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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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“No Hugging” Principal Resigns

The principal of Jersey’s Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School announced his resignation last week. Principal Tyler Blackmore made the press back in March when he announced that […]

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Teachers Behaving Badly

Last spring, Natalie Munroe was suspended from her job as an English teacher at Central Bucks East High School when student found her blog which […]

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Philly Has More Young People, Is Better at Murder

The State of the City report—an updated version of Philadelphia 2011: The State of the City published by the Philadelphia Research Initiative last spring—is a […]

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William Penn HS Allows Hoodie Demonstration for Trayvon Martin

William Penn High School in Delaware County will amend its dress code policy for one day to allow students to hold a hoodie protest in […]

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School Closings and 2013 Budget on Tap for SRC Today

Anyone have a spare $400 million lying around? Today, the School Reform Commission will meet to determine the fate of nine schools that might need […]

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School District in Berks County Buys Robot Janitor

Sick of cleaning your floors at home? Well, for $25,350 you can have a robot janitor. The Governor Mifflin School Board in Berks County has […]

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No Hugging at This Jersey Middle School

No touching! A Jersey middle school has banned hugging. The school’s principal informed his 900 students that hugging is simply forbidden after numerous “incidents of […]