Education
Five Philly schools make Pa. ‘high progress’ list for low-income schools
Five schools in Philadelphia made the cut for a “high progress” designation, based on increases in achievement in math and re ...
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Chester-Upland School District abandons plan to share administration with charters
A Chester County judge has scrapped a money-saving attempt by the Chester-Upland School District to merge the administration of its distr ...
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Report finds Pennsylvania lags in early childhood education access, equity
A new report finds that Pennsylvania ranks 41st nationally, lagging behind New Jersey, Delaware, 37 other states and the District of Colu ...
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Eighth Philly educator charged in standardized test cheating scandal
Another Philadelphia educator has been charged in the widespread standardized-test cheating scandal that’s been the subject of cont ...
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2nd round of Philly charter application hearings probe demographics, bottom lines
In the wake of two charter schools closing last month in the middle of the school year, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission Monday ...
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Widening equity gap? Corbett administration, advocates differ on AP education funding report
The gap between what wealthy and poor school districts spend on education in Pennsylvania has doubled since Gov. Tom Corbett took office, ...
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SRC’s Green: Next Philly teachers contract will include longer school day
Philadelphia School Reform Commission Chairman Bill Green says the district’s next contract with the teachers union will include a ...
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Walter Palmer charter closes leaving hundreds of Philly students in the lurch
This year brought the Walter Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School to the end of its rope. In April, the Philadelphia ...
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Gap between rich, poor Pennsylvania schools doubled in 4 years
The gap between what wealthy districts and poor districts spend to educate children has widened dramatically in the four years since GOP ...
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Wolf’s education transition team has Philly connections
With inauguration day less than a month away, Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has been busy coming up to speed on a host of the commonwe ...
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Helen Cunningham steps down from Fels Fund after 23 years
The long-tenured president of an influential Philadelphia philanthropic foundation is relinquishing her post. School-reform champi ...
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Grants trying to help Philly school art programs
Fifteen Philadelphia area schools have something to be thankful for. They are being awarded grants totaling $70,000 through Public ...
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Food pantries crop up to feed strapped college students in Philly, suburbs
Quaris Carter is not your typical undergraduate student. At 38, Carter lives in a halfway home and has taken some drastic measures to go ...
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Digital college readiness tool comes to Philly public schools
With the help of private philanthropy, the Philadelphia school district has inked a five-year deal that will give its 6th to 12th grade s ...
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Pa. standardized test scores continue slide over past three years
Pennsylvania’s standardized test scores have steadily declined over the past three years. The dropoff has been especially stark amo ...
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