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Outrage over SRC dissolution of Philly teachers contract
A cry of “shame” was heard from the audience as the School Reform Commission announced Monday, during a suddenly scheduled me ...
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ListenEducation Dept awards $75M in innovation grants
The Education Department has awarded $75 million to 24 colleges and universities to foster innovation in college value and efficiency. ...
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Fallout of Pa. cheating scandal continues with charges against two Philly principals
Early in the morning, before anyone else arrived, former Communications Technical High School principal Barbara McCreery would sit in her ...
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From armed robbery to criminology: A Philadelphia Community College success story
When he was 35, Quaris Carter arrived in North Philadelphia as a stranger to the East Coast, carrying two garbage bags of clothes and bar ...
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ListenDA files criminal charges against two more former Philly principals
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has filed criminal charges against two more former Philadelphia principals. Barbara Mc ...
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Philly cigarette tax: To pay or dodge?
The long-debated $2-a-pack tax on cigarettes in Philadelphia is set to go into effect as soon as next week. Now, the questions are: Who w ...
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ListenPhiladelphia cheating probe nets two more educators
An ongoing state probe of cheating on standardized tests in Philadelphia has led to the arrests of two more ex-principals. Charges ...
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Corbett signature makes Philly cigarette tax official
Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a long-awaited measure to let Philadelphia levy a tax on cigarettes beginning next month to raise money for i ...
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In a huge victory for Philly schools, lawmakers reach consensus on cigarette tax
Philadelphia schools received a tremendous victory in Harrisburg Tuesday as Senate lawmakers passed a long-sought $2-per-pack cigarette t ...
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What to do if your school closes a month into the year: The case of Philly’s Walter Palmer charter
The scuffle between the Philadelphia School District and Walter Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School may soon create more t ...
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Pa. House passes $2-per-pack Philly cigarette tax on to Senate
In a 114-84 vote, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Monday once again approved the $2-per-pack Philadelphia cigarette tax for cit ...
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A look back at the first two weeks of Philly classes [photos + audio]
The resource-starved Philadelphia School District has now finished its second full week of classes. In the above link, WHYY educat ...
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Founding principal at innovative Philly school leaves two weeks into year
On the first day of classes principal Saliyah Cruz ...
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School District consolidation should be welcomed in New Jersey
It was nearly 20 years ago that I called for a nonbinding referendum that would allow the state to force some of its smaller school distr ...
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Pa. House’s ‘clean’ cigarette-tax bill retains controversial charter element
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives stripped contentious provisions from the Philadelphia cigarette-tax authorization bill in a rul ...
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