Education
Pa. community colleges get $20 million to retrain displaced workers
A federally funded program to provide low-cost job retraining at all of Pennsylvania’s 14 community colleges is up and running, aft
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For one mother, Philadelphia’s portfolio of school options brings opportunity and stress
As usual, Karen Lewis is trying to manage a dozen things at once. And as usual, Lewis’ son, 8-year-old Cooper Harbol, is the focus
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11 years ago
Where charters run the Philadelphia neighborhood schools
As part of its Renaissance Schools turnaround initiative, the School District of Philadelphia has outsourced management of 17 struggling
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11 years ago
Will widespread Philadelphia school closings mean end of neighborhood assignment?
In order to close as many as one fifth of the city’s traditional public schools by the fall of 2013, Philadelphia district official
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11 years ago
Pa. test scores drop; state officials blame past cheating
Standardized test scores have dropped across the state – dramatically so in Philadelphia and in those Pennsylvania schools suspected of
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11 years ago
New movie on ‘parent trigger’ laws gets advance Philly screening
Mayor Nutter and Pennsylvania State Senator Anthony Hardy Williams joined over a hundred Philadelphians Wednesday night for a special adv
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11 years ago
Corbett, Philly archbishop laud program funding scholarships for the poor
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett rallied with Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput Thursday at a Catholic high school in Drexel Hill. 
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Pa. touts college savings plan
As the new school year nears, the state Department of Treasury is reminding Pennsylvanians enrolled in the commonwealth’s college s
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11 years ago
Philly school touted as model for manufacturing-workforce development in Pa.
What will it take to build more manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania, a state that used to thrive on such work? Well, for starters, a work
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11 years ago
Controversial choice to turn Chester Upland schools around
The man chosen to fix the Chester Upland School District’s troubled finances is proving to be controversial from the start.
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11 years ago
Everybody has a safe place, or at least should have one. Somewhere to let your hair down and recharge. In the series “Tee
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Hershey school issues apology, acceptance to HIV student
The president of the Milton Hershey School has apologized to an HIV-positive teen who was barred from attending the boarding school.
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11 years ago
Reviewing Boston Consulting Group recommendations for Phila. schools
Philadelphia public schools welcome students back to the classroom on Friday, Sept. 7, and the expanding role of charters has made lots o
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Students at Pa. failing schools could qualify for scholarship
Pennsylvania’s Department of Education has put together a list of the state’s 414 low-achieving schools. It represents bad ne
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