Inside the speed dating-like event for Philly principals and nonprofits

22 city schools will get full-time social workers this fall

A plan to help send 220k PA students to private school puts public school funding at risk

Activists to Mayor Kenney: We need to get rid of the SRC ASAP

In campaign video, PA gov candidate Scott Wagner takes a ‘guess’ on property taxes

And, oddly enough, he wasn’t that far off.

A Temple researcher found that traditional schools in NYC actually improved when a charter school set up shop nearby

Ex-Deputy Philly Police Commissioner: We’re making progress on reducing school-to-prison pipeline

Federal complaint: School District of Philadelphia has failed to prevent bullying of disabled students

Special ed students are being bullied in Philly schools, so a parent filed a civil rights complaint

Soda tax backers get a cash-rich ally again: Michael Bloomberg’s blitzing Philly media with ads

Amid declining enrollment + big recommendations for reform, the chancellor of PA’s state university system retires

Temple is knocking down a dorm for green space

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Pennsylvania’s public university crisis, and what the fixes could be

A new report on the troubled state system of higher ed drops this afternoon.

In Trumpcare fight, Casey overstates GOP’s potential Medicaid cuts to PA schools

The Senate plan would slash funding, but the number put forth by the Democrat is just wrong.

This charter school was supposed to help people of color get into building trades. Instead, it’s enriched Local 98 coffers.

This book club for North Philadelphia’s black youth launches July 1

Kids in The Kitabu Club will read five books by the end of the summer.

SRC commish: New PFT contract could mean 3,800 layoffs or 17% property tax hike

School’s out

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Philly teachers officially have a contract

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Video: See what solutions Philly high school students came up with for the Aspen Challenge

The contest takes place annually in partnership with the Philadelphia School District. Questlove was a judge this year. The three winning teams will present at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival.