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 Lawmaker tries again on measure mandating Holocaust study in Pa. schools. (Dan Balilty/AP Photo, file)

Lawmaker tries again on measure mandating Holocaust study in Pa. schools

The sponsor of a ...

13 years ago

 Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite said he needs $50 million to bring back essential workers who were laid off in June.

Hite: Philly schools can’t open safely without $50 million from city

[Updated] Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite said he will not open all city schools on time on a full-day sch ...

13 years ago

Move to unionize at Philly charter school blocked, teachers say

Claims that the company running the Olney Charter High School tried to intimidate teachers who sought to unionize may be heading for a he ...

13 years ago

Pa. to roll out significant changes to GED test

Pennsylvania is about to replace its GED diploma exam with a new test that’s considered to be tougher and a better way to measure c ...

13 years ago

Education Law Center alleges discrimination in Pa. alternative ed programs

Pennsylvania’s Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth programs are supposed to help turn around disorderly public school studen ...

13 years ago

 Philadelphia School District headquarters at Broad and Spring Garden streets. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

A $50 million question: Will Philadelphia schools get funds from city sales tax?

With less than six weeks remaining before city schools are scheduled to open, key elements of the Philadelphia school district funding pa ...

13 years ago

 A rally at DeBurgos Elementary School draws about 60 parents, students and educators. The rally is the first of several that the teachers' union plans to hold at different neighborhood schools throughout the city. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Philly teachers to Corbett: ‘We will not settle’

Philadelphia teachers rallied in North Philadelphia today against the school district’s demands for union concessions. The district ...

13 years ago

 A foggy morning in Newtown Township, Pa. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)

U.S. Rep. Fitzpatrick co-sponsors bill to increase environmental education

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick of Bucks County is pushing a bill to expand environmental education programs from kindergarten through high ...

13 years ago

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

 Students rally for additional school funding outside of City Hall in Philadelphia on Tuesday.  (Holly Otterbein/WHYY)

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

 Laid-off teacher Bernadette McHenry will spend her summer teaching Upward Bound classes at the University of Pennsylvania. After that, she's not sure what direction her teaching career will take. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

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

 Gov. Tom Corbett addresses a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

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

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