Education
Pa. scholarships funded through tax credits lift some, raise questions for others
One night in March, Kristen Lewis was working her cell phone as one of about 50 volunteers for the Children’s Scholarship Fund of P ...
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Pa. lawmaker wants to put chronically underperforming schools under state control
There’s a general rule in Harrisburg: Republican leaders don’t authorize more education spending without demanding stricter a ...
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How much does Pennsylvania spend on public schools, and how are costs shared?
Pennsylvania’s system for distributing its state education aid has been rated by some surveys as one of the most regressive in the ...
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ListenMissed connection: Kenney’s website falters in Philly schools
Philadelphia teachers may have already cast their lot with Jim Kenney in this year’s mayor’s race, but they are having seriou ...
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Wolf’s education nominee gets nod from key Pa. panel
Acting Pennsylvania Education Secretary Pedro Rivera began his remarks to the Senate Education Committee as he would before a classroom.< ...
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Philadelphia schools chief says district can’t cut anymore
The superintendent of Philadelphia schools is saying the district can’t cut anymore as he lobbies Pennsylvania state lawmakers for ...
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Philadelphia’s rejected charter schools beginning to resubmit applications
Philadelphia School Reform Commission already rejected 34 out of 39 charter school applications this year. But any rejected charte ...
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What would proposed budget increases buy Philadelphia Schools?
Four years after Pennsylvania state budget cuts reduced recurring funding for Philadelphia classrooms by $294 million dollars, Mayor Mich ...
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Pa. universities looking at rare tuition freeze if Wolf delivers funding boost
The universities that make up Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education serve 15,000 more students than they did 17 years ago ...
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Citing trouble finding fill-ins, Philly schools seek to outsource substitute teachers
In what’s become a more common strategy for public schools all over our region, the Philadelphia School District wants to outsource ...
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Nutter’s team blasts mayoral candidates on education funding ideas, pushes property tax hike
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has made headlines recently for blasting the field of candidates running to take his job. Specif ...
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Main Line district sits for PSSAs with 20x increase in opt-outs
Parents in some suburban Philadelphia school districts are opting out of standardized tests in previously unseen numbers. One test, the P ...
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Rutgers begins offering summer courses at the Jersey Shore
Summer is approaching, which means sandy beaches, bathing suits and … textbooks. The Jersey Shore is set to be more than a vacation ...
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Beyond ‘failing schools’: The difficulty of fairly comparing public schools on uneven playing field
File this story under “wonky but important.” In an era where standardized test scores often determine a school’s ...
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Philly school district projects 22 percent graduation rate in 2017
In two years, Pennsylvania students will have to pass three standardized tests — the Keystone Exams — to graduate high school ...
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