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Education

 City Council President Darrell Clarke, left, and Philadelphia Schools Superintendent William Hite are at offs over funding plans.

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 ...

11 years ago

 From left, Philadelphia  Schools Superintendent William Hite; David Rubin, the founding co-director of PolicyLab at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; and city Department of Human Services Commissioner Anne Marie Ambrose gather to announce a new report on the educational outcomes of public school students involved with DHS. (Jessica McDonald/WHYY)

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 ...

11 years ago

 Chris Felix, a senior at Northeast High School, has earned a full scholarship to Lafayette College. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

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 ...

11 years ago

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UPDATED: 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 ...

11 years ago

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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 ...

11 years ago

The west facade of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP photo)

Bill aiming to curtail teacher seniority clears hurdle in Pa. House

In a bipartisan 16-8 vote, the Pennsylvania House ...

11 years ago

 Danielle Scruse (top, left) poses with her kindergarten class in the freshly painted halls of Young Scholars Kenderton. (Kevin McCorry/

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 ...

11 years ago

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 Students accepted at Indiana University of Pennsylvania jump up and cheer when their school is called during Mastery Charter College Signing Day. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for Newsworks)

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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School 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 ...

11 years ago

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 ...

11 years ago

 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

By ...

11 years ago

 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 ...

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