Education
Last year’s budget unresolved, Gov. Wolf adds $200 million to education funding request
As the battle in the Pennsylvania Capitol over funding public schools this year continues, Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a $200 million incr ...
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‘Working educators’ caucus challenges status quo in Philadelphia teachers union
The leadership and direction of the politically influential Philadelphia Federation of Teachers will be up for grabs over the next few we ...
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SRC overrules Superintendent Hite, moves to convert three schools into charters [photos]
Thursday night’s School Reform Commission meeting was full of drama and surprise. In the end, three more district schools were put ...
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In Philly, federal education secretary says it’s time ‘to look beyond’ math and English scores
Major revisions to federal education law mean new options for Pennsylvania legislators, and acting U.S. Secretary of Education John King ...
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Gov. Wolf to sign bill delaying Keystone graduation requirement
Pennsylvania high schoolers in the Class of 2017 are breathing a huge sigh of relief. On Wednesday, the state Senate unanimously s ...
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Kenney engages pre-K stakeholders during school tour in Northeast Philly
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has pledged to provide free preschool to all city 3- and 4-year-olds lacking access to quality options by t ...
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Police: Ex-pastor to surrender on charges he raped teen girl
Police say an eastern Pennsylvania pastor wanted on charges he raped and impregnated a teen girl is out of the country but expected to re ...
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Muslims at South Philly school gather to commiserate, educate and share stories
In the wake of violent attacks both in the U.S. and abroad linked to Islamic extremists, many peaceful Muslims here feel increasingly mar ...
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ListenGOP push to free cash for Pa.-related universities fails
A push by the Republican majority in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives to free up $578 million for Penn State and other state ...
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Hite endorses handing two Philly schools to charters — changes course on Wister
Philadelphia School District superintendent William Hite has selected two charter school operators to take over operations at two distric ...
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Pa. schools group files suit over halted funding
Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and the Legislature are facing a lawsuit from Pennsylvania schools over the budget impasse’s f ...
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Wolf’s half-year school spending plan begins to restore cuts to Philadelphia
In the first 15 years of charter schools in Pennsylvania, the state acknowledged the alternatives to traditional public schools pose a fi ...
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Pa. charter schools cry foul over funding cut
The warm, fuzzy feelings didn’t last long. As Pennsylvania expedited billions of dollars in overdue payments to schools, cou ...
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Pa. budget talks could hit tougher sledding in election year
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s top priority in his first year in office has been to secure a historic funding boost for public educat ...
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Student-led campaigns reduce bullying, conflict in NJ middle schools
Schoolyard taunting and cruel jokes in the classroom — and online — are standard fare for many kids. Despite efforts to stem bullying ...
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