Education
‘Turnaround’ radio documentary
Kevin McCorry documents a year he spent tracking the progress of the chronically low-performing James G. Blaine Elementary School in Strawberry Mansion section of North Philly
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Pennsylvania’s state universities OK four more labor contracts; no deal with teachers yet
Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education’s board of governors has approved new contracts with four of its labor unions ...
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What kind of leadership is required to meet the challenges we face locally and globally? What if we looked at leadership in a new way th ...
Air Date: September 4, 2015
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‘Comebackers’ get help from Graduate! Philadelphia on quest to finish college degree
More than 1 million adults in Pennsylvania started college but never earned their degree. About 380,000 of them are living in the Greater ...
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ListenAudit flags $30M in grants, loans given out by Cheyney University
Auditors have found that Cheyney University of Pennsylvania didn’t document the eligibility of students before giving them nearly $ ...
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Mastery charter grows its network with North Philly ‘turnaround of a turnaround’
Scholar Academies operates one of the highest-performing charter schools in Philadelphia, Young Scholars Charter School. So when t ...
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Lower Bucks’ Morrisville district starting another school year on its own
UPDATED Morrisville School Board president Damon Miller likens his predicament to being uncool at a middle-school ...
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UPDATED: Delco judge nixes cuts to Chester-Upland charter spending
UPDATED 11:30 a.m. Delaware County Judge Chad Kenney Tuesday rejected the key piece of Gov. Wolf’s plan to ...
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Philly principals fired in test cheating win back jobs through arbitration
Two principals fired by the Philadelphia School District in the wake of the statewide standardized test cheating scandal have won favorab ...
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Special education funding at heart of budget fight in Chester-Upland
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Judge Chad Kenney is hearing arguments on a state-led plan to fix the Chester-Upland School Distric ...
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As Delco judge ponders Chester Upland schools’ fate, parents left in the lurch
Delaware County Judge Chad Kenney will decide Monday whether to implement a plan put forth by Gov. Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania Education Secre ...
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Philly principals’ union files grievance over outsourcing of substitutes
The union that represents Philadelphia school administrators has filed an unfair labor practice against the Philadelphia school district, ...
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Philly SRC approves sale of two more shuttered schools
The sale of two more shuttered Philadelphia School District buildings has been approved. The Philadelphia School Reform Commission ...
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Pa. school districts brace for prolonged state budget battle
The school year is soon to begin, and districts across the state of Pennsylvania are faced with a troubling proposition: How do you stay ...
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Lower PSSA scores spur some Pa. school districts to call for less testing
Last month, the Pennsylvania Department of Education shared preliminary test data for its new, common core aligned tests – ...
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