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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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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
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 ...
13 years ago
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 ...
13 years ago
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 ...
13 years ago
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