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Mental Health

Colonial School District secures transformative $3.6 million federal grant to improve student well-being

Through the Return to Learn initiative, the district will enhance support for students facing challenges and high-risk situations.

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Environment
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New Jersey requires climate change education. A year in, here’s how it’s going

New Jersey set aside $4.5 million in grants in 2023 to support and train educators and ensure students in underserved districts also have access to climate change education.

2 years ago

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Explainers
Personal Finance

Going to college? Here’s what you should know about student loans

If you’re a high school senior or a college student, you’ll want to apply for federal student loans through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, also known as FAFSA.

2 years ago

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Employment
Higher Education
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Temple to begin contract negotiations with faculty union TAUP

TAUP represents a total of 2,350 full and part-time faculty members, librarians, and academic professionals at 13 out of 17 Temple schools and colleges.

2 years ago

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Employment
Higher Education
Medicine
Philadelphia

Philly gene therapy companies tap into city’s workforce training program for lab techs

The city's Commerce Department enables CCP students to earn $15 an hour during a cell and gene therapy industry lab technician certificate program.

2 years ago

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K-12
Philadelphia
Technology

ChatGPT and school instruction: Navigating between evolution and caution

The Philadelphia School District is currently limiting the use of the AI software for students until they learn more about it.

2 years ago

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

Temple University launches new on-campus safety app

Updated features include the ability to report crimes and real-time tracking of the university’s shuttle loop service.

2 years ago

College campus
Gender
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Penn State gender pay gap is among worst compared to public Big Ten schools, federal data show

Across Penn State’s campuses, female instructional staff earn on average 80% of what their male colleagues make. PSU argues the federal data do not show the full picture.

2 years ago

File photo: In this Thursday, March 11, 2021 file photo, desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school in Nesquehoning, Pa
Delaware
K-12

Test results show Delaware students are continuing to struggle after post-COVID return to classrooms

Test results for the 22-23 school year show that only 40% of students in grades 3-8 scored proficiently in English language arts, a 2 percentage point decline from last year.

2 years ago

A copy of the book ''And Tango Makes Three'' is photographed on a bookstore shelf in Chicago, Nov. 16, 2006.
Books
K-12
LGBTQ

Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws

Several Shakespeare plays use suggestive puns and innuendo, and it is implied that the protagonists have had premarital sex in “Romeo and Juliet.”

2 years ago

Betty Williams in her graduation cap and gown.
Aging
K-12
Philadelphia

69-year-old North Philly Grandmother walks across the stage to earn her high school diploma, more than 50 years later

The former Kensington High School student became the oldest graduate of the school district’s adult diploma program.

2 years ago

Tony Watlington speaking into a micrphone
K-12
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philadelphia School District announces new school selection guidelines

The application process for the 2024-25 school year will begin Sept. 15.

2 years ago

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Infrastructure
K-12
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Four takeaways from City Council’s hearing on Philly’s crumbling school infrastructure

The district says it’ll have a master plan for dealing with facilities completed by June of next year.

2 years ago

Delaware State University
Delaware
Higher Education

Thurgood Marshall College Fund collaborates with Delaware State to reduce college dropout rates

With the first cohort of 60 students, the university has so far achieved success.

2 years ago

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Higher Education
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Temple has a new logo, so here’s a look back at 25 owls that came before

The Evil Owl, the Blurry Owl, the Owl on the Branch, and everything in between.

2 years ago

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