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Philly mayoral hopeful Abraham pins school spending on Wolf’s tax breaks
With education a major issue in the Philadelphia mayor’s race, Democratic candidate Lynne Abraham has put forth her plan to fund th ...
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After three years, ASPIRA’s Olney Charter High School says ‘yes’ to union
Decked out in blue for the school’s colors, teachers and staff at ASPIRA Olney Charter High School linked arms in the school’ ...
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Report: Getting rid of racial bias in Pa. school funding will take more than money
Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed education budget calls for increasing Pennsylvan ...
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Pa. scholarships funded through tax credits lift some, raise questions for others
One night in March, Kristen Lewis was working her cell phone as one of about 50 volunteers for the Children’s Scholarship Fund of P ...
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ListenPhiladelphia’s rejected charter schools beginning to resubmit applications
Philadelphia School Reform Commission already rejected 34 out of 39 charter school applications this year. But any rejected charte ...
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What would proposed budget increases buy Philadelphia Schools?
Four years after Pennsylvania state budget cuts reduced recurring funding for Philadelphia classrooms by $294 million dollars, Mayor Mich ...
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Main Line district sits for PSSAs with 20x increase in opt-outs
Parents in some suburban Philadelphia school districts are opting out of standardized tests in previously unseen numbers. One test, the P ...
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Philly school district projects 22 percent graduation rate in 2017
In two years, Pennsylvania students will have to pass three standardized tests — the Keystone Exams — to graduate high school ...
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ListenCCP scholarship to make college free for some Philadelphia students
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but the Community College of Philadelphia recently pledged to make its tuition free ...
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Paying for high-quality pre-K cast as investment in Pa. future
One Wednesday morning at the Paley Early Learning Center in Northeast Philadelphia, 4-year-old Quincy was learning how to write the lette ...
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ListenPhiladelphia ‘friends of’ groups band together to support neighborhood schools
Marketing and fundraising. These are just two things that the newly minted Friends of Neighborhood Public Education wants to do on ...
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Wolf, advocates pushing for big ticket high-quality preschool in Pa.
Early childhood advocates are asking families across Pennsylvania to scrounge through their couch cushions on behalf of high-quality pres ...
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