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

How are charter schools funded in Pennsylvania?

With education funds scarce in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the debate over how charter schools get their money has never been more ...

10 years ago

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Students arrive on the first day of school in Philadelphia. The city opened three new public high schools in an effort to show the troubled district is still trying to innovate despite the specter of massive layoffs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

How much does Pennsylvania spend on public schools, and how are costs shared?

Pennsylvania’s system for distributing its state education aid has been rated by some surveys as one of the most regressive in the ...

10 years ago

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Speak Easy
Community

The success of immigrant communities starts with support of neighborhood schools

To help my neighborhood succeed, the next mayor needs to know how critical it is to the Karen Philadelphia's community to support our city schools financially and politically.

10 years ago

Carver High School students react to the news that they topped Masterman in academic performance in the latest state rankings. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Carver High School emerges second in city on Pa. report card

Students and faculty at Carver High School of Engineering and Science celebrated the latest Pennsylvania School Performance Profile.

11 years ago

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Philly Parenting
Community

Free and affordable summer camps in Philly

Finding camp opportunities for your soon-to-be-sprung student doesn’t have to break the bank. There are several free or low-cost pr ...

11 years ago

 Images from inside Germantown High School prior to closure will be part of the exhibit. (Courtesy of Laurie Beck Peterson)
Education

Photo exhibit opening this week chronicles the ‘decline and destruction’ of Philly public schools

Harvey Finkle stood on the third floor of Fairhill Elementary and snapped a photo of a sight he hadn’t seen in three decades of doc ...

12 years ago

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 Mustangs coach John Sullivan runs a summer practice at Dobbins-Randolph Vo-Tech High School. (Emma Lee/for WHYY)
Education

In Philly schools, can sports and arts be saved as an afterschool refuge?

Under a bright-blue North Philadelphia sky, Coach John Sullivan runs around a grassy field in gym shorts and a T-shirt, teaching the Dobb ...

12 years ago

Education

Philly schools gets tough with two charters over money dispute

Philadelphia School District officials are recommending that Discovery Charter School in West Philadelphia be shut down, due to a high-st ...

12 years ago

Education

Masterman students make all the right moves to win national chess title

Seven students from Julia R. Masterman Middle School in Fairmount competed in the SuperNationals in Nashville, Tenn., the Super Bowl of c ...

12 years ago

Education

Twelve Philly schools under ‘quarantine’ during PSSA exams

Forty-two Philadelphia District schools are under heightened security during the administration of this year’s state standardized t ...

12 years ago

Wagner Middle School
Education

Hite orders new probe into alleged cheating at Wagner School amid signs of cover-up

The head of the Philadelphia School District has ordered a fresh investigation into possible cheating on state standardized tests at Gen. ...

13 years ago

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