Education
Penn State Abington lockdown lifted [updated]
A lockdown at a Penn State campus in suburban Philadelphia has been lifted after a weapon scare.Abington Township police Chief William Ke ...
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Bill aiming to curtail teacher seniority clears hurdle in Pa. House
In a bipartisan 16-8 vote, the Pennsylvania House ...
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Touring a North Philly Renaissance school, a microcosm of the city’s education debate
When Shereda Cromwell, mother of three, learned last year that her kids’ school, Kenderton Elementary in North Philadelphia, would ...
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Mastery seniors pledge to complete college
Mastery Charter schools held its second annual college signing day Tuesday. Students and staff from Mastery’s 15 Philadelphi ...
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ListenSchool police officer from George Washington High School dies on duty
A 50-year-old school police officer at George Washington High School died Monday after he took ill at the school, according to District o ...
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Catholic school teachers agree to 1-year contract
Teachers at Roman Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia area have agreed to a one-year contract. The deal includes a $1,200 ra ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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