Education
Pa. panel begins ‘historic’ work on education funding
A recently established panel to devise a new way of distributing state funding to Pennsylvania public schools is about ready to get to wo ...
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Reading program hopes to help Philly kids give ‘summer slide’ the slip
Education experts have long advocated for parents to keep their kids engaged in learning over the summer – when skills picked up during ...
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Roadblocks to child care snag Philadelphia’s student parents
A recent survey found that there are about 15,000 young Philadelphians lacking a high school diploma who are not currently enrolled in sc ...
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Teaching children empathy through the arts
Empathy is an essential skill to connect with the people and world around you. It is also so much more than even compassion- to be truly ...
Air Date: July 18, 2014
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Narberth teacher designs app to help educators meet Pa. evaluation requirements
Katy Morris, an eighth-grade algebra and geometry teacher at Welsh Valley Middle school in Narberth, is out to revolutionize how teachers ...
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ListenCould life experiences count for college credits?
Five New Jersey colleges are experimenting with offering students college credits for showing what they have learned from their jobs and ...
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Special-ed cuts won’t hurt students, Philly school officials say
The Philadelphia School District laid off 157 special-education classroom assistants and one-to-one aides last week in a move that offici ...
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Meeting with U.S. education chief, Philly youth of color discuss struggles and success
Drug abuse. Violence. Incarceration. Those are the pitfalls that plague far too many young men of color in America, according to t ...
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Without cigarette tax, Philly schools chief says layoffs to begin Aug. 15
After winning a major victory in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives last week, the proposed cigarette tax for Philly schools appea ...
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Philly lawmaker cautions that cigarette tax for schools not a done deal
Last week, the Republican-held, tax averse Pennsylvania House of Representatives gave its blessing to Philadelphia’s $2-per-pack ci ...
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Tradeoffs lurk beneath new Philly schools’ cigarette tax
Very probable, optimistic, off the table, never happening, dead, passed.Such was a week in the life of the Philadelphia cigarette tax. ...
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Update: Pa. House passes cigarette tax for Philly schools
Update: Legislation that would enable Philadelphia to levy a $2-per-pack tax on cigarettes passed the Pennsylvania House of Representativ ...
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ListenWaiting on Harrisburg, Philly Schools adopt ‘placeholder’ budget
By unanimous vote, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission passed a budget Monday night that includes a $93 million placeholder for mon ...
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ListenOffering an ultimatum, Corbett calls for pension reform before he’ll OK Philly cigarette tax
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett says Democratic state lawmakers should pony up votes to pass a public pension overhaul bill if they want Ph ...
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Will Philly delegation ‘play ball’ on budget to win dollars for city schools?
Facing a $66 million budget shortfall that threatens to turn schools into “empty shells,” the Philadelphia school district ha ...
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