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Pa. set to study education funding formula — again
A panel will begin studying how Pennsylvania could better allocate money for public education, following Gov. Tom Corbett’s signing ...
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With film, students document dire conditions in Philly schools
A student-produced documentary that provides an overview of the Philadelphia School District’s funding crisis will premiere Wednesd ...
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Penn State trustees’ board faces cuts
The full Senate will take up a measure to reduce the size of Penn State’s Board of Trustees, thereby responding to criticisms of ho ...
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City Council leader, schools chief clash over means to fund Philly schools
The Philadelphia school district’s budget crises never seem to end. In fact, even as students and parents hold their collect ...
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17 percent of Philly public school kids involved in child welfare, juvenile justice systems
Kids who have gone through the foster care system or who have been been held in juvenile detention generally have a tougher time in schoo ...
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Philly Futures helps college-bound Northeast High student defy expectations, odds
Chris Felix wants to shatter the misconceptions about students in the Philadelphia School District. “When somebody hears tha ...
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ListenUPDATED: Muñoz-Marín parents vote decisively to keep school within the District
Updated | 3:50 p.m.: Superintendent William Hite announced that Muñoz-Marín will remain a traditional District sch ...
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ListenPenn State Abington lockdown lifted [updated]
A lockdown at a Penn State campus in suburban Philadelphia has been lifted after a weapon scare.Abington Township police Chief William Ke ...
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Bill aiming to curtail teacher seniority clears hurdle in Pa. House
In a bipartisan 16-8 vote, the Pennsylvania House ...
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Touring a North Philly Renaissance school, a microcosm of the city’s education debate
When Shereda Cromwell, mother of three, learned last year that her kids’ school, Kenderton Elementary in North Philadelphia, would ...
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Mastery seniors pledge to complete college
Mastery Charter schools held its second annual college signing day Tuesday. Students and staff from Mastery’s 15 Philadelphi ...
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ListenSchool police officer from George Washington High School dies on duty
A 50-year-old school police officer at George Washington High School died Monday after he took ill at the school, according to District o ...
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Catholic school teachers agree to 1-year contract
Teachers at Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area have agreed to a one-year contract. The deal includes a $1,200 ra ...
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Philly charter head calls state Supreme Court decision against his school ‘political’
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of the School Reform Commission in a case involving student enrollment caps at a Ph ...
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