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Temple head coach Aaron McKie walks down the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Houston
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Sports

Temple ousts coach Aaron McKie after 4 seasons

The Owls finished fifth in the American Athletic Conference this season with a 10-8 record and were the only AAC team to defeat No. 1 Houston in the regular season.

2 years ago

Rutgers University-Camden in Camden, N.J., Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Employment
Higher Education
New Jersey

Rutgers faculty authorizes a strike as negotiations continue

The union representing full- and part-time faculty hopes to avert a strike as they negotiate a contract that is economically equitable.

2 years ago

Cherry Hill West High School
K-12
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Cherry Hill school gearing up for launch of Asian American Pacific Islander studies this fall

Administrators hope to strike a balance between siloing the curriculum and infusing Asian American Pacific Islander studies across the curriculum as a whole.

2 years ago

A flower display has a blue gown as its centerpiece.
K-12
Philadelphia
Sculpture
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

W.B. Saul students win gold at Philadelphia Flower Show for ‘electric blue’ prom-inspired exhibit

Horticulture is a major at the magnet high school, which maintains a 130-acre campus in Roxborough.

2 years ago

While staffing shortages persist, Philadelphia is working to expand its early childhood programs
Employment
Law
Pennsylvania
WITF

New report says child care in Pennsylvania is in crisis; Workers’ low pay results in high turnover

Children First PA survey shows early childhood educators earning $12.43 per hour.

2 years ago

Temple University graduate students rally for better wages.
Employment
Higher Education
Philadelphia

After six-week strike, Temple reaches tentative deal with grad student union

The deal comes after a six-week strike and includes movement on many of the key issues that led the union to walk off the job.

2 years ago

Mastery Charter schools released a statement saying, ''While we were unaware of the existence of these conditions prior to the inspections, the safety of our students and staff is our primary concern.''
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia
Public Safety
6abc

Simon Gratz High School, Middle School closed due to asbestos

Simon Gratz now joins Building 21 in West Oak Lane for schools closed due to this cancer-causing mineral.

2 years ago

File photo: The New Jersey State House is seen in Trenton, N.J.
Higher Education
Law
New Jersey
Politics

College affordability advocates push for a ban on scholarship award displacement at all New Jersey universities

In 2021, New Jersey became the second U.S. state to ban the practice at public universities under certain circumstances.

2 years ago

Building 21 in Philadelphia
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Safety
6abc

Superintendent: School District of Philadelphia knew about Building 21 asbestos issues years ago

Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington revealed Tuesday that officials knew about asbestos dangers inside West Oak Lane's Building 21 about two years ago.

2 years ago

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

Listen 4:44
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

Listen 1:18
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

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