
Education
Updated: SRC votes against renewing Germantown charter school, selects Pastorius Elementary operator
[UPDATED May 16, 11:25 a.m.] The city’s School Reform Commission voted Wednesday night to renew five charter schools and kickoff th ...
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Updated: Nutter wants new cigarette tax, liquor tax hike to help fund Philly schools
[Updated at 7:07 p.m.] Your next debaucherous night of drinking and smoking might help close the Philadelphia Sc ...
12 years ago
Philly schools gets tough with two charters over money dispute
Philadelphia School District officials are recommending that Discovery Charter School in West Philadelphia be shut down, due to a high-st ...
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South Philly High teacher wins $20K for ed-tech startup
Michelle McKeone, a special education teacher at South Philadelphia High School, teaches digital literacy to teens with autism. Cr ...
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Three Penn State alumni elected to trustees board
After a hardball campaign involving nearly 40 candidates, three Penn State University alumni have been elected to seats on the schoolR ...
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Swarthmore students file Title IX complaint over alleged inaction on sexual assault
Updated at 8:49 p.m. Students at Swarthmore College have accused the school of failures in handling sexual assaul ...
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Three Philly schools get grants to expand
Three of Philadelphia’s most innovative traditional public schools are set to expand, thanks to $6 million in grants from the nonpr ...
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Despite grim district budget, Philadelphia charters seek 15,000 new seats
Twenty-one city charter schools are seeking to add over 15,000 new students during the next five years. If granted by the School Reform C ...
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Hite: Philly school budgets down 25% without more funds
Facing a $300 million structural deficit and still uncertain whether it will get the increased revenue and labor concessions it is seekin ...
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Philadelphia pleads with Harrisburg for $120 million for city schools
Saying it’s time for Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett to relieve the pain caused by massive cuts in state aid to public education over the past two ...
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Philadelphia rally for expanding charter schools
Saying that thousands of children are being denied quality educational opportunities, about 200 students, parents, and charter proponents ...
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Masterman students make all the right moves to win national chess title
Seven students from Julia R. Masterman Middle School in Fairmount competed in the SuperNationals in Nashville, Tenn., the Super Bowl of c ...
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Twelve Philly schools under ‘quarantine’ during PSSA exams
Forty-two Philadelphia District schools are under heightened security during the administration of this year’s state standardized t ...
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Philadelphia mayor’s education office seeks to lift the veil on charter board meetings
Seeking to better understand the operations of Philadelphia’s 80-plus public charter schools, Mayor Michael Nutter’s Office o ...
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Drexel partners with Homeland Security on campus safety
The ink is dry. The details are still solidifying. But the Department of Homeland Security’s new “Campus Resilience Pilot Pro ...
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