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 Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is shown meeting with students during a 2011 rally in support of education reform at the First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Widening equity gap? Corbett administration, advocates differ on AP education funding report

The gap between what wealthy and poor school districts spend on education in Pennsylvania has doubled since Gov. Tom Corbett took office, ...

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 Philadelphia School Reform Commission Chairman Bill Green and Superintendent William Hite chat at an Oct. 17 SRC meeting.  (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

SRC’s Green: Next Philly teachers contract will include longer school day

Philadelphia School Reform Commission Chairman Bill Green says the district’s next contract with the teachers union will include a ...

10 years ago

 The troubled Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School has shut down completely. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Walter Palmer charter closes leaving hundreds of Philly students in the lurch

This year brought the Walter Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School to the end of its rope. In April, the Philadelphia ...

10 years ago

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 Spending gaps between rich and poor school districts in Pennsylvania have more than doubled over the past four years. (NewsWorks file photo)

Gap between rich, poor Pennsylvania schools doubled in 4 years

The gap between what wealthy districts and poor districts spend to educate children has widened dramatically in the four years since GOP ...

10 years ago

 Governor-elect Tom Wolf. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Wolf’s education transition team has Philly connections

With inauguration day less than a month away, Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has been busy coming up to speed on a host of the commonwe ...

10 years ago

 Helen Cunningham (Image via Philadelphia School Partnership)

Helen Cunningham steps down from Fels Fund after 23 years

The long-tenured president of an influential Philadelphia philanthropic foundation is relinquishing her post. School-reform champi ...

10 years ago

 The Picaso grants will help to make up some of the funding that has been drained from the Philadelphia school district's arts programs during the current budget crisis. (NewsWorks file photo)

Grants trying to help Philly school art programs

Fifteen Philadelphia area schools have something to be thankful for.  They are being awarded grants totaling $70,000 through Public ...

10 years ago

 Jenna Klaus community and civic engagement coordinator at Montgomery County Community College stocks the student food bank at the college's West Campus in Pottstown. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)

Food pantries crop up to feed strapped college students in Philly, suburbs

Quaris Carter is not your typical undergraduate student. At 38, Carter lives in a halfway home and has taken some drastic measures to go ...

10 years ago

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 Scattergrams are a visual representation of a school's applicant history and their admission results, plotted on a graph to share the intersection of GPA and standardized test scores. Scattergrams are used to analyze the history of applications to a college. (Image via Naviance.com)

Digital college readiness tool comes to Philly public schools

With the help of private philanthropy, the Philadelphia school district has inked a five-year deal that will give its 6th to 12th grade s ...

10 years ago

 Pennsylvania's standardized test scores have declined over the past three years. (NewsWorks file photo)

Pa. standardized test scores continue slide over past three years

Pennsylvania’s standardized test scores have steadily declined over the past three years. The dropoff has been especially stark amo ...

10 years ago

Judge delays January trial on Penn State sanctions

A judge is delaying a trial on the legality of the NCAA’s consent decree that punished Penn State for its handling of sex abuse com ...

11 years ago

Sandusky won’t get his pension back

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky won’t be getting back the $4,900-a-month pension that was canceled two ye ...

11 years ago

 Students stage a 'Die-In' at the Philadelphia school administration building. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Philly schools adopt five-year plan with minimal ‘ask’ of $30 million

To maintain the same “insufficient” progams being offered this year, the Philadelphia School District says it will need an ad ...

11 years ago

 Wakisha Charter School at 9th and Jefferson streets will close at the end of the week. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly Wakisha Charter school shutting for good earlier than planned

North Philadelphia’s Wakisha charter school is closing its doors this Friday, only the second charter school in Philadelphia histor ...

11 years ago

 (Data Visualization by Rachel Feierman/WHYY)

Education groups at odds over study of Philly schools performance

An influential school reform group is urging Philadelphia school leaders to approve every charter school applicant that can effectively r ...

11 years ago

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