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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 ...

11 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 ...

11 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 ...

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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 ...

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 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 ...

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 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

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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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 (Image via ASPIRA, Inc. of Pennsylvania Flickr)

ASPIRA charter provider on thin ice, Philly School District says

Philadelphia School District officials say time is running out for ASPIRA of Pennsylvania to resolve a host of fiscal concerns that could ...

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Moritz Endriss, 12, works on coding his holiday themed game at Penn Alexander elementary school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Staying true to their code at Penn Alexander, students master programming

Friday is the final day of Computer Science Education Week – where educators nationwide work to spark students’ interests in what ...

11 years ago

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 Superintendent William Hite said that the $44 million will be redirected into the schools for things such as counseling, aides and materials. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Appeals court seems baffled by Philly teachers contract strife

“Dysfunctional … abnormal … extreme.” These were just a few of the words a Commonwealth Court judge used W ...

11 years ago

 Germantown residents show support for the Germantown Community applicant at the SRC charter school application hearings on Monday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Long-awaited hearings on new Philly charter school hopefuls begin

For the first time since 2007, the Philadelphia School District heard applications for new charter schools Monday. For years, citi ...

11 years ago

Students at Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia participate in a 'die-in' to remember the recent deaths of African Americans by law enforcement. (KImberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly high school students ‘die-in’ after recent grand jury decisions [photos]

The grassroots outrage in Philadelphia continues following the non-indictments in the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric ...

11 years ago

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Timisha Smith-Rafi and Laura Whitfield work with their sheep to prepare them for statewide competitions. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Despite budget cuts, students reap essential lessons at Philly’s Saul farm school [photos]

Isaiah Orellana’s school day starts early, hours-before-dawn early. “I get up at 5 o’clock. I shower. I clean up ...

11 years ago

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 Comedian Bill Cosby appears at Temple University's commencement in Philadelphia in 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Bill Cosby resigns from Temple University board [updated]

Bill Cosby has stepped down from his alma mater’s board of trustees, fo ...

11 years ago

 Teachers and support staff at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf are taking steps to unionize. (Photo via Technically Philly)

Staffers push to unionize at Pa. School for the Deaf

Lamenting a recent string of unilateral decisions by management, teachers and support staff at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf filed ...

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