Education
For many Philly families choosing high schools, it’s either magnet or charter
Chrislie Dor, a budding poet at age 14, stands like Frost’s narrator at a fork in the road.
The paths diverge not in a yello
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Supreme Court won’t hear dispute over ‘boobies’ bracelets
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that wants to prevent students from wearing “I (heart)
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Temple class inside prison lets undergrads and inmates learn from each other
Each week, students from Temple University head to class. But first, they have to clear security. Once they’re inside 30-foot-high
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ListenSpecial-education caseloads at Philly high school exceed legal limits, pushing teachers to quit
This is a story about how the system crushes your soul.
Emotional-support teacher Danyell Dahn came to the Philadelphia school dis
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ListenPhilly school district set to sell six of its recently shuttered buildings
The Philadelphia School District says it has four potential buyers for six of its recently shuttered buildings.
Three of the buyer
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Students aching for a spot in top Philly charters sweat out lottery season
Anastasia Ratkova draped an anxious arm around her 14-year-old daughter. That arm was wrapped in a blood-pressure monitor.
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Hite says Philly schools need bare minimum of $320 million more next year
The School District of Philadelphia will be asking for $320 million in additional funds next year to reach “a bare minimum amount o
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Penn State trustees plan to vote on new president
Penn State trustees are poised to vote on a new president for Pennsylvania’s largest university.
Officials have not identifi
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As Philly teacher contract talks drag on, superintendent keeps tough stance on work rules
For the Philly school district’s top brass, it’s a classic managerial quandary: Either, free up money for services or, hold o
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With yet another snowstorm set to barrel across the region and cancel school, parents are again scrambling to figure out how to balance t
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Farah Jimenez talks school funding, teacher contracts, and appointment to SRC
When Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett nominated
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Philly SRC appointee Green says M. Night Shyamalan’s education-reform book ‘shaped thinking’
Bill Green’s views on education have evolved, thanks in part to research put forth by filmmaker and author M. Night Shyamalan.
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Exit interview: SRC’s Joseph Dworetzky on hopes, frustrations and the future of Philly schools
In many ways, Joseph Dworetzky was the “voice of people” during his four year tenure as a School Reform Commissioner — ofte
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Waiting for the next wave on cheating scandal in Philly
Following years-long investigations by both the Philadelphia School district and the state, 138 Philadelphia educators have been implicat
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Arise Academy faces closure; 3 other Philly charters are renewed
Three charter schools whose status has been in limbo since 2012 won belated renewals from the School Reform Commission Thursday evening.
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