Education
Philly School District wants to close down Walter Palmer charter school as of July
The charter school office of the School District of Philadelphia is ...
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‘Election season’ in North Philly: parents hear pitches on charter conversion
The stump speeches have begun, and with them, the partisan divide. Parents at two North Philly elementary schools are fast approac ...
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Philly parents weigh prospect of turning schools over to charter operators
Renaissance charters are required to serve all kids from the existing neighborhood. They’re run by charter organizations that emplo ...
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ListenPhilly teachers who police their own — an argument against eliminating seniority
Last week, Philadelphia Sc ...
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ListenPhilly district orders school police to stay out of level 1 offenses
Philadelphia School District has directed school police officers to stop responding to calls related to Level 1 student conduct offenses. ...
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Temple student attacked with brick wants to return to classes
A brutal attack dislocated the teeth and fractured the jaw of a 19-year-old Temple University student, but the terrifying incident won ...
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Philadelphia School Partnership gives $2 million to new public high school
The Philadelphia School Partnership announced Tuesday that it will donate $2.6 million in grant funding in the hopes of aiding the creati ...
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Waiting for Philly charter school lotteries and hoping for a kindergarten slot
For many Philadelphia parents with kids about to enter kindergarten or first grade, March is a very stressful time. Moms and dads ...
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For many Philly families choosing high schools, it’s either magnet or charter
Chrislie Dor, a budding poet at age 14, stands like Frost’s narrator at a fork in the road. The paths diverge not in a yello ...
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Supreme Court won’t hear dispute over ‘boobies’ bracelets
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that wants to prevent students from wearing “I (heart) ...
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Temple class inside prison lets undergrads and inmates learn from each other
Each week, students from Temple University head to class. But first, they have to clear security. Once they’re inside 30-foot-high ...
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ListenSpecial-education caseloads at Philly high school exceed legal limits, pushing teachers to quit
This is a story about how the system crushes your soul. Emotional-support teacher Danyell Dahn came to the Philadelphia school dis ...
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ListenPhilly school district set to sell six of its recently shuttered buildings
The Philadelphia School District says it has four potential buyers for six of its recently shuttered buildings. Three of the buyer ...
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Students aching for a spot in top Philly charters sweat out lottery season
Anastasia Ratkova draped an anxious arm around her 14-year-old daughter. That arm was wrapped in a blood-pressure monitor. I ...
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Hite says Philly schools need bare minimum of $320 million more next year
The School District of Philadelphia will be asking for $320 million in additional funds next year to reach “a bare minimum amount o ...
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