Education
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 ...
13 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 ...
13 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, ...
13 years ago
Parents, students demand more aid from City Hall for Philly schools
Philadelphia teacher Erica McClain is stark when she talks about what schools will look like in September without more funding. ...
13 years ago
Penn State ex-president files libel lawsuit papers
Penn State’s former president Graham Spanier is initiating a libel and defamation case against Louis Freeh, the former FBI director ...
13 years ago
For laid-off Philly teachers it’s a mix of waiting, hoping and leaving
Even after last week’s deal in the Pennsylvania legislature to help the Philadelphia School District, 3,800 teachers and support st ...
13 years ago
Advocates, lawmakers say Pa. education aid tied to political clout
When Pennsylvania’s Republican-led legislature added more than $30 million in education aid to Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed bu ...
13 years ago
More uncertainty over Philly school funding with millions stalled in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett urged state lawmakers Wednesday to pass a stalled bill that provides an extra $45 million for Philadelphia& ...
13 years ago
West Catholic High gets $1 million gift, new name, fresh philosophy
Last year, West Catholic High was at the brink of closing down. This summer, equipped with a $1 million gift, a new name and a new philos ...
13 years ago
Many in Philly protest as Pa. House acts on school funding
The Pennsylvania House passed key pieces of Gov. Tom Corbett’s Philadelphia schools funding package Monday night. While many ...
13 years ago
South Jersey gets research, medical education boost with university merger
It’s official. South Jersey is home to a new research hub, the result of what some are calling the most expansive university merger ...
13 years ago
Philly hunger strikers break fast in light of eleventh-hour budget deal
After Sunday’s last-minute budget deal was signed in Harrisburg, Philadelphia parents and community members on a 15-day ...
13 years ago
Corbett plan finds Philly schools roughly $127M in new funding
Hours before the state budget deadline, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced a plan to help the Philadelphia school district cope with ...
13 years ago
Gov. Corbett outlines plan for Philly school funding
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has a plan to raise money Philadelphia’s troubled schools. However, to become real, the package must ...
13 years ago
Pa. Senate committee OKs a Philly cigarette tax
A proposed tax on cigarettes in Philadelphia, which critics once called D.O.A., just moved one step closer to reality. The Pennsyl ...
13 years ago