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Education

 Greenfield Elementary School is seen in Center City Philadelphia in this Google street-view image. (Google Maps - ©2013 Google)

Clarification on Philadelphia public school appeals for private funds

Some readers have said that a recent story about an elementary school principal asking parents f ...

12 years ago

 (AP photo/Matt Rourke, file)

As Philly schools await $50M, activists want more and principals meet [video]

As Mayor Nutter and City Council worked on plans to put $50 million in the School District’s coffers by the end of this week, a coa ...

12 years ago

Philly state lawmakers to Corbett: Give extra money to schools now

Money is so tight in the Philadelphia school district that Superintendent William Hite said he may not be able to open schools on time if ...

12 years ago

Meredith Elementary School, located on 5th and Fitzwater streets in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly school principals appeal directly to parents for cash

“Free” public education just got a bit more expensive for parents at Center City’s Greenfield Elementary School. ...

12 years ago

 Lawmaker tries again on measure mandating Holocaust study in Pa. schools. (Dan Balilty/AP Photo, file)

Lawmaker tries again on measure mandating Holocaust study in Pa. schools

The sponsor of a ...

12 years ago

 Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite said he needs $50 million to bring back essential workers who were laid off in June.

Hite: Philly schools can’t open safely without $50 million from city

[Updated] Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite said he will not open all city schools on time on a full-day sch ...

12 years ago

Move to unionize at Philly charter school blocked, teachers say

Claims that the company running the Olney Charter High School tried to intimidate teachers who sought to unionize may be heading for a he ...

12 years ago

Pa. to roll out significant changes to GED test

Pennsylvania is about to replace its GED diploma exam with a new test that’s considered to be tougher and a better way to measure c ...

12 years ago

Education Law Center alleges discrimination in Pa. alternative ed programs

Pennsylvania’s Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth programs are supposed to help turn around disorderly public school studen ...

12 years ago

 Philadelphia School District headquarters at Broad and Spring Garden streets. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

A $50 million question: Will Philadelphia schools get funds from city sales tax?

With less than six weeks remaining before city schools are scheduled to open, key elements of the Philadelphia school district funding pa ...

12 years ago

 A rally at DeBurgos Elementary School draws about 60 parents, students and educators. The rally is the first of several that the teachers' union plans to hold at different neighborhood schools throughout the city. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Philly teachers to Corbett: ‘We will not settle’

Philadelphia teachers rallied in North Philadelphia today against the school district’s demands for union concessions. The district ...

12 years ago

 A foggy morning in Newtown Township, Pa. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)

U.S. Rep. Fitzpatrick co-sponsors bill to increase environmental education

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick of Bucks County is pushing a bill to expand environmental education programs from kindergarten through high ...

12 years ago

Pa. financial aid agency OKs grants for remote students

A pilot program beginning this fall will allow students taking classes remotely through public colleges to apply for grants from Pennsylv ...

12 years ago

Dennis Haggerty, father of Pa. Right to Education law, dies at 85

Memorial services for Dennis Haggerty, the special-needs education advocate and lawyer who championed Pennsylvania’s Right to Educa ...

12 years ago

Swarthmore revises sexual assault policies after Title IX suit

Swarthmore ― the small, private liberal arts college ― is updating its procedures for handling sexual assault allegations, ...

12 years ago

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