Education
Trying to live up to special-ed law amid the Philly school budget crisis
With a skeletal support staff serving the city’s traditional public schools, many worry that the district has opened itself up to a ...
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Photo exhibit opening this week chronicles the ‘decline and destruction’ of Philly public schools
Harvey Finkle stood on the third floor of Fairhill Elementary and snapped a photo of a sight he hadn’t seen in three decades of doc ...
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Arcadia prof connects education class with ‘The Wire’ for lesson in real-life challenges
Many fans of the HBO crime drama “The Wire” consider it among the best TV series ever made. Now it’s serving as tool fo ...
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Residents demand resignation of whole Coatesville school board
Many Coatesville residents are calling for the entire school board to resign for how it handled racist text messages between the former s ...
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Ogontz teacher discusses frustrated letters she sent to Pa. gov. and Phila. mayor
Judy Willner teaches 3rd grade at Joseph Pennell Elementary School in Philadelphia’s Ogontz neighborhood. Last week she sent ...
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Performance art teaches Philly students basic principles of physics [video]
Students at Grover Washington Jr. Middle School in North East Philadelphia experienced a special performance called, “FMA Live! For ...
11 years ago
Eric Cantor tells Philly school vouchers and charters are the future of American education
As the cash-strapped Philadelphia school district began its third week of classes operating under a severely reduced budget, House Majori ...
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2 Pa. school officials resign, DA investigating
School officials say two high-ranking administrators at a large southeastern Pennsylvania district have stepped down amid a criminal inve ...
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Pa. to unveil new grading system for schools
Education officials are set to unveil a new grading system for public schools across Pennsylvania. The School Performance Profile ...
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Education scholar Diane Ravitch critiques charters, standardized tests in Philly
Diane Ravitch, a New York University education professor, was once a passionate champion of charter schools and standardized testing. She ...
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Philly education chat: What questions do you have for Michelle Rhee?
Michelle Rhee, founder and CEO of ...
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Head of national teachers union joins City Hall protest over Philly school funds
A few dozen activists were so upset about the Philadelphia School District’s budget crisis that they interrupted City Council’ ...
12 years ago
Lower Merion remembers desegregation and the end of Ardmore Ave. school
There’s a new historic marker in Lower Merion Township at the site of an elementary school that was shuttered in the weeks followin ...
12 years ago
Five Philly schools taken off the ‘most dangerous’ list
The School District of Philadelphia has a positive statistic to talk about this week. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has a ...
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Parents, teachers push for new Pa. schools funding formula
Pennsylvania lawmakers met in Philadelphia Tuesday to talk about educating funding, just a day after the city’s schools opened amid ...
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