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Keilina Collazo (left) and Elima Patterson, students at Edison High School, offer their homemade coquito for sale. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY).
Education

Teenage ingenuity on display at Philly school holiday fair

Eclectic doesn’t begin to describe Kensington High School’s stand at Philadelphia’s annual CTE Holiday County Fair.

8 years ago

The School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to revoke the charter of one school and against renewal of two other charter schools, including the John B. Stetson Middle School. (WHYY file photo)
Education

SRC votes to ax three Philly charter schools

The SRC had delayed action on two of the schools for nearly two years, but eventually marshaled enough votes for a clear decision.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Senator swap in education committee likely to impact school choice vote in Pa.

The state Senate Education Committee is making a mid-session personnel change — switching out one Republican senator for another.

8 years ago

A Vermont college center gives Pennsylvania and Delaware a grade of F in efforts to teach financial literacy in their high schools. (Center for Financial Literacy)
Education

Pennsylvania, Delaware high schools get an F for financial literacy classes

Pennsylvania and Delaware are among nine states to receive a grade of F for teaching personal finance to high school students, according ...

8 years ago

(LA Johnson/NPR)
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Politics & Policy

How a deregulated internet could hurt America’s classrooms

Educators rely heavily on technology in the classroom, so the repeal vote — expected Thursday — could dramatically impact the way students learn.

8 years ago

The principal is apologizing after sixth graders at Talley Middle School were given an assignment that required them to draw a picture or
Education

Principal apologizes after 6th graders tasked to draw fictional addict's 'mug shot'

A sixth grade health class assignment that required students to write about a fictional drug addict reaching rock bottom and to draw thei ...

8 years ago

(Nick Ut/AP Photo, file)
Education

Fewer N.J. schools providing breakfast to kids in need

300,000 New Jersey kids in low-income families are not getting the nutrition at school they need to help them pay attention and reduce behavioral problems, advocates say.

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Council's Law and Government Committee prepares to amend a City Charter change bill. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Council panel passes City Charter change to pave way for Philly school board

City officials expect to begin the process of replacing the School Reform Commission with a locally appointed board in January.

8 years ago

Students arrive on the first day of school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Committee shuffle could make difference for Pa. school choice bill

Senate Bill 2 would create education savings accounts — a similar concept to private school vouchers.

8 years ago

The board of the  Christina School District wants to delay the Carney administration's plan to close three Wilmington elementary schools and put the students into two existing schools that would have children in kindergarten through eighth grade. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Christina school closure proposal — which timetable is best?

The Christina school board has endorsed a plan to close three Wilmington elementary schools and convert two others into K-8 buildings, bu ...

8 years ago

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Education

Delaware principal who embezzled $162,000 gets 18 months in prison

A federal judge has sentenced the former principal of a New Castle charter school to 18 months in prison for embezzling $162,000 over a f ...

8 years ago

Superintendent William Hite says Philadelphia has already started supplying schools with more computers, adapting curricula and urging students to take advantage of more online learning resources. (AP file photo)
Education

Philly launches effort to expand K-12 computer science classes

The project, called CS4Philly, is aimed at encouraging students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

8 years ago

A proposed anti-discrimination policy for Delaware schools would, among other provisions, allow students to use the bathroom that aligns to their gender identity. 
All gender restroom sign at a school. (Photo via Bigstockphoto)
Education

Delay for anti-bias policy in Delaware schools

The proposal allows students to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity and pick a preferred name other than their birth name without notifying their parents.

8 years ago

Listen 1:31
Gov. John Carney faced a host of questions during a boisterous town hall meeting Wednesday at Stubbs Elementary School, one of three Wilmington school eyed for closing under a proposal by his administration and other education leaders. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Christina school closure plan met with concerns, resentment

Gov. John Carney's quest to improve high-poverty, low-performing Wilmington schools crystallized this week but not with a lots of criticism from parents.

8 years ago

Listen 1:53
Under a proposal by the Christina School District and the 
Carney administration, three schools would be closed and two expanded.  Those slated for possible closure are, clockwise from left, Palmer, Pulaski and Stubbs elementary schools. (Christina School District)
Education

Christina district, state working on proposal to close 3 schools

Christina School District is considering a plan to close three Wilmington elementary schools and expand two others in the city, according to a confidential memo.

8 years ago

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