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 State budget secretary Charles Zogby said he 'didn't want to address' the district's 'empty shell' scenario. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)

Pa. budget secretary to Philly schools: Hey, we’ve got money problems, too

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 Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly charter head calls state Supreme Court decision against his school ‘political’

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of the School Reform Commission in a case involving student enrollment caps at a Ph ...

11 years ago

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Passing Pa.’s standardized test to graduate from high school derided as ‘unfunded mandate’

State Sen. Andrew Dinniman, (D-Chester County), introduced legislation in Harrisburg Wednesday that would exempt Pennsylvania high school ...

11 years ago

Faculty voting ‘no confidence’ at St. Joe’s

There is unrest at St. Joseph’s Sniversity. In a trio of “no confidence” votes, two by the faculty senate and one by th ...

11 years ago

 Supporters of dismissed professor Dr. Tony Monteiro gather outside Temple's Morgan Hall to demand his reinstatement. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Temple students and Cornel West rally around fired African-American Studies professor

They swarmed a North Broad Street intersection Thursday night to demand justice for Temple University instructor Anthony Monteiro, whose ...

11 years ago

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 Five educators connected to Cayuga Elementary School in Philadelphia's Hunting Park neighborhood have been charged in connection with standardized test cheating. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

State presses criminal charges against five Philadelphia educators in cheating scandal

Five School District of Philadelphia educators who worked at Cayuga Elementary have been criminally charged in connection to the state ...

11 years ago

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 A United States Federal District Court Judge ruled that the Philadelphia School District can no longer transfer autistic students to new elementary or middle schools without giving parents an opportunity to understand and discuss the decision (Emma Lee/ NewsWorks Photo, file)

Federal judge strikes down quick transfers of Philly students with autism

Parents of children with autism in the Philadelphia School District are celebrating a victory this week. In a preliminary decision ...

11 years ago

Where do Dem candidates for Pa. governor stand on education?

Polls are showing that education is the hands-down most important issue for voters heading to ...

11 years ago

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 School district and SRC officials prepare to testify at City Council. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

School district officials come to Philly Council in quest for funds

Philadelphia School District officials came to City Council seeking funds to balance its budget. The school district is seeking $7 ...

11 years ago

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 Fatima Byrd has a son at Steel and presents identification to be able to vote to keep the school public. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Split voting results at Steel Elementary bring on the spin cycle

The results are in from an unusual election in Philadelphia’s Nicetown section.    Parents at Steel Elementary Sch ...

11 years ago

 From left to right Rob McCord, Katie McGinty, Allyson Schwartz, and Tom Wolf, Democratic candidates for Pennsylvania governor agreed that local control of schools should return to a Philadelphia board.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

All four Dems in Pa. governor’s race want to abolish Philly’s School Reform Commission

A recent survey commissioned b ...

11 years ago

Voices in the Family

What are teens learning about Civil Rights in school?

According to a ...

Air Date: April 28, 2014

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 Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School (Kevin McCorry/for NewsWorks)

Philly School District wants to close down Walter Palmer charter school as of July

The charter school office of the School District of Philadelphia is ...

11 years ago

‘Election season’ in North Philly: parents hear pitches on charter conversion

The stump speeches have begun, and with them, the partisan divide. Parents at two North Philly elementary schools are fast approac ...

11 years ago

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 Tara Magras and her daughters Anyssar, pre-K; Anwar, kindergarten; and Amirrah, third grade; live around the corner from Steel elementary. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly parents weigh prospect of turning schools over to charter operators

Renaissance charters are required to serve all kids from the existing neighborhood. They’re run by charter organizations that emplo ...

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