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Education

Pa. charter schools wary of the fine print in Gov. Wolf’s budget

Cautious optimism flutters in the hearts of Pennsylvania educators, but less so among the state’s charter schools. Gov. Tom ...

10 years ago

Union, school district clash over warehoused textbooks

The union representing Philadelphia public school teachers is calling on its members to help go through piles of discarded books and dist ...

10 years ago

Whether Pa.’s schools get a big boost in funding depends on whom you ask

Superintendents may get whiplash from trying to keep up with what Harrisburg wants them to do with proposed state funding. A partisan bat ...

10 years ago

 This slide, taken from CREDO's Urban Charter School Study illustrates the enrollment trends by demographics in Philly charter schools.

Stanford’s CREDO: Philly charter schools especially beneficial for low-income minorities

New analysis by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) has found that charter schools in urban are ...

10 years ago

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Philly schools chief talks tax increases, ‘friends of’ groups, and his own tenure

In each of the past few years, the Philadelphia School District has asked the city and state governments to provide hundreds of millions ...

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Monitoring social media for PARCC test cheating in NJ: ‘Creepy’ or necessary?

Social media monitoring by Pearson, the London-based company that runs PARCC testing in New Jersey, has tipped administrators off in some ...

10 years ago

 The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers endorsement could help mayoral candidate Jim Kenney in a race where education sits atop the issues heap. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Philly teachers call on Kenney to be next mayor

Surrounded by teachers and students outside of John B. Kelly Elementary in Germantown Monday, Democratic mayoral hopeful Jim Kenney accep ...

10 years ago

 Students and instructors from the winning team at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia look on while testing their device. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

After devising winning ‘Rube Goldberg’ machine, Philly team off to national competition

Teams of high school engineers from around Philadelphia submitted “Rube Goldberg” machines that competed to successfully eras ...

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New analysis questions validity of Pa.’s School Performance Profile rating

Everyone wants to know how schools are doing — parents, teachers, taxpayers. School performance is followed closely, but the indivi ...

10 years ago

As NJ students refuse to take PARCC exams, school leaders argue against ‘opting out’

New Jersey education officials are pushing back against a growing wave of opposition to its new standardized tests, telling lawmakers tha ...

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Districts, parents take Pa. government to court over education funding

Judges must order Pennsylvania’s governor and legislature to guarantee the constitutional right of every student to a “thorou ...

10 years ago

 Kai Teio (left) is a 10th-grader at Horace Furness High School in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly students still learning English fuel opt-out movement from standardized tests

In 2014, Pennsylvania parents opted about 1,000 kids out of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, or PSSAs. This year, 100 parent ...

10 years ago

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 Christina School Board meeting (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Delaware, Christina School District reach priority schools compromise

Three struggling Wilmington schools will remain part of the Christina School District for the 2015-16 school year according to plan appro ...

10 years ago

 Marjorie Neff and Bill Green present a unified front during a news conference held at Philly schools headquarters Tuesday (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)

Neff, Green present unified front despite shake-up in Philly school governance

In the wake of the recent School Reform Commission shake-up,  Marjorie Neff and Bill Green presented a unified front Tuesday at a li ...

10 years ago

 BuildOn students from area schools leaving Bodine High School for International Affairs (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)

After 13 years of service-learning, buildOn is leaving Philly schools

Football. Debate team. Theatre. High school students flock to extracurricular projects that mold their identities. For the last 13 years, ...

10 years ago

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