Education
Despite grim district budget, Philadelphia charters seek 15,000 new seats
Twenty-one city charter schools are seeking to add over 15,000 new students during the next five years. If granted by the School Reform C ...
13 years ago
Hite: Philly school budgets down 25% without more funds
Facing a $300 million structural deficit and still uncertain whether it will get the increased revenue and labor concessions it is seekin ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia pleads with Harrisburg for $120 million for city schools
Saying it’s time for Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett to relieve the pain caused by massive cuts in state aid to public education over the past two ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia rally for expanding charter schools
Saying that thousands of children are being denied quality educational opportunities, about 200 students, parents, and charter proponents ...
13 years ago
Masterman students make all the right moves to win national chess title
Seven students from Julia R. Masterman Middle School in Fairmount competed in the SuperNationals in Nashville, Tenn., the Super Bowl of c ...
13 years ago
Twelve Philly schools under ‘quarantine’ during PSSA exams
Forty-two Philadelphia District schools are under heightened security during the administration of this year’s state standardized t ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia mayor’s education office seeks to lift the veil on charter board meetings
Seeking to better understand the operations of Philadelphia’s 80-plus public charter schools, Mayor Michael Nutter’s Office o ...
13 years ago
Drexel partners with Homeland Security on campus safety
The ink is dry. The details are still solidifying. But the Department of Homeland Security’s new “Campus Resilience Pilot Pro ...
13 years ago
Drexel offering two-year law degree starting in 2014
Drexel University is offering an accelerated law degree program, but it’s for people looking to save time more than money. D ...
13 years ago
Philly schools will beg city and state to help close $242 M deficit
The struggling Philadelphia School District, hoping to close a $242 million budget shortfall for next school year, plans to slash labor c ...
13 years ago
KIPP backs out of deal to buy vacant Philadelphia school
Citing uncertainty about its pending requests to expand, KIPP Philadelphia has backed away from a deal to buy long-abandoned Rudolph Walt ...
13 years ago
With parent demand surging, 20 charters seeking to expand in Philadelphia
Chrissy Poper has been trying to get her eight-year old daughter into popular MaST Community Charter School in Northeast Philadelphia for ...
13 years ago
WHYY/NewsWorks schools reporter wins national honor
Benjamin B. Herold, education reporter for WHYY/NewsWorks, has been honored by the Education Writers Association as the best schools beat ...
13 years ago
New lesson plan: Temple professor invites students to tweet during class
It’s no news to most professors that students who bring their laptops in class do more than take notes. One professor at Tem ...
13 years ago
After an excruciating day of protests and pleas for mercy, Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to close 23 ...
13 years ago