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Education

Some college professors are not quite sure how to handle teaching about Donald Trump and his improbable rise to become the Republican presidential nominee. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

Trump 101: A quandary for some college profs

This election season has frequently been called unusual, at the very least, and that’s due in no small part to the unexpected candi ...

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A Montgomery County judge finds that Lower Merion officials led residents and state officials to believe the school district was in danger of running major deficits when

Judge says Lower Merion school officials misled taxpayers

A Montgomery County judge has ordered one of the state’s highest-achieving school districts to slash its local property taxe ...

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Sui Hnem Sung (left foreground), 19, and her sister Van Ni Iang, 17, leave federal court in Easton ahead of Qasin Hassan, 17,(left) and Khadidja Issa, 18. They’re among six student refugees represented by a legal team including Education Law Center and American Civil Liberties Union attorneys in a lawsuit against the School District of Lancaster over enrollment, translation and other issues. (Emily Previti/WITF)
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Immigration
Pennsylvania

Judge rules against Lancaster school district in refugee lawsuit

Logistics are still being worked out, but the district’s spokeswoman says officials will comply with the order and enroll the six t ...

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A quick look at who applied for Philly’s pre-K money

The race for Philadelphia’s new flood of pre-K money is on. The city announced earlier this week that 85 p ...

10 years ago

(AP Photo/Toby Talbot

Pa. student’s viral speech on transgender bathroom law highlights challenge for school districts

Incoming Emmaus High freshman Sigourney Coyle had already been offered an accommodation to avoid changing in the school locker room when ...

10 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says the process for addressing   charter school payment appeals is unclear and should be re-examined. (AP file photo)

Audit finds Pa. education department oversight on charter school payments insufficient

Pennsylvania’s process to address appeals of charter school payment is unclear, according to an audit that recommends it be re-exam ...

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Students change classes at Julia de Burgos Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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K-12
Race & Ethnicity

Report finds students of color shortchanged by Pa. school funding

Critics call the analysis "spin."

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Philadelphia School District headquarters at Broad and Spring Garden streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly principals likely to follow teachers into labor limbo

With a week left until their current labor deal expires, Philadelphia’s public school principals and administrators are incr ...

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U.S. Senator Bob Casey is running for reelection against Congressman Lou Barletta. (AP file photo)

Casey, education officials aim to enhance college campus safety

As college students return to campus for a new school year, Philadelphia-area education officials have been working to make sure they wil ...

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Parents tour a classroom at Kenderton Elementary. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY
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Economic Development
K-12
Philadelphia

Rethinking school turnaround: A familiar story takes a new turn

In May, Scholar Academies — a charter management organization — suddenly announced it was abandoning its contract to manage Kenderton ...

10 years ago

School Reform Commission member Bill Green (left) and Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite (right) exchange words during a board meeting Thursday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly will no longer suspend kindergarten students

Philadelphia has, in effect, barred its public schools from suspending kindergartners, another step in the district’s evolut ...

10 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers protest the School Reform Commission's cancellation of their contract in 2014. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agrees with lower court rulings that the move was invalid. (NewsWorks file photo)

Pa. high court says SRC can’t cancel Philly teachers contract

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ...

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Union: Strike possible this fall at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities

Contract negotiations between the 14 state-owned universities and colleges and one of their largest unions are hitting some rough patches ...

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As one door closes in Pa., another opens for cyber charter company

Connections Education LLC became the first firm in years to open a new cyber charter in Pennsylvania, just as one of its forme ...

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The Philadelphia Water Department has proposed an 11 percent rate hike. (Kelpfish/Bigstock)

Philly to test for lead in 40 city schools

The School District of Philadelphia is reviving a program that will test for elevated lead levels in the drinking water at 40 ...

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