Education
Special-ed cuts won’t hurt students, Philly school officials say
The Philadelphia School District laid off 157 special-education classroom assistants and one-to-one aides last week in a move that offici ...
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Meeting with U.S. education chief, Philly youth of color discuss struggles and success
Drug abuse. Violence. Incarceration. Those are the pitfalls that plague far too many young men of color in America, according to t ...
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Without cigarette tax, Philly schools chief says layoffs to begin Aug. 15
After winning a major victory in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives last week, the proposed cigarette tax for Philly schools appea ...
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Philly lawmaker cautions that cigarette tax for schools not a done deal
Last week, the Republican-held, tax averse Pennsylvania House of Representatives gave its blessing to Philadelphia’s $2-per-pack ci ...
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Tradeoffs lurk beneath new Philly schools’ cigarette tax
Very probable, optimistic, off the table, never happening, dead, passed.Such was a week in the life of the Philadelphia cigarette tax. ...
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Update: Pa. House passes cigarette tax for Philly schools
Update: Legislation that would enable Philadelphia to levy a $2-per-pack tax on cigarettes passed the Pennsylvania House of Representativ ...
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ListenWaiting on Harrisburg, Philly Schools adopt ‘placeholder’ budget
By unanimous vote, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission passed a budget Monday night that includes a $93 million placeholder for mon ...
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ListenOffering an ultimatum, Corbett calls for pension reform before he’ll OK Philly cigarette tax
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett says Democratic state lawmakers should pony up votes to pass a public pension overhaul bill if they want Ph ...
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Will Philly delegation ‘play ball’ on budget to win dollars for city schools?
Facing a $66 million budget shortfall that threatens to turn schools into “empty shells,” the Philadelphia school district ha ...
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Neshaminy student editors bristle, but school district insisting on printing mascot name ‘Redskins’
A Bucks County school district is now one step closer to passing a policy that would effectively force the high school’s newspaper ...
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Catholic ‘mission schools’ get a helping hand to persevere in Philly
While funding woes plague the Philadelphia School District, some Catholic schools in Philadelphia’s struggling neighborhoods are ch ...
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Superintendent Hite: Pa. not providing Philly kids a ‘thorough and efficient’ education
Has Pennsylvania been coming through on its constitutional requirement to provide all children with a “thorough and efficient” ...
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Still short of funds, Philly School District turns its eyes to Harrisburg
Despite securing additional funding from City Council last week, the Philadelphia School District still faces a budget gap that threatens ...
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Athletics now open to all in N.J. schools
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie recalled what a big part organized sports played in his early life as he signed a bill granting disabled s ...
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PSU to have 2 law schools, 1 in Carlisle
The American Bar Association has agreed to separately accredit two Penn State law schools, one on its main campus and the other in Carlis ...
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