Education
School District Votes Unanimously to Fire Infamous Blogging Teacher
Blogging Teacher Fired. Remember Natalie Munroe? She is the Central Bucks teacher who made national news a few years ago when her students—and then everyone […]
School District to Vote on Recommendation to Fire Blogging Central Bucks Teacher
Natalie Munroe made national news when her students—and later everyone else—caught wind of a her blog posts about the kids in her classes. Tonight, the […]
Adderall Abuse at Lower Merion High School Is the Focus of a New York Times Piece
A recent piece published in the New York Times focuses (see what we did there?) on the rampant abuse of Adderall and other “good-grade drugs” […]
Local Girl Made the Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Local Girl Comes Up Short in Spelling Bee Finals. Lena Greenberg, of Chestnut Hill, made it to to the Championship Finals of the Scripps National […]
Father Abandoned His Daughter Over a Poor Calculus Grade
A Montgomery County man has pleaded guilty to child endangerment after he abandoned his 16-year-old daughter at a mall 13 miles away. Tuan Huynh had […]
Mayor Nutter Mocks Mitt Romney for Coming to West Philly
This morning, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney participated in a roundtable discussion at the Universal Bluford Charter School in West Philly. While Romney and […]
Student Fires Shot in Atlantic City’s Oceanside Charter School
A student has reportedly fired a shot inside Atlantic City’s Oceanside Charter School. Oceanside Charter was the first public charter school in Atlantic City. Its […]
Mitt Romney Is in West Philly to Talk Education Reform
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is in West Philly this morning to participate in a roundtable discussion on education reform. The event is scheduled […]
Thousands Protest at Center City Rally for Education [UPDATE]
Thousands of people took to the streets in Center City today for a rally for education. People began gathering at the Municipal Services Building late […]
Remember That Time When Philly’s Public Schools Were a Disaster?
In case you’ve forgotten that Philly’s public schools are in a state of crisis, Philadelphia Public School Notebook, WHYY/Newsworks, American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, […]
New Jersey Has a Secret Problem
Thank you to the New Jersey Department of Education. They have put to rest once and for all the popular classroom pronouncement that “there is […]
New Jersey Officials Want Third Graders to Divulge Secrets on Standardized Tests
A new question included in New Jersey’s standardized tests for third graders as the students to reveal a secret and explain why it’s difficult for […]
Report of Student With a Gun at Penns Grove Middle School
Penns Grove Middle School in Salem County has been on lockdown as authorities search the school following a parent reporting that she saw a student […]
Police Investigate Falsified Timesheets in Bensalem School District
The Bensalem Police Department began an investigation involving the Bensalem School District when they received reports that district employees had falsified timesheets for work they […]
Video of Dad Calling Out Teachers for Bullying His Son Goes Viral
A man with a 10-year-old autistic son in the Cherry Hill School District was dumbfounded as to why his son was violently acting up in […]