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Keystone Crossroads

Public Education

Parents at Kenderton Elementary in North Philadelphia regularly meet there to discuss their frustrations and hopes for the school. (Jessica Kourkounis/for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
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Part Five: As its neediest schools struggle, what can Pa. learn from Ontario’s success?

Part Five of our Ontario series

8 years ago

Erica Brunato is a second year master of teaching student at the University of Toronto. (Ian Willms/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Three: A system of support, how Ontario sets its teachers up to succeed

Part Three of our Ontario series

8 years ago

Fourth grader Sirvat Labiba (center) in class at Crescent Town Elementary School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Ian Willms/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Two: Ontario celebrates diversity, but still works to close achievement gaps

Part two of our Ontario series

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part One: How Ontario’s vision of equity for schools contrasts starkly with Pennsylvania’s

Part One of our Ontario series

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Three: How one Berlin school integrated by segregating

Part Three of our Berlin series

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Two: The rise and fall of Berlin’s plan to integrate schools

Part Two of our Berlin series

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part One: Even with progressive education funding, ‘fairness’ eludes Berlin schools

Part One of our Berlin series

8 years ago

 Matthew Jansen (second from the left) officially resigned as Spring Grove Area School District director. (Emily Previti/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Controversial school director quits board in south-central Pennsylvania

Spring Grove Area School District Director Matt Jansen has officially resigned more than a year after protests first erupted over his pub ...

8 years ago

Middle school students change classes (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

New Pa. plan could help 220k students attend private school, putting a fifth of the state public school budget at risk

A powerful coalition of Pennsylvania lawmakers is promoting a forthcoming education savings account (ESA) bill that would allow hundreds ...

8 years ago

Students change classes at Julia de Burgos Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Report finds students of color shortchanged by Pa. school funding

Critics call the analysis "spin."

9 years ago

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (left) and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (right) (AP Photos/Matt Rourke and Chris Knight)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Gov. Wolf pledges to veto bill that diminishes teacher seniority

The Pennsylvania school code says teacher layoff decisions can only be made according to who has the least seniority. The Republic ...

9 years ago

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 Marc Gosselin, Principal of Anna Lane Lingelbach Elementary School in Philadelphia with students during lunch. (Photograph by Jessica Kourkounis)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

What is Act 1 and how did it impact property taxes and school funding?

Act 1 is a property tax relief bill passed by the Pennsylvania legislature in 2006 and amended in 2011. ...

10 years ago

Students at the Young Women's Academy at Fentonville Arts and Sciences middle school change classes in Philadelphia. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

When it comes to education funding, what’s the deal with Philly schools?

The district’s budget for the 2014-15 school year is roughly $2.6 billion. The SRC and Superintendent William Hite h ...

10 years ago

Fourth graders in a summer reading program at West Philadelphia High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

What is the purpose of the Pennsylvania Basic Education Funding Commission?

The day before the deadline in mid-June, the commission said they needed more time to come up with recommendations for a new formula to d ...

10 years ago

Fourth graders in a summer reading program at West Philadelphia High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Education jargon, explained

Too often we hear school officials, experts, advocates, and yes, even journalists throw around terms like “block grants” and ...

10 years ago

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