SRC Weighs Plan To Eliminate 50k Seats At Low-Performing Schools
A plan to give every Philadelphia child the option to attend a high-quality school was the focus of the School Reform Commission last night.
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A plan to give every Philadelphia child the option to attend a high-quality school was the focus of the School Reform Commission last night.
The Faculty and Staff Federation at the Community College of Philadelphia has voted NOT to strike.
A family from Mohrsville, Pa, north of Reading, is appealing to the Penn State board of trustees to name the field within Beaver Stadium in honor of Paterno.
The faculty at Community College of Philadelphia meets Monday evening to decide whether to go on strike.
Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett is defending his cuts to higher education, while a new panel he's created to study the issue officially begins its work.
A group of 18 students from the University of Georgia will be spending their Spring Break working with the Arc of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Developmental Disabilities Corporation. The students will spend the week as a buddy to a PDDC client with developmental disabilities.
Students from Walter D. Palmer Learning Leadership Partners Charter School danced the night away.
Devastating images of towns in ruins are still reminders of last years earthquake and tsunami that hit the Northeast coast of Japan. Sunday marks the one year anniversary.
Like the Model United Nations that the Council runs for middle schoolers, the G20 project is a way of creating cultural literacy in a global environment.
The Settlement Music School received a grant from The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to provide music training to children from low-income families.
Amid all the debate over the proposed takeover of Rutgers University's Camden campus by Rowan University comes what could be a serious difference of opinion within one of South Jersey's most powerful political families.
In the wake of allegations of cheating on standardized tests, the School District of Philadelphia is taking additional steps to make sure next week's PSSA exams are on the up-and-up.
Governor Christie has appointed a panel to look into how public school students qualify for aid as "at-risk" because there's question about who gets the designation now.
The chancellor of West Chester, Cheyney and Pennsylvania's 12 other state-owned universities says cuts in state funding are threatening the system's mission of providing an affordable college education.
Reacting to the FBI raid on the younger Fattah's posh Center City apartment, and his office space at Shulick's law firm, Congressman Fattah says, "sometimes a fire alarm goes off, but there is no fire."
The top teams advance to the state competition next month.
For a 12- or 13-year-old, image is everything. Many students at Haddonfield Middle School said they had seen these videos and found them troubling.
Home technology is getting 'smarter' -- so much so, in fact that you barely have to lift a finger to control everything from your thermostat to your blinds.
City Council is planning hearings into whether Wall Street took Philadelphia and its school district to the cleaners by pushing complicated bond deals called "interest rate swaps."
The School Reform Commission is in the process of holding 10 consecutive school closing hearings at the School District's Education Center on North Broad Street.
New Jersey education officials will bring in experts from Rutgers to independently evaluate a pilot program meant to pave the way for a new teacher evaluation system.
A Philadelphia law firm has "adopted" a local school, providing mentoring and cash.
The new approach to education has helped the students test the their imagination.
Look for the battle to stop a planned merger of Rutgers-Camden with Rowan University to be stepped up a notch, with a newly formed non-profit group raising money to make its point in the court of public opinion, even as they prepare for a possible legal fight.
Students from three Philadelphia colleges marched through the city, yesterday, to protest cuts in state education funding. They converged at Governor Corbett's Center City office at the Bellevue.
Police say an argument inside a bar in the 2500 block of North 2nd Street in North Philadelphia led to a critical shooting.
The FBI says it is taking two emails seriously, including what appears to be a ransom note with a second deadline set for later on Monday.
A Pennsylvania woman spent seven months fighting to get more than $4,000 in unauthorized withdrawals reversed by her bank.
As parents navigate social media and the age of constant information, A Book A Day is using books to help kids better understand the world around them.
Barry Wilburn, who led the NFL in interceptions in 1987 and won a Super Bowl with Washington that same season, has died. He was 62.
Police say an argument inside a bar in the 2500 block of North 2nd Street in North Philadelphia led to a critical shooting.
The FBI says it is taking two emails seriously, including what appears to be a ransom note with a second deadline set for later on Monday.
A Pennsylvania woman spent seven months fighting to get more than $4,000 in unauthorized withdrawals reversed by her bank.
As parents navigate social media and the age of constant information, A Book A Day is using books to help kids better understand the world around them.
Barry Wilburn, who led the NFL in interceptions in 1987 and won a Super Bowl with Washington that same season, has died. He was 62.
Police say an argument inside a bar in the 2500 block of North 2nd Street in North Philadelphia led to a critical shooting.
A Pennsylvania woman spent seven months fighting to get more than $4,000 in unauthorized withdrawals reversed by her bank.
As parents navigate social media and the age of constant information, A Book A Day is using books to help kids better understand the world around them.
A 32-year-old Philadelphia man was charged with killing a woman in Levittown on Outlook Lane Sunday, police said.
The Philadelphia Fire Department is set to give out smoke detectors in neighborhoods that have recently had fatal fires.
Warm drinks, warm food and lots of layers are helping people in the Delaware Valley face the cold weather.
Power companies across the Philadelphia region and Lehigh Valley are reporting some outages Saturday while high wind alerts are in effect.
The coldest air of the season is set to slide over the Philadelphia area this weekend, which could lead to frost quakes, ice quakes and lake quakes.
A number of restaurants in the Philadelphia area landed on OpenTable's list of the Top 100 Romantic Restaurants in the U.S.
After a portion of the Keansburg Fishing Pier crashed into the Raritan Bay, there's now concern at other marinas and piers that are being hit by ice chunks.
Two firefighters and two residents were taken to the hospital after a house fire in Wilmington on Sunday, officials said.
Power companies across the Philadelphia region and Lehigh Valley are reporting some outages Saturday while high wind alerts are in effect.
The coldest air of the season is set to slide over the Philadelphia area this weekend, which could lead to frost quakes, ice quakes and lake quakes.
The man whom Jill Biden divorced for the eventual 46th President of the United States is now in jail on murder charges.
A Delaware man is behind bars after he allegedly attacked two other men over a parking dispute, police say.
A new kind of joint replacement is now available for people who have a certain kind of arthritis in the hand.
A person with a confirmed case of measles visited an urgent care center in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, last month, health officials said.
A toddler and a dog from Los Angeles have a unique bond that came together thanks to a Philly doctor and a story from CBS News Philadelphia.
New Jersey has less than a one-week supply of red blood cells and less than a day's supply of platelets, health officials say.
For Kolin and his family, CHOP was a home away from home while he waited for a heart transplant.
Former Sheetz president and CEO Steve Sheetz has died at age 77, the Altoona-based company announced on Monday.
The post-Christmas return rush was underway at shops and malls across the Philadelphia area.
With product return fraud on the rise, an emerging company is using AI to help spot issues.
Here are mall opening and closing hours for the Christmas and Christmas Eve holidays around the Philly region.
Through Amazon Now, customers can get household items, cosmetics, electronics, groceries and more delivered in about 30 minutes or less.
The city says residents shouldn't park on a major stretch of South Broad Street in Philadelphia Tuesday for a snow removal operation.
Traffic is starting to move again on Roosevelt Boulevard after a fatal crash shut down the road in both directions Friday morning.
Snow-covered sidewalks, freezing temperatures and more have made commutes challenging for many public transit riders across Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is closing several roads in Center City Tuesday night to remove snow after a winter storm dumped nearly 10 inches over the weekend.
Transportation service will ramp up gradually Monday across the Philadelphia area following the weekend snowstorm.
Barry Wilburn, who led the NFL in interceptions in 1987 and won a Super Bowl with Washington that same season, has died. He was 62.
Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts was among the "Super Bowl Legends" introduced before Super Bowl LX between the Patriots and Seahawks.
Tyrese Maxey will be the first Philadelphia 76ers player to compete in the 3-Point Contest since Kyle Korver in 2005.
Team USA defended its Olympic figure skating team event gold medal on Sunday after Ilia "Quad God" ushered the team to victory at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
The Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots Sunday to win the 2026 Super Bowl.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Bad Bunny took the stage at halftime for the 2026 Super Bowl. Here's who else performed at Super Bowl 60.
Don't miss the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Here's how to watch live, stream for free and catch replays.
The Temple University Jazz Band is releasing its first internationally-recorded album after placing first at the National Collegiate Jazz Championship.
Mural Arts Philadelphia is looking for an artist or team of artists to design a mural honoring Boyz II Men's contributions to music and culture as the city celebrates America's 250th anniversary.
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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 Philadelphia Phillies equipment trucks have made it to Clearwater, Florida! Phillies will play their first spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, Feb. 21.
A house in Milmay, New Jersey was left charred and gutted after a fire broke out around 5 a.m. Monday. Officials said no one was hurt.
Monday got off to another frigid start around the Delaware Valley with morning temps in the single digits and wind chills below zero. Winds calm down today and the region will have plenty of sunshine before temperatures warm into the 40s tomorrow, closer to normal for this time of year.
A woman in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, spent seven months fighting to get more than $4,000 in unauthorized withdrawals reversed from Wells Fargo — and only made progress after contacting CBS News Philadelphia's In Your Corner.
Less than 14% of the nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE during President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to data in an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.