Some Parents Unhappy Germantown School Will Remain District-Run
A district spokeswoman said the administration has agreed to meet with the parents on Tuesday.
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A district spokeswoman said the administration has agreed to meet with the parents on Tuesday.
Philadelphia's schools superintendent says one of three elementary schools up for charter conversion will remain district-run.
The School Progress Report measures schools on achievement, progress and climate and then places them into one of four tiers.
Mayor-elect Jim Kenney is planning to help schools on day one of his administration.
Schools chief William Hite has announced he wants to scale back -- but not scrap -- a controversial outsource contract to manage substitute teachers.
t was the start of an effort to raise the final $3.5 million by 2017 for the Right Books Campaign.
The School Reform Commission has signed a deal promising to share more financial information with City Council.
A Common Pleas judge is deciding whether an arbitrator correctly sided with the Philadelphia teachers union, in a dispute over how laid-off guidance counselors were rehired.
Many students in Philadelphia are off to a long weekend -- partially thanks to the Pope's visit.
The Cherry Hill-based company Source4Teachers, hired to fill substitute teaching jobs in Philadelphia, is coming up way short during the first week of classes.
An arbitrator says the Philadelphia School District violated the teachers contract when it disregarded seniority when rehiring laid-off counselors two years ago.
Hite is declining the bonus that goes with the good report card he received from the School Reform Commission.
A troubled Philadelphia charter school is shutting down, rather than continue a court battle to get the SRC to renew its charter.
Alan Butkovitz last inspected school buildings in 2008, and he says not much has improved since.
A commission empaneled to examine a potential overhaul Pennsylvania's public school funding formula has revealed its long-awaited recommendations.
The nine city public schools with graduation ceremonies planned for today had the option of remaining open past noon for the ceremonies.
Due to the high temperatures forecasted for tomorrow, all School District of Philadelphia Schools will dismiss early at 12 p.m., Tuesday, June 16.
The Philadelphia School District has announced that all of its schools will be closing early on Friday.
City Council on Wednesday gave initial approval to a school district bailout that falls short of what school officials wanted.
The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers is griping about what is says are the School District's plans to privatize school employees - substitute teachers and nurses.
The fire reportedly started around 10am at the school near Broad and Spring Garden Streets.
In its first year, the program has cut the number of child arrests in half. Jovon Scere is grateful for how the program helped her daughter, Jahnira Scere-Jones.
City Council opposes Mayor Nutter's plan to raise property taxes by nearly ten percent, and seems headed for providing only $70-80 million of the requested $103 million.
Master welder Joe Williams spent decades in construction. Eventually he decided he it was time to do something more.
Voters are being asked to approve commissions for women and universal pre-kindergarten, a rule promoting multi-language access to city services, and a referendum on school district governance.
