Education
Could ‘community school’ concept work in Philadelphia?
In Philadelphia, 40 percent of school-aged kids live in poverty. One in five students has had some contact with the Department of ...
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Can we trust the Philly cigarette tax revenue projections? A look inside the numbers
City officials have been pressing hard for a $2 dollar per pack tax on cigarettes sold within city limits. All the proceeds would go to t ...
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Philly parents anxiously await school funding — or dire decision by district
On Friday, at the district’s annual E! Day: Back to School Expo, held at the High School of the Future in West Philly, many pa ...
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ListenCorbett, GOP leaders meet on Philly school funding
Top ranking Republican leaders in the Pennsylvania Legislature are meeting with Gov. Tom Corbett over a funding crisis that could prevent ...
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Philly principal awarded ‘Nobel Prize’ of educational community
The Harold W. McGraw Jr. education award is known in school circles as the Nobel Prize of the educat ...
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Without cigarette tax, Philadelphia schools weigh drastic options
With its Aug. 15 decision deadline looming, the Philadelphia School District is holding on to a shred of hope that lawmakers in the Penns ...
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National honors for a Delaware County school superintendent
The job of superintendent of schools isn’t always an envious one. Tight budgets, performance standards, accountability to sch ...
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Temple joins growing list of schools making standardized tests optional for applicants
Nervous test-takers, fear not. Temple University announced Tuesday it will join the growing list of colleges ditching the SAT as an entra ...
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5 Pa. reps ask NCAA to halt Penn State sanctions
Five Pennsylvania congressmen are asking college sports’ governing body to cancel penalties against Penn State imposed as a result ...
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Through bonds of mentorship, Philly student defies culture of low expectations
While the Philadelphia School District grapples with systemic funding shortfalls, students rely now more than ever on relationships ...
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ListenPa. panel begins ‘historic’ work on education funding
A recently established panel to devise a new way of distributing state funding to Pennsylvania public schools is about ready to get to wo ...
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Reading program hopes to help Philly kids give ‘summer slide’ the slip
Education experts have long advocated for parents to keep their kids engaged in learning over the summer – when skills picked up during ...
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Roadblocks to child care snag Philadelphia’s student parents
A recent survey found that there are about 15,000 young Philadelphians lacking a high school diploma who are not currently enrolled in sc ...
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Teaching children empathy through the arts
Empathy is an essential skill to connect with the people and world around you. It is also so much more than even compassion- to be truly ...
Air Date: July 18, 2014
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Narberth teacher designs app to help educators meet Pa. evaluation requirements
Katy Morris, an eighth-grade algebra and geometry teacher at Welsh Valley Middle school in Narberth, is out to revolutionize how teachers ...
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