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Education

Pa. to unveil new grading system for schools

Education officials are set to unveil a new grading system for public schools across Pennsylvania. The School Performance Profile ...

12 years ago

Education scholar Diane Ravitch critiques charters, standardized tests in Philly

Diane Ravitch, a New York University education professor, was once a passionate champion of charter schools and standardized testing. She ...

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 Michelle Rhee ((AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file))

Philly education chat: What questions do you have for Michelle Rhee?

Michelle Rhee, founder and CEO of ...

12 years ago

 Outside Abraham Lincoln High School, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the decision to deny her entry came from officials at the Philadelphia School District, not Lincoln's principal. The district said it was the principal's decision. (Charlie Kaier/WHYY)

Head of national teachers union joins City Hall protest over Philly school funds

A few dozen activists were so upset about the Philadelphia School District’s budget crisis that they interrupted City Council’ ...

12 years ago

 This rear view of Ardmore Avenue School shows students exercising and an enclosed spiral fire escape. (Lower Merion Historical Society Archives)

Lower Merion remembers desegregation and the end of Ardmore Ave. school

There’s a new historic marker in Lower Merion Township at the site of an elementary school that was shuttered in the weeks followin ...

12 years ago

 Dimner Beeber Middle School was removed from Pa.'s

Five Philly schools taken off the ‘most dangerous’ list

The School District of Philadelphia has a positive statistic to talk about this week. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has a ...

12 years ago

Parents, teachers push for new Pa. schools funding formula

Pennsylvania lawmakers met in Philadelphia Tuesday to talk about educating funding, just a day after the city’s schools opened amid ...

12 years ago

 Students arrive for the first day at South Philadelphia High School. School officials are trying to ease concerns that receiving students from the now-closed Bok Technical High School will cause tension in the school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly schools open with big concerns, big classes

Philadelphia’s public schools opened Monday with larger classes, missing programs, and 3,000 fewer employees. The school district i ...

12 years ago

 Some Philly residents, like Russell McCullough and Rev. Chester Williams, have volunteered for patrols as part of the city's WalkSafePHL program for students walking to new schools. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks, file)

Parents question ‘safe routes’ to Philly schools

Safely steering kids to and from school is never an easy task. In Philadelphia, there’s an extra challenge this year. As the ...

12 years ago

 Sharon Poindexter, from Northwest Philadelphia, practiced her communication via walkie-talkie and learned some of the code words. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Community on patrol to ensure ‘safe corridors’ for Northwest Philly students

As students head back to school today, some community members in Northwest Philadelphia are pitching in to ensure a smooth transition for ...

12 years ago

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Pa. small and rural schools speak out for Philly funding

Philadelphia schools are locked in a funding crisis. But what about the hundreds of other districts across the state? Pennsylvania ...

12 years ago

 Special education teacher Dr. Olu Fadeyibi rallies with a group of about 60 educators and parents at DeBurgos Elementary School in North Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Philly teachers’ union to pull new ad attacking Mayor Nutter

The Philadelphia teachers’ union said it is putting on hold a new ad that blasts Mayor Nutter and Gov. Corbett over the school dist ...

12 years ago

 Students check in as they arrive at a new high school called The LINC, which stands for Learning in New Contexts in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philly teachers told their union is still far from a deal

There was no strike on Labor Day. Less than 48 hours after the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers’ contract expired, union ...

12 years ago

 Henry O. Tanner's oil painting

Cash-strapped Philly school district considers selling prized art collection

Before Marilyn Krupnick was a science teacher at Northeast Philadelphia’s Wilson Middle School, she was a student there. When she s ...

12 years ago

 John L. Kinsey Elementary in North Philadelphia is one of 31 school properties that will be empty on the first day of school. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks, file)

Philadelphia trying to flip shuttered schools quickly

The city of Philadelphia and its cash-strapped school district are joining forces to sell some shuttered school buildings. The new partne ...

12 years ago

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