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K-12
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Taxes
Billy Penn

What to know about the state tax break that keeps causing controversy on the Philly School Board

Keystone Opportunity Zones power many of the city’s best-known development projects. Critics say they’re being exploited.

2 years ago

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Employment
K-12
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

People who want to work at Philly public schools aren’t hearing back. The district is restructuring its talent office.

People who want to work at Philly public schools aren’t hearing back, despite an ongoing staff shortage for teachers.

2 years ago

A building on UPenn's campus
Higher Education
International
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Why Penn is in turmoil over the Israel-Hamas war, and what’s happening on campus right now

An explainer on the antisemitic incidents, demonstrations, and calls for the president to resign.

2 years ago

Delaware State University
Delaware
K-12

New certificate program aims to reduce Delaware’s ‘severe shortages’ of special education teachers

To help alleviate the shortage of special educators, the U.S. Dept. of Education awarded a Del. State professor a grant to develop a special education certification.

2 years ago

A person leaving out of the front door of Southwark Elementary with a box of possessions in hand.
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health
6abc

South Philadelphia’s Southwark School reopens after air samples show no signs of asbestos

District officials say they have reconfigured the ventilation system and air samples are not showing signs of the toxic substance.

2 years ago

Delaware State University
Delaware
Higher Education

Delaware State University sets enrollment record, improves student retention

The state-sponsored Inspire Scholarship and the Early College School that takes kids starting in middle school have brought more students to the Dover school.

2 years ago

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Superintendent Abram Lucabaugh and Board President Dana Hunter
K-12
Pennsylvania

Democrats who swept Moms For Liberty off Central Bucks School Board fight superintendent’s $700,000 exit deal

The Democratic majority hopes to block the unusual — they say illegal — payout and bring calm to the Central Bucks School District.

2 years ago

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus.
NPR
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Religion

Education Department opens probes into Penn and other schools over alleged antisemitism, Islamophobia

In its announcement, the Education Department said five complaints involve alleged antisemitic harassment and two involve anti-Muslim harassment.

2 years ago

Higher Education
New Jersey
Politics
Religion

Rutgers alums suspend donations citing antisemitism concerns

Marvin and Eva Schlanger contributed regularly to New Jersey’s flagship university. But concerns about the treatment of an Orthodox Jewish law school student raised concerns.

2 years ago

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NPR
Higher Education
Income Inequality

Millions could benefit from a new way out of student loan default

The Education Department has given itself the next year to reach millions of the system's most vulnerable borrowers.

2 years ago

A yellow school bus is driving on a road. The words on the side of the bus read
K-12
Law
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania

Bucks County families, NAACP, and PairUP Society file civil rights complaint against Pennridge

The federal civil rights complaint alleges racial discrimination and anti-LGBTQ policies and practices in Pennridge schools.

2 years ago

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Abram Lucabaugh in a meeting
K-12
Pennsylvania
6abc

Superintendent with Central Bucks School District resigns with six-figure severance package

The district has faced backlash this year after the board barred school staff from using students' chosen names and pronouns without parental permission.

2 years ago

Abram Lucabaugh in a meeting
K-12
Pennsylvania
6abc

Central Bucks School Board to consider resignation of superintendent

If approved, Abram Lucabaugh could receive a proposed six-figure severance package.

2 years ago

The Pa. State Capitol building is visible.
K-12
Pennsylvania

Proposal would keep Pennsylvania students enrolled amid district residency disputes

The proposal would prohibit school districts from withdrawing a student from school until a parent has exhausted all options to prove their residency.

2 years ago

Melissa Tracey in her lab.
Delaware
K-12

Empowering minds, nourishing souls: Delaware’s Melissa Tracy is among Global Teacher Prize finalists

Wilmington teacher Melissa Tracy earns international recognition as the only American finalist in the Global Teacher Prize.

2 years ago

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