Parents Have Mixed Feelings About Ads In Schools
The West Chester School Board is expected to vote Monday night to move forward with a recommendation that the district look into selling advertisements that would be allowed in schools.
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The West Chester School Board is expected to vote Monday night to move forward with a recommendation that the district look into selling advertisements that would be allowed in schools.
Actor and former Philadelphia public school teacher Tony Danza (at right in photo) is joining area lawmakers and union officials in denouncing budget cuts at Philadelphia schools.
The Delaware Valley Green Building Council is hoping that a recently completed project at Drexel University will spur interest in the construction of more "living walls."
The Muslim Students Association at Penn says its members "are disturbed and disappointed" that the NYPD has viewed groups like theirs as, in their words, "a potential threat on the basis of religious affiliation."
Another suburban Philadelphia school district is looking at a plan that would allow advertising inside the district's schools as a way to generate badly needed revenue.
On top of 19-percent cuts last year, Governor Corbett has proposed 30-percent cuts in state funding for Temple, Pitt and Penn State.
"You can put your resume on there. You could put information on there about what you have done. So you could write a little blog post about a recent job you've had. some students have created a video resume," Munir Mandviwalla with the Fox School of Business says.
There was a coup of sorts on Wednesday at Philadelphia City Hall.
A video on Patco's web site offering humorously helpful tips is just part of the "Courtesy Counts" campaign, launched after a rider survey found four recurring complaints.
"Stop and think before you post," says La Salle business school associate dean MarySheila McDonald.
Council's Rules Committee gave an initial okay to a zoning change for the southwest corner of Third and Chestnut Streets.
The school district last week hired the Boston Consulting Group to help restructure operations as it works to close a $71-million budget hole.
The first year of the "Renaissance schools" effort last year yielded improved student performance and attandance, according to a new study by the group Research For Action.
It's called getting "Shmacked" - so wasted on booze and drugs you can no longer function - and the video features students at two Lower Merion High Schools.
Villanova University has canceled a workshop on personal narrative by a gay performance artist, saying his shows aren't in keeping with its Catholic values.
Dr. Donald Schwarz says he has "not seen anything like this before."
It contains an income tax cut and more money in several key areas, including a massive payment into the public worker pension fund.
A prominent education voice says that as the Philadelphia school district cuts its budget, it should make keeping its schools psychologists a priority.
Political satirist Stephen Colbert returned to TV Monday night following a sudden two-day absence, and a Penn State professor with a new book about him says he brings unique energy to the public square.
Children with special needs are getting the emotional and physical help they need with a laugh or two in Center City.
New immunization laws went into effect last August and the deadline for Pennsylvania children to receive these vaccines is April 30th.
Applicants attended a career fair at the police training center in Northeast Philadelphia as they add recruits to their ranks.
This is a big fundraising weekend for Penn State students.
The School District of Philadelphia is spending money in the hopes of saving money.
The "Washington's Birthday Encampment and Pilgrimage" is the oldest continuous scouting event in the world.
