on North Broad Street. Philadelphia parents, students, educators and advocates will have their fi ...

10 years ago

 Buses await dismissal on West Ninth Street in front of Chester High School. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Judge approves charter cut, more funds for Chester schools. But can he do that?

After two months of negotiations and hearings, Delaware County Judge Chad Kenney has approved a drastic plan to rework the Chester Upland ...

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Knowing what to do if shooting starts still hazy at colleges, AP finds

A review by The Associated Press finds that colleges across the U.S. vary widely in their efforts to prepare students and employees for s ...

10 years ago

 CAPA ninth-grader Jonah Rose ('No If's'), CAPA senior Elizabeth Gargiullo  (Education is our right), and ninth-grader Sophia Wharton (yellow sign) protest the resource deficiencies in Philadelphia schools. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)

Protesting classroom cuts, 100 students march to Philly district headquarters

More than 100 Philadelphia School District high school students cut classes Thursday morning to protest a lack of resources in their clas ...

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