Pennsylvania Schools

Fixing Philadelphia's Broken Pipeline To College

| Benjamin Herold | Posted 05.18.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of a partnership between the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, WHYY/NewsWorks, American Graduate: Let's Make it Hap...

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Activists Boycott Hershey Candy To Support HIV-Positive Teen Rejected From School

AP | PETER JACKSON | Posted 04.06.2012

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HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Amid the Easter weekend surge in candy sales, AIDS activists Friday stepped up their calls for a boycott of Hershey candy to protes...

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Pennsylvania School Bus Driver Gets 2 DUIs Within 17 Hours

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON, Pa. -- A western Pennsylvania man fired after he was charged with driving three busloads of students under the influence of alcohol has be...

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Middle School Girl Sues Pennsylvania District Over School Drug Tests

AP | Posted 03.21.2012

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LANCASTER, Pa. -- A central Pennsylvania middle school student is suing her district over a drug testing policy that's required if she wants to partic...

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Family Arrested After Chanting, Stripping Naked Outside Pennsylvania School

AP | Posted 03.17.2012

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UPPER DARBY, Pa. -- Authorities say four family members were arrested after stripping naked outside a suburban Philadelphia high school and chanting "...

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1 Dead, 15 Injured After School Bus Collides With Tractor-Trailer

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

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ROCKWOOD, Pa. — A tractor-trailer collided with a school bus carrying about two dozen students and adults Wednesday in western Pennsylvania, kil...

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Philadelphia High School Dropouts And The Job Market: No Diploma, No Job

| Benjamin Herold | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Pennsylvania Schools, Job Market, Video, High School Graduation, Kensington, The Notebook, Pennsylvania Education, Eastern North Philadelphia, Drexel University, High School Dropouts, Philadelphia Schools, Center for Labor Markets and Policy, Dropout Rates, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of a partnership between the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, WHYY/NewsWorks, American Graduate: Let's Make it Hap...

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Pennsylvania Teacher Working For Free Gets Surprise On Ellen Degeneres Show

Posted 04.03.2012

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Teachers from the troubled Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania made the news when they opted to continue teaching for free, after the distr...

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Ousted Schools Chief Denied Unemployment After $900,000 Buyout

AP | Posted 02.02.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- The state has denied the unemployment claim filed by the ousted former head of Philadelphia's public school system after she received ...

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Teacher From Troubled District To Sit WIth Michelle Obama During State Of The Union, Write HuffPost Blog

Posted 01.25.2012

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When the troubled Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania was drained of funding, officials realized they couldn't afford to pay its staff afte...

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Supreme Court Rulings: Can Schools Censor Students Who Bully On The Web -- From Home?

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 03.18.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court has passed up a set of cases for the online age – whether schools may censor students who are off-ca...

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Students Rally At Philadelphia Schools Slated To Close

AP | Posted 03.10.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — Students at several Philadelphia-area Catholic schools slated for closure staged rallies Monday to voice their opposition to an a...

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Still Full of Life, 114-Year-Old Philadelphia School Faces Closure

| Benjamin Herold and Jessica Kourkounis | Posted 02.15.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook and WHYY's Newsworks. Isaac A. Sheppard Elementary School, now 114 years...

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School Nixes $14 Million Award For Student Injured In Bus Crash

AP | Posted 02.12.2012

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FALLSINGTON, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia school district said Tuesday that it's legally restricted to pay no more than $500,000 to a former hi...

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Embattled Ex-Schools Chief Defends Unemployment Application Despite Huge Buyout

AP | Posted 02.07.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — The ousted former head of Philadelphia's public schools says she's only taking what's rightfully hers by applying for unemploymen...

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Embattled Ex-Philadelphia Schools Chief Applies For Unemployment

AP | Posted 02.01.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- The former Philadelphia schools superintendent who received more than $900,000 in severance pay is looking to collect unemployment. A...

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Schools Letting In Advertisers To Help Cover Budget Cuts

Posted 12.17.2011

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The interiors of 16 schools in Pennsylvania's Bucks County Pennsbury School District will be decorated a bit differently this year: They're the new ho...

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How Budget Cuts Are Hitting Schools And Hurting Students

Posted 12.13.2011

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As school districts are facing massive budget cuts across the country, school programs, teachers and students are taking the hit. According to a re...

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Pennsylvania Reform Plan Receives Mixed Response

Posted 12.12.2011

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled a four-part education reform proposal Tuesday morning that has since received mixed reactions. At a news con...

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Donors Back Out Of Vowed $405,000 In Philly Schools Chief's Nearly $1 Million Buyout

AP | Posted 11.08.2011

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PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia school officials say private donors reneged on nearly $405,000 in pledges toward a severance package for the superintende...

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Zachary Stalberg: Suspicion Surrounds $1 Million Philly Chief Buyout

| Zachary Stalberg | Posted 11.02.2011

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This piece comes to us courtesy of Education Nation's The Learning Curve blog. Zachary Stalberg, president and CEO of Philadelphia government watchdog...

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School Bus Driver Sentenced For Fatal Crash Involving Cell Phone

AP | By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 10.25.2011

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PHILADELPHIA -- A suburban Philadelphia man once at the center of a national debate on cellphones and driving will spend one to two years behind bars ...

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How This School District And Parents Feel About These

AP | Posted 10.25.2011

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CATASAUQUA, Pa. -- Students in a Pennsylvania school district have gotten approval to remain fashion forward. The Morning Call of Allentown reports t...

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Parents Don't Want Disparaging Blogging Teacher Teaching Their Kids

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

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DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- More than 200 parents have told a Pennsylvania school district they don't want their children taught by a teacher who called studen...

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Embattled Philadelphia Schools Chief Leaving Post Under $905,000 Buyout

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 10.22.2011

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PHILADELPHIA — The city's embattled schools superintendent abruptly left the district Monday with $900,000 promised in severance, capping a tumu...

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