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Pa. House OKs bill to ease rules for teacher furloughs

 Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is sending the Senate a bill that would allow public schools to factor in performance ...

10 years ago

 The Rev. Naomi Leapheart is among protesters congregating outside Gov. Tom Wolf's Harrisburg office to press their case for a funding formula that applies to all state spending for schools. (Mary Wilson/WHYY)

Among advocates, a subtle divide over Pa. school funding

Church groups seeking a radical solution to the large funding disparities among school districts are taking their message to Pennsylvania ...

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 Philadelphia students march down South Broad street to Gov. Tom Corbett's office in June 2014. (Nathaniel Hamilton/For Newsworks)

Judge: Pa. education department on the hook for ‘curriculum deficiencies’

Who is responsible when budget cuts require a school district to drop classes? Following budget cuts started in the 2011-2012 scho ...

10 years ago

 Many districts report that they will raise taxes and cut staff and programs to meet rising state-mandated costs. (Source: The PASA-PASBO Report on School District Budgets)

Pa. school districts make an ‘educated guess’ of next year’s budget

Making a budget before knowing how much money you have might seem like putting the cart before the horse. But that’s exactly what m ...

10 years ago

 Marc Gosselin, Principal of Anna Lane Lingelbach Elementary School in Philadelphia with students during lunch. (Photograph by Jessica Kourkounis)
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What is Act 1 and how did it impact property taxes and school funding?

Act 1 is a property tax relief bill passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in 2006 and amended in 2011. ...

10 years ago

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Pa. approves first private school for the gifted

Pennsylvania’s academically gifted students can go unchallenged and unfulfilled in public and private schools, but this fall they w ...

10 years ago

 Nasir Mack, 16, has gotten a government-funded summer job for students. He was  recognized at a program announcing additional funding for the summer of 2015. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

U.S., Pa. team up for $7.5 million summer jobs program for youth

Summer vacation has already started for many teens across Pennsylvania, but legislators are hoping to put them to work soon. Offic ...

10 years ago

Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)

Bipartisan panel calls for new formula to divvy up Pa. education aid

A bipartisan Pennsylvania commission unanimously recommended a new school funding formula Thursday that would account for several student ...

10 years ago

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Changes at Pennsylvania School for the Deaf have some parents, advocates up in arms

Changes at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Northwest Philadelphia are rankling many in the  community. Pat Pomroy, cu ...

10 years ago

Students at the Young Women's Academy at Fentonville Arts and Sciences middle school change classes in Philadelphia. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
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When it comes to education funding, what’s the deal with Philly schools?

The district’s budget for the 2014-15 school year is roughly $2.6 billion. The SRC and Superintendent William Hite h ...

10 years ago

Vidura Cameron chose his six-word biography with care: Trying to be a good person. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Silhouettes and stereotypes: KCAPA students explore identity through public art

Sometimes art is a vehicle for sharing an idea with others. Other times, the act of making it shows you something about yourself. ...

10 years ago

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Hot weather means half day for Philly schools

The school district of Philadelphia has announced that all schools will dismiss early at noon Tuesday due to excessive heat expected. ...

10 years ago

Pa. Senate endorses delay of Keystone exam graduation requirement

The use of tests as a public school graduation requirement beginning with Pennsylvania’s Class of 2017 is meeting resistance in the ...

10 years ago

Fourth graders in a summer reading program at West Philadelphia High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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What is the purpose of the Pennsylvania Basic Education Funding Commission?

The day before the deadline in mid-June, the commission said they needed more time to come up with recommendations for a new formula to d ...

10 years ago

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UPDATED: In Harrisburg, a plan to stall, change Keystone exam

Testing might be over for Pennsylvania students this year, but debate about how one of the state’s standardized tests should change ...

10 years ago

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