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Prof. Michael Katz says market-based education reform focuses on the wrong issues, leaving teachers in a no-win situation.
The Cheltenham School District is holding a second community meeting this evening on the subject of mold remediation in one of its buildings.
At Methacton High School in Eagleville, a student is beginning his junior year after scoring a perfect 2400 on his SAT's.
Concerned that schools will open September 9th without adequate staffing, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers president Jerry Jordan is ready to budge at the bargaining table.
And those headed to college got an even bigger surprise: a new laptop computer.
The most recent arrests bring to 27 the number of people taken into custody in connection with the thefts that authorities say date back more than a decade.
The artwork, a 1934 streetscape called "East Wind Over Weehawken," goes up for auction in December.
More than 300 students have transferred from Germantown High (a longtime rival of MLK), which shut down at the end of the 2012-2013 school year.
The ads have saturated the airwaves recently. They show a Philadelphia mother saying, "Mayor Nutter has stood with Governor Corbett as he gutted funding for Philadelphia's public schools."
According to the school district, cleaning, remediation, and air quality testing is not complete.
School board members, parents, school super-intendants, and the teachers' union voiced their displeasure at a hearing Monday.
The late Anne Garrott was best known for her advocacy with the Southwest-Belmont YWCA, in Southwest Philadelphia.
A well-known children's book author wants more children to read, so she's involved in two projects with the hopes of accomplishing that.
With the start of school a little more than two weeks away, the Philadelphia School District is restoring some laid-off staffers with the money it has available.
According to police, four people have been robbed at gun point in the last nine days just off Drexel Campus in University City.
It's a sad sign of the times, but as the number of school shootings continues to rise, administrators can't look away.
Students of a North Philadelphia Catholic High School got an "NFL Draft" type of experience Friday.
While teachers and activists marched, Philadelphia parents last night took their concerns over the budget crisis to the School Reform Commission.
Targeting the soaring cost of higher education, President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a broad new government rating system for colleges that would judge schools on their affordability and perhaps be used to allocate federal financial aid.
Starting September 13th, students in the United States ages 14 and up will be able to sign up for LinkedIn, create a profile, and start connecting with "University Pages."
Colleges routinely get big names or celebrities to make graduation speeches, but the task of welcoming newbies may be in-sourced. For a young woman at La Salle this is her spotlight moment.
Auditor general Eugene DePasquale says Chester Community Charter School, the state's largest "bricks and mortar" charter, must address significant deficiencies.
"I think you can tell from his personal story that this is someone who understands challenge," the governor said as he introduced Paymon Rouhanifard as his selection for superintendent.
Bing, the Microsoft search engine, is looking at secondary schools as the next front in its web-search war against Google.
Plans to bring new life to the just-closed Germantown High School building have taken a detour.
Police say a 14-year-old and an 11-year-old threw rocks and sticks off an overpass over Route 30 in Valley Township, Pennsylvania.
A masked man pointed an AR-style rifle at another man in an armed robbery in Philadelphia on Sunday morning, according to police.
A man was arrested after allegedly crashing his car into a pub in Newark, Delaware, while driving drunk earlier this month, police said.
A look inside one Philadelphia school where students don't have access to their phones for the whole day.
Spectacular start to the work week with low humidity, bright sunshine, and comfortable highs in the low 80s.
Police say a 14-year-old and an 11-year-old threw rocks and sticks off an overpass over Route 30 in Valley Township, Pennsylvania.
A masked man pointed an AR-style rifle at another man in an armed robbery in Philadelphia on Sunday morning, according to police.
A man was arrested after allegedly crashing his car into a pub in Newark, Delaware, while driving drunk earlier this month, police said.
A look inside one Philadelphia school where students don't have access to their phones for the whole day.
Spectacular start to the work week with low humidity, bright sunshine, and comfortable highs in the low 80s.
Police say a 14-year-old and an 11-year-old threw rocks and sticks off an overpass over Route 30 in Valley Township, Pennsylvania.
A masked man pointed an AR-style rifle at another man in an armed robbery in Philadelphia on Sunday morning, according to police.
A look inside one Philadelphia school where students don't have access to their phones for the whole day.
Spectacular start to the work week with low humidity, bright sunshine, and comfortable highs in the low 80s.
After more than two decades, Women's professional tennis returns to the city with the sold out Ennoble Care Philly Open.
Spectacular start to the work week with low humidity, bright sunshine, and comfortable highs in the low 80s.
For some South Jersey residents, their next Amazon haul may arrive from the sky as the delivery giant plans to begin drone deliveries in mid-October.
Now that a round of morning storms has moved out, it will be mostly sunny, and the humidity will slowly fall.
Two people were killed in a head-on crash involving a stolen vehicle in Mays Landing, New Jersey, officials said.
The Philadelphia area can expect rain on Saturday, but nicer weather is on the way next week.
A man was arrested after allegedly crashing his car into a pub in Newark, Delaware, while driving drunk earlier this month, police said.
Spectacular start to the work week with low humidity, bright sunshine, and comfortable highs in the low 80s.
Now that a round of morning storms has moved out, it will be mostly sunny, and the humidity will slowly fall.
The Philadelphia area can expect rain on Saturday, but nicer weather is on the way next week.
Crews are clearing debris and assessing damage after a powerful tornado ripped through Dover, Delaware, Thursday evening.
Parents should start preparing their children now to adjust to a school schedule, according to one sleep expert.
A Chester County teenager is getting ready to go back to school after recovering from a special kind of brain surgery.
An experimental treatment being tested in Philadelphia could offer new hope for people with ALS.
History is the backbone of a new back-to-school vaccine campaign in Camden, N.J., launched by Grandparents for Vaccines.
In 2012, Emily Whitehead was the first pediatric patient to get a breakthrough cancer treatment that saved her life and is now helping others.
New Jersey floral designer Alisha Simone Bell said she puts her "whole heart" into every arrangement and every detail.
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania took a major step in the fight against the negative impacts of social media, particularly on children.
Thieves are smashing windows and targeting trading card stores looking for valuable Pokémon cards, police in South Jersey say.
Customers lined up to support Somerdale Cold Cuts as it reopened after a copper theft.
While some assume landlords are required to provide air conditioning, the law is not nearly as clear-cut as it is for heat in the winter
Beginning Sunday, several bus routes in Philadelphia are changing, including the addition of two new routes.
A deadly crash in Warminster is under investigation Sunday, police said.
PennDOT is advising drivers about an overnight closure on the Schuylkill Expressway westbound in West Philadelphia between 30th Street and the interchange with I-676 East.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating two crashes, one of which was fatal, that happened hours apart on I-95 and I-76 in Philadelphia.
An overturned tractor trailer blocked traffic on the southbound lanes of Route 55 after a crash early Monday morning in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
Kyle Schwarber's MLB-leading 39th homer of the season was a two-run moonshot to lift Phillies from a four-run deficit and beat the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday.
Patriots' backup quarterback Tommy DeVito tossed a 69-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Williams and New England beat Philadelphia 24-21 in a preseason game.
West Chester's East Side Little League team lost its first game in Williamsport but will get another chance to play.
Alec Bohm tripled in the 10th inning, driving in two runs as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals Friday night.
East Side Little League of West Chester is the latest team from the Philadelphia region to make the Little League Baseball World Series.
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in "Remember the Titans" as a child actor and rose to fame in the series "Heroes," has died at the age of 36. The coroner's office says she was found in cardiac arrest.
Emily Mello is joining Mural Arts Philadelphia and will replace Jane Golden, who is leaving after more than 40 years with the organization.
The Philadelphia theater program created for Black girls returns with an original production exploring identity, immigration and the stories often left untold.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
The Regal movie theater in King of Prussia said its IMAX 70mm projector is working again after an outage that affected screenings of "The Odyssey."
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Middle school students in Philadelphia got the opportunity to do hands-on learning during the school district's five-day career and technical camp.
With her Girl Talk mentoring program, one Philadelphia teen turned her camp days into a safe space to discuss social issues young girls face every day.
Recent high school graduate Sylvain Farrell says his temporary position at a local clinic is the pathway to a full-time career.
A Philadelphia student won an award from NFL Films for his documentary on bringing back sports teams at his Kensington school.
A group of East Norriton eighth graders took what started as an Earth Day project and made a whole initiative.
The Montgomery County DA's Office says there was a call around midnight about an attempted break-in at a house on Snyder Road in Upper Pottsgrove Township.
Philadelphia police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run near Broad Street and Glenwood Avenue that happened Sunday night.
As we continue to celebrate Black Business Month, photojournalist Tommy Gardiner takes us inside Cathryn’s Cake Salon in West Oak Lane, which opened in 2013.
The director of the Jackson Township park says the birth of the birds is a "testament to the care" their animals recieve.
Construction work is underway on the Market Street Bridge in Center City.