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Pa. public school advocates meet in Delco, joyous to get their day in court
Public education advocates gathered Wednesday in Southeastern Pennsylvania to celebrate a recent state Su ...
7 years ago
Uncertainty swirls around Pa. property tax amendment that will soon go before voters
A constitutional change before Pennsylvania voters could lower property taxes and shake up school funding. Or it could do nothing at all.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Kenney administration moving quickly to set up transition from SRC to local control
"Friends of" groups are being asked to suggest names for nominating committee and for a new nine-member Board of Education.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, October 24, 2017
Former Philadelphia District Attorney is sentenced in Federal court. Federal charges are leveled against two aides to Congressman Bob Bra ...
Air Date: October 24, 2017
Listen 21:15Delaware dual language school honored for summer reading
Since opening seven years ago Las Americas ASPIRA has become a magnet for parents who wants their children to speak Spanish and English.
7 years ago
Was Thursday the beginning of the end for Philly’s SRC?
Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission heard a presentation on a road map for disbanding itself.
7 years ago
More Delaware students taking, passing Advanced Placement courses
In the past 10 years, the increase in the number of Delaware students taking and scoring well in AP courses far outpaces the rise in high school enrollment.
7 years ago
Asante’s 'Buck': Philly memoir will soon be film. Will districtwide curriculum be next?
“Buck,” a gritty coming-of-age tale about one young man’s evolution from thug to scholar, was published in 2013 and praised by critics for its honesty and poetic language.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Let’s take another look at the track record of charter schools in Pennsylvania
With continuing pressure from the Trump administration for vouchers and school choice, we urge people to look at the facts and strengthen traditional public schools for all.
7 years ago
2 men charged for racist graffiti on Cape Henlopen school buses, other vehicles
Two downstate men have been charged with spray painting racist graffiti on two Cape Henlopen High School buses and other vehicles and locations in southern Delaware.
7 years ago
Philly Mayor Kenney steps up war of words with President Trump
Declaring the president unstable, Mayor Jim Kenney says cities will have to stand up for themselves under the Trump administration.
7 years ago
Mass exodus of students is costing Delaware school district and taxpayers
Nearly 9,000 Christina district students don't attend district schools. That's 38 percent of students- far more than any other school district in Delaware.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Planetarium returns, wows students at Delaware middle school
After being dormant for a decade a Planetarium returns to a school, to rave reviews.
7 years ago
At Delco ‘Safe Schools’ event, lessons from Sandy Hook shooting
A woman who lost her daughter in the Connecticut elementary school massacre still steels herself to tell the story. She does so to help others prepare for the next tragedy.
7 years ago
GOP pushes Wolf to distribute Pa. education tax credits
Days after negotiations to balance Pennsylvania's late budget collapsed completely, lawmakers, the governor, and their staffers are still trading barbs.
7 years ago