With Ackerman's Departure, Sighs Of Relief From Many Quarters
PFT president Jerry Jordan admits he won't miss her.
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PFT president Jerry Jordan admits he won't miss her.
The Nutter administration will extend an earlier curfew in targeted areas for another two weeks, declaring the tool has been effective in preventing violent incidents.
Looking young is big business when it comes to baby boomers. However, the search for a fountain of youth can be futile and can cost you a small fortune.
Protestors took to South Street Saturday night to voice their displeasure with Philadelphia's new curfew laws, calling them draconian, and attacks against Democracy.
A local expert says the return to school, especially for college freshman, is an extremely stressful time that can set off an eating disorder.
For the first time Thursday, Arlene Ackerman admitted her future as Philadelphia Schools Superintendent is in doubt, and she called on the School Reform Commission to make a decision quickly: either support her or ask her to leave.
It's the time of year when hundreds of thousands of college students head back to school and we all know what that means, money.
Meanwhile, a political watchdog group in Philadelphia says that private donations for a public sector bailout would be wrong.
A quick look at the labor situation for teachers in New Jersey shows a couple interesting trends. New contracts are costing less and more districts are about to start the new school year without an accord in place.
Dozens of South Jersey kids will get to show off what they did in summer camp by putting on a free concert this weekend in Camden.
Law enforcement officers, education leaders, concerned parents and others gathered at Washington Township High School to hear from experts like John Halligan, whose teenage son Ryan took his life in 2003 after being bullied online in Vermont.
A new website encourages young professionals to share their skills, and anyone can teach or take a class.
It's a win for the teachers' union, who said all along that their contract called for layoffs by seniority and that no group of teachers should be bypassed.
New Jersey has come out with regulations covering advertisements on school buses. And while there doesn't seem to be a stampede to adopt school bus ads, there is some interest.
The Pennsylvania Education Department is receiving responses from dozens of school districts across the Commonwealth, including the School District of Philadelphia, that were ordered to look into scoring irregularities on 2009 state standardized test scores.
The students want people to know that it was not acceptable when six Mastery students were caught on video sucker-punching a man walking on 4th Street last month.
The city's efforts to crack down on mob violence in Center City appears to be working.
In 2001, it was estimated that about 600,000 full time students at four year universities were injured in alcohol related incidents. 97,000 were victims of alcohol related sexual assault or rape.
It's Beetlemania at the Academy of Natural Sciences -- and we're not talking about John, Paul, George and Ringo.
The School Reform Commission votes on a plan to merge the two Olney High Schools back to one school later this month.
Enjoying your summer vacation? For some kids, it's already back-to-school time.
Four hundred talented area students are wrapping up an enjoyable six weeks of summer camp in the footlights at the Annenberg Center, at the University of Pennsylvania.
Where was Superintendent Arlene Ackerman? She was not at Wednesday's School Reform Commission meeting, amid reports that the SRC wants her out.
This coming school year could be the fourth year that teachers in the Neshaminy School District have started school without a contract. Health care remains the sticking point.
The students caught on video attacking a man at Fourth and Walnut represent the exception and not the rule, according to students and staff at their school.
