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Education

Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia
Government
K-12
Pennsylvania

Shapiro zeroes in on education, county programs in his first state budget address

Dozens of efforts would benefit from Gov. Josh Shapiro’s roughly $44 billion spending plan, many of them at the local level.

2 years ago

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Horace Howard Furness High School in South Philly received $1.1 million in abatement work from the latest installment of the Penn grant. (Nathan Morris for Billy Penn)
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

How Philly schools are using Penn’s $100 million for asbestos abatement

The district allocated last year’s hazard cleanup donation to 209 schools, including the one just closed in West Oak Lane.

2 years ago

A close up of a brick building with a sign that reads building 21.
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia
Public Health
6abc

Philadelphia students temporarily relocated to Strawberry Mansion High School due to asbestos

Building 21, which was built in 1915, now joins a list of more than 2,200 asbestos abatement projects.

2 years ago

Children observed the 3D art pieces and create some works of their own during the PECO Free First Sunday Family Day on Mar. 5, 2023 at the Barnes Foundation
Community Events
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Barnes Foundation challenges Philly students to explore connections between math and art

Winning schools were announced Sunday after students were challenged to turn famous works of art into 3D installations.

2 years ago

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Madison and Haley pose with a newly-born filly that is laying in the straw. The mare, the foal's mom, is visible in the background.
Animals
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

‘Foal cam’ offers ‘miraculous’ look at next generation of Pennsylvania-born race horses

The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association and Delaware Valley University in Doylestown offer a glimpse at the miracle of equine birth live.

2 years ago

People walk by signs emblazoned with Temple's logo.
Employment
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Social Justice

Temple faculty still deciding on ‘no confidence’ vote

The Temple Association of University Professionals’ executive committee plans on meeting Monday “to discuss a path forward, which may include a vote of no confidence.”

2 years ago

A close up of a brick building with a sign that reads building 21.
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health
6abc

Asbestos found at high school in Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neighborhood

So far this year, there have been 196 abatement projects at Philadelphia schools.

2 years ago

Pa. State Sen. Vincent Hughes, Democratic Appropriations Chairman presented a plan to provide 3.15 billion to the Philadelphia School District at a press conference
K-12
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Pa. Democrats propose $3 billion ‘down payment’ for public schools after judge’s ruling

State Sen. Vincent Hughes’ plan includes $2.15 billion in new annual funding and a one-time $1 billion payment for facility repairs.

2 years ago

This file photo from Nov. 9, 2017 shows the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa. The former house manager of a now-defunct Penn State fraternity where a pledge fell during a night of hazing and drinking and later died has been placed on two years' probation on a hindering apprehension conviction. Braxton Becker, 23, of Niskayuna, N.Y., was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and do 100 hours of community service on the conviction stemming from the Feb. 2017 death of 19-year-old Timothy Piazza of Lebanon, N.J.
Higher Education
Law
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

6 years after hazing death, Penn State plans to drop the Greek life oversight it championed

Penn State agreed to tighten some of its Greek life rules as part of its settlement with the Piazza family. Six years later, the new administration appears to be easing them.

2 years ago

Andrew Hamilton students in 2019, working on the Shira Walinsky mural to brighten their gym
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

A real art project at Quinta Brunson’s former school in West Philly mirrors the ‘Abbott Elementary’ Mural Arts episode

In 2019, the gym at Alexander Hamilton was enlivened with a painting done by students alongside a local muralist.

2 years ago

Students wear face masks outside of their school in Philly
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly schools approve calendars for next 2 years. Here’s what they look like

Officials said moving forward, the district will attempt to start every school year after Labor Day, but that it won’t always be possible due to existing requirements.

2 years ago

The Central Bucks School District Board at a meeting on January 10, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
K-12
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania

Central Bucks School District splits with its public relations firm over alleged harassment of firm’s clients, staff

The district claimed community members threatened the firm “in ways that are, at best caustic, and at worst, malicious and false.”

2 years ago

Project Career Launch participants Kayla Galanaugh (left) and Alani Connelly (right) are currently interning at the Penn Museum and taking life skills courses at the Drexel campus
Employment
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly schools are helping special needs students find work after graduation, one internship at a time

Awareness of the district’s off-site internship programs could be better, parents and teachers said — but word is starting to spread.

2 years ago

DaShaun Hardin (right) and Kahier Myrick (left) sitting outside of YEAH Philly’s music recording studio
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

YEAH Philly creates space for joy and healing in the midst of Philly’s gun violence epidemic

YEAH Philly was formed to provide a space for Black youth to engage and implement teen-led interventions to address community violence.

2 years ago

Striking grad student teachers walk on Temple's campus.
Employment
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Q&A with striking Temple grad student workers: What’s at stake, and the university’s ‘unprecedented’ response

“We don’t know how many more politicians and leaders have to tell Temple that they’ve made a mistake here,” a TUGSA leader said.

2 years ago

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