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Union cries foul at Philly School District’s plans to outsource substitute teachers, medical care
The mother of a fourth-grader with medical needs at Lingelbach Elementary school in Philadelphia says private agency nurses did not work ...
10 years ago
Sanctions or success: Hundreds of Philly students opted-out of standardized tests this year
This spring, Tonya Bah sent a letter to parents with children at Wagner Middle School in West Oak Lane, where her daughter Fulani is in t ...
10 years ago
ListenPhilly SRC answers questions about itself, its decisions, in townhall-style meeting
Trying to get answers from a large bureaucracy can feel banging your head against a wall. Last night, the Philadelphia School Refo ...
10 years ago
Dream act — what one Philly public school would do if Wolf has his way
What would you do with two and a half million dollars? Or, $2,447,020 to be exact. That’s how much money Northeast High ...
10 years ago
ListenAt North Philly school, Wolf makes a pitch for more education funding
William H. Hunter Elementary School students were in the spotlight Friday as Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Mayor Michael Nutter visited ...
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Where does all of the Philly School District’s money go?
Philadelphia public school classrooms received less money last year than in 2008, according to a study released this week by consulting g ...
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Philadelphia City Council talks budgets, penmanship with school district
It’s budget season, and the School District of Philadelphia is making the rounds to seek money for the coming school year. D ...
10 years ago
Can Jim Kenney bring community schools to Philadelphia?
On a small plot of land wedged between South Philly High School’s parking lot and the sidewalk, Arielle Narva works with a seventee ...
10 years ago
ListenHow, and how much, are teachers paid in Pennsylvania?
How much do Pa. teachers make? A lot, relatively speaking. The average starting salary for a teacher in Pennsyl ...
10 years ago
Was school choice on the ballot in Philadelphia Tuesday?
Three billionaires gave more than $6 million to support a candidate in favor of school choice, namely state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams, ...
10 years ago
Listen‘We needed a turnaround in a turnaround’: SRC votes not to renew first Renaissance charter
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission voted not to renew two charter schools, including for the first time, one of its own hand-picke ...
10 years ago
On gaming college admissions and White House ambitions, all at Girard
It’s over 80 degrees outside, but Brandon Dixon, 17, is wearing a thick blue blazer and a polo shirt with the word “Girard ...
11 years ago
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