Education
Philly school district kicks off $30 million push for early literacy
Close to 700 K-3 teachers from 40 District schools are attending a weeklong summer institute at Martin Luther King High School in East Ge ...
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Former Penn State-Abington prof gets jail time in child porn
A former suburban Philadelphia university music professor accused of sending explicit pictures to a teenage girl in Spain has been senten ...
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Philly schools chief declines $60K bonus
Philadelphia’s Superintendent of public schools, William Hite, is declining to accept a salary bonus, saying it’s not suitabl ...
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Unsanitary, unsafe conditions found in Philadelphia schools
Periodically, city officials shine a spotlight on the condition of school buildings in the School District of Philadelphia. Not for the f ...
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ListenPhila. School District passes an austere — but hopeful — budget
With a final budget from Harrisburg missing in action, the Philadelphia School District adopted its own ...
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Philadelphia’s universal pre-K commission begins work
Philadelphia’s push to make quality preschool available citywide has taken another step with the inaugural meeting of the MayorR ...
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Making sense of Pa. school funding: budgets, formulas and stalemates
In sight of the state’s budget deadline of July 1, education funding for Pennsylvania schools is still a question mark. Over ...
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ListenContemplating Philly’s portfolio school model after a year of closures, openings
Philadelphia’s public education strategy rests heavily on parents’ having a wide variety of schools and school operators from ...
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ListenPhilly School District extends successful STEM program to middle years
STEM, the acronym for science, technology, engineering and math, is a big buzzword in education. It’s also a main selling po ...
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Pa. House advances bill aimed at weakening teacher seniority
The bill would allow school districts to ignore seniority when deciding to lay off the small minority of the state’s teachers who h ...
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Pa. House OKs bill to ease rules for teacher furloughs
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is sending the Senate a bill that would allow public schools to factor in performance ...
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Among advocates, a subtle divide over Pa. school funding
Church groups seeking a radical solution to the large funding disparities among school districts are taking their message to Pennsylvania ...
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Judge: Pa. education department on the hook for ‘curriculum deficiencies’
Who is responsible when budget cuts require a school district to drop classes? Following budget cuts started in the 2011-2012 scho ...
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Pa. school districts make an ‘educated guess’ of next year’s budget
Making a budget before knowing how much money you have might seem like putting the cart before the horse. But that’s exactly what m ...
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What is Act 1 and how did it impact property taxes and school funding?
Act 1 is a property tax relief bill passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in 2006 and amended in 2011. ...
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