Education
Parents spar angrily with founder of closing charter school in N.E. Philly
Sparks flew at a meeting for parents at Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter charter high school Monday night. The ...
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Hundreds of Philly students displaced as Walter Palmer Charter shuts its high school
Two months into the school year, Walter Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter has shuttered its high school — displacing the 286 ...
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ListenShould Philly parents worry about fiscal woes of for-profit charter operator?
A federal judge has ordered the heavily indebted Mosaica Education Inc., a for-profit charter school management organization, to accept a ...
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Philly schools take risk by disbursing health care savings before court rules
The Philadelphia School District decided Friday to give schools access to $15 million starting Monday, based on expected savings from for ...
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Tom Wolf on education, uncut: Vote trading, increasing investment, and disbanding the SRC
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf came to WHYY studios Friday to answer an array of questions from a mix of beat reporters du ...
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Election 2014: A look at Corbett and Wolf on education
OK, let’s get right to the looming question: Did Tom Corbett cut a billion dollars from public, K-12 education? That questio ...
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Judge blocks SRC-ordered health care changes for Philly teachers union
The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers won a favorable ruling in city Common Pleas Court Monday in its fight with the School Reform Comm ...
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Penn State board to take fresh look at Freeh Report
Penn State’s board plans next week to discuss the Freeh Report, a document regarding the school’s response to the Jerry Sandu ...
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Court battle brewing between Philly schools, teachers union
In response to having its contract unilaterally terminated, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers filed several legal actions Friday. ...
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Debating teacher insurance costs is a distraction from the big picture
The “big picture” problem with debating in the press about who pays what for Philadelphia teacher health insurance costs is t ...
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Philly SRC listens to anger for hours, after thousands protest contract cancellation
For nearly three hours Thursday night, the School Reform Commission listened to harsh and bitter criticism of its move last week to cance ...
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After founder loses court case, 600 students face expulsion from Palmer charter
Usually, charter schools hold lotteries to decide who will attend. But one school held a lottery Thursday evening to find out who will ha ...
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Philly schools commissioner Simms defends her action at film screening [video]
Thursday night will be the first Philadelphia School Reform Commission meeting since it terminated the teachers contract in a surprise me ...
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Listen: 7 minutes with Gov. Corbett on education spending and competing priorities
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett came to WHYY studios Friday to answer a wide array of questions from various reporters during an hourlong v ...
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Journalists back Neshaminy students’ refusal to print mascot name in school paper
The national spotlight is once again shining on the student editors of Neshaminy High School and, specifically, the word “Redskins. ...
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