Education
CCP scholarship to make college free for some Philadelphia students
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but the Community College of Philadelphia recently pledged to make its tuition free ...
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Penn research highlights vital role of community college in serving minorities
Twenty-two percent of the country’s 1,100 community colleges serve mostly racial and ethnic minorities. Community colleges e ...
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Kenney touts Philly school-funding plan he says won’t raise taxes
The Philadelphia School District wants $100 million from the city to help address its financi ...
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U.S. Defense chief visits Abington alma mater on tour to replenish Pentagon ranks
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter spoke to students at Abington Senior High School about something now bedeviling the Pentagon: try ...
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Wolf has a vision for ending Philly’s SRC, not a blueprint
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission is here to stay, at least for a little while longer. Gov. Tom Wolf campaigned on the ide ...
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Job-readiness sessions help college students gain company insights [UPDATED]
Unemployment numbers are rising, but millennials are still havi ...
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Pennsylvania’s budget impasse is blocking state-related universities from receiving funding
More than a half a billion dollars is being held up for the four “state-related” schools, Penn State ...
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Paying for high-quality pre-K cast as investment in Pa. future
One Wednesday morning at the Paley Early Learning Center in Northeast Philadelphia, 4-year-old Quincy was learning how to write the lette ...
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ListenMayoral hopefuls debate education at South Philly elementary school
The Democratic candidates for Philadelphia Mayor debated perhaps the most important issue in this years race Tuesday night: public educat ...
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Pa. Gov. Wolf says school ratings should be less tied to tests
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf intends to steer the state away from school accountability measures that he says place too great an emphasis o ...
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Philadelphia ‘friends of’ groups band together to support neighborhood schools
Marketing and fundraising. These are just two things that the newly minted Friends of Neighborhood Public Education wants to do on ...
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Swapping climate change stories from Philadelphia and Mongolia
Four Mongolian high school students are in Philadelphia this week learning how climate change affects the lives of teenagers here. ...
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Gov. Wolf challenges Pa. schools to cut overhead
School districts across Pennsylvania have consistently made budget cuts for the past five years, and Gov. Tom Wolf is challenging them to ...
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Duncan visits Philly to press for Gov. Wolf’s education plan
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was in Philadelphia today to stump for Governor Tom Wolf’s education budget, which he says ...
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Wolf, advocates pushing for big ticket high-quality preschool in Pa.
Early childhood advocates are asking families across Pennsylvania to scrounge through their couch cushions on behalf of high-quality pres ...
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