Education
Philly teachers told their union is still far from a deal
There was no strike on Labor Day. Less than 48 hours after the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers’ contract expired, union ...
11 years ago
Cash-strapped Philly school district considers selling prized art collection
Before Marilyn Krupnick was a science teacher at Northeast Philadelphia’s Wilson Middle School, she was a student there. When she s ...
11 years ago
Philadelphia trying to flip shuttered schools quickly
The city of Philadelphia and its cash-strapped school district are joining forces to sell some shuttered school buildings. The new partne ...
11 years ago
In Philly schools, can sports and arts be saved as an afterschool refuge?
Under a bright-blue North Philadelphia sky, Coach John Sullivan runs around a grassy field in gym shorts and a T-shirt, teaching the Dobb ...
11 years ago
Feds charge Pa. cyber-charter founder
PITTSBURGH — The founder and former CEO of Pennsylvania’s largest cyber-charter school has been charged with siphoning more tha ...
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Cristo Rey combines work, college prep and Catholic theology at Philly high school
About 250 freshman and sophomore students packed the basement of Logan’s Cristo Rey High School — screaming their hearts out over ...
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Pennsylvania public colleges react to Obama ‘value plan’
President Obama is on the road promising to reward colleges that keep costs down. As the president speaks in Scranton today, ...
11 years ago
Philly teachers: We won’t stop until we get fair schools funding
More than 1,000 Philadelphia teachers, parents, students and supporters marched through a rainstorm in Center City Thursday to protest sc ...
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Teachers union ads diss Philly Mayor Nutter
The Philadelphia teachers’ union is taking a shot at Mayor Michael Nutter with a new ad campaign. The group’s TV, radi ...
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SRC suspends seniority rule for calling back Philly school employees
During a raucous meeting packed with angry teachers and activists, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted Thursday to deploy its ...
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Philly schools will open on time Sept. 9—somehow
Some good news for parents of Philadelphia public-school children: Schools now seem set to open on schedule Sept. 9. And some gris ...
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Frustrated with Philly schools stalemate, parents join district workers in fast
Marches, rallies, bus trips to Harrisburg. Parents, students and staff haven’t kept quiet their concerns about the Philadelp ...
11 years ago
Clarification on Philadelphia public school appeals for private funds
Some readers have said that a recent story about an elementary school principal asking parents f ...
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As Philly schools await $50M, activists want more and principals meet [video]
As Mayor Nutter and City Council worked on plans to put $50 million in the School District’s coffers by the end of this week, a coa ...
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