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 Hunger strikers hold hands as they make their way down Broad Street toward the school administration building, where they would break their fast. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

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 ...

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett speaks during an event discussing impact of sports, hosted by the Rothman Institute, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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

 Philadelphia's City Council has already passed a $2 tax on every pack of cigarettes, but it still needs state approval.

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

 A Kensington textile mill is being turned into an education hub including discounted housing for teachers and office rental space for non-profits. (Nathaniel Hamilton/For NewsWorks)

Philadelphia hoping to attract and keep best teachers with discount housing

A Philadelphia developer wants to house dozens of young, energized teachers in the same building in Kensington. Despite how it sounds, it ...

13 years ago

Texas case illustrates need to to diversify without affirmative action, Penn law expert says

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision today on a lawsuit against the University of Texas over its affirmative action program. It ...

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Poll finds Pa. voters would trade tax hikes for education

Most Pennsylvania voters wouldn’t mind a hike in their income taxes if it would help to fund public schools, according to a ...

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High court sends back Texas race-based plan

The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look. The court’s ...

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 Philadelphia City Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez (third from right) brought bottled water to the Fast for Safe Schools group on Friday. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Fast for Philly school funding enters Day Five as state budget negotiations continue

Friday marked the fifth day of a hunger strike by Philadelphia parents and school staff in protest of a school funding plan that will lea ...

13 years ago

 Students, alumni and parents gathered at Girard College in Philadelphia on June 14 to protest the plan to eliminate grades nine through 12 at the end of next year. (Ann  Marie Awad/for NawsWorks)

Class of 2015 will receive Girard College diplomas

Girard College’s class of 2015 will get to graduate after all, according to the Board of City Trusts. Following last week ...

13 years ago

Drexel student-developed app eases search for scholarship dollars

The ever-increasing cost of higher education compels more and more students and their families to rely on grants and scholarships to help ...

13 years ago

 Congressman Bob Brady, D-Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Will Congressman Bob Brady help find money for Philly’s schools?

Could U.S. Congressman Bob Brady come to rescue of Philadelphia’s schools, ...

13 years ago

Survey finds majority of education programs fail to train

A study that sampled 1,130 teaching programs was released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality that found that the majority ...

13 years ago

 Supporters from the Unite Here food service and hospitality workers union protested the layoffs of some 1,200 student safety staff in Philadelphia schools. (Amy DiPierro/for NewsWorks)

Four vow not to eat until 1,200 Philly school jobs restored

A group of parents and staff at Philadelphia public schools announced Monday they won’t eat or drink until the district gives 1,200 ...

13 years ago

 Communications Technology High School in Southwest Philadelphia is one of the schools that will not reopen in the fall. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)

Hatching a plan to prevent shuttered Philly schools from turning to blight

Philadelphia is trying to find new life for vacant school buildings or ones that soon will be empty.   With 23 schools slated ...

13 years ago

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