Education
Catholic ‘mission schools’ get a helping hand to persevere in Philly
While funding woes plague the Philadelphia School District, some Catholic schools in Philadelphia’s struggling neighborhoods are ch ...
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Superintendent Hite: Pa. not providing Philly kids a ‘thorough and efficient’ education
Has Pennsylvania been coming through on its constitutional requirement to provide all children with a “thorough and efficient” ...
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Still short of funds, Philly School District turns its eyes to Harrisburg
Despite securing additional funding from City Council last week, the Philadelphia School District still faces a budget gap that threatens ...
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Athletics now open to all in N.J. schools
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie recalled what a big part organized sports played in his early life as he signed a bill granting disabled s ...
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PSU to have 2 law schools, 1 in Carlisle
The American Bar Association has agreed to separately accredit two Penn State law schools, one on its main campus and the other in Carlis ...
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Workshop School offers its students the freedom to learn from mistakes
In the late 1990s, Matthew Riggan was becoming convinced that traditional teaching methods weren’t providing kids with authentic op ...
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ListenPhiladelphia School Partnership awards $3 million in grants to Mastery, American Paradigm
The Philadelphia School Partnership announced today that it will disperse nearly $3 million to support the expansion of four charter scho ...
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Students should have good grades to play sports
The issue today is that many students who play sports are not academically excelling. This incongruence can ruin their chance of going to ...
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Pa. set to study education funding formula — again
A panel will begin studying how Pennsylvania could better allocate money for public education, following Gov. Tom Corbett’s signing ...
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With film, students document dire conditions in Philly schools
A student-produced documentary that provides an overview of the Philadelphia School District’s funding crisis will premiere Wednesd ...
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Penn State trustees’ board faces cuts
The full Senate will take up a measure to reduce the size of Penn State’s Board of Trustees, thereby responding to criticisms of ho ...
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City Council leader, schools chief clash over means to fund Philly schools
The Philadelphia school district’s budget crises never seem to end. In fact, even as students and parents hold their collect ...
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17 percent of Philly public school kids involved in child welfare, juvenile justice systems
Kids who have gone through the foster care system or who have been been held in juvenile detention generally have a tougher time in schoo ...
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Philly Futures helps college-bound Northeast High student defy expectations, odds
Chris Felix wants to shatter the misconceptions about students in the Philadelphia School District. “When somebody hears tha ...
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ListenUPDATED: Muñoz-Marín parents vote decisively to keep school within the District
Updated | 3:50 p.m.: Superintendent William Hite announced that Muñoz-Marín will remain a traditional District sch ...
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