Education
Kenney’s pre-K pitch gets big boost from $15 million grant
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s plan to provide free preschool to all city 3- and 4-year-olds lacking access to quality options is ...
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4 elementaries added to Philly district schools slated for intervention
The School District of Philadelphia is planning massive interventions in 16 of its schools next year. In addition to the 12 school ...
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Firm providing substitutes in Philly schools improves dismal performance
The private company the School District of Philadelphia hired to handle substitute teaching services has continued to make improvements, ...
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New parent resource center opens in North Philly elementary school
Ahead of Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s push to create 25 “community schools,” the Philadelphia School District is als ...
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Philly schools surplus eroded by ongoing state budget impasse
Despite a persistent lack of resources, the School District of Philadelphia ended its last fiscal year in June with an $88 million ...
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Incumbents prevail in internal Philly teachers union election
The incumbent Collective Bargaining Team has prevailed in the Philadelphia Federation of Teacher’s internal leadership election. ...
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Mayor’s commission pitches Philadelphia City Council on universal pre-K
As Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney pushes for universal pre-K, his commission on the subject is trying to enlist support in City Council. ...
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School by school breakdown of Philadelphia’s substitute teacher crisis
After outsourcing its substitute teaching services to a private firm, the School District of Philadelphia appears to have left its school ...
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Philly SRC votes to phase out two middle schools, not close immediately
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted to phase out two chronically low-performing middle schools Thursday night. While t ...
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Is Pa. ruling an overdue check on SRC power or a prelude to fiscal instability?
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has delivered a major blow to the Philadelphia School Reform Commission in a decision that’s poised ...
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Philly SRC approves 3 of 12 charter applications amid bombshell Pa. Supreme Court ruling
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted to approve three new charter schools Tuesday night – increasing the city’s charte ...
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Last year’s new charter school approvals set to cost Philly district more than expected
On Tuesday, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission will vote on 12 applications to create new city charter schools. This is the ...
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Historically black colleges and universities struggle with new challenges, old inequities
Many historically black colleges or universities — known as HBCUs — are struggling. They struggle financially. They struggle to attra ...
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With no state budget and much uncertainty, Pa. schools expect ‘convoluted’ budgeting process
This week, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced a plan to dramatically increase education funding. But heading into 2016-2017 budget nego ...
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School funding again at the center of Wolf’s budget agenda
With a big question mark still looming over this year’s school funding plan, on TuesdayPennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf presented his edu ...
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