K-12
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
State-related universities fearful of becoming casualties of Pa.’s ongoing budget impasse
Pa. budget impasse has put funding for Pennsylvania’s state-related universities in jeopardy. Without it, in-state students will likely see a tuition spike.
7 years ago
Delaware high school suspends 2 students who posted racial slur using mascot
Two students at a Delaware high school face expulsion for using the school's mascot, historic figure Caesar Rodney, to spread racial slurs on social media.
7 years ago
Eying expansion, Philly charter school creates incubator for start-ups
Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School formally unveiled Particle, a co-working space that now houses six startup companies.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00The wife of fallen Delaware state police trooper Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard is honoring the memory of her husband with a reading program.
7 years ago
Rise of a Delaware town — unified by its high school football team
Population growth in ever-growing Smyrna fuels a school district's growth and a football titan that has galvanized this Delaware town.
7 years ago