Education
Casey Grills Trump’s Education Pick on Sexual Assault Allegation Procedures
Prompted by Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey yesterday, Betsy DeVos, the woman who will likely head the U.S. Department of Education under president-elect Donald Trump, said she […]
ThinkFest Recap: 3 Takeaways From Jeff Yass on School Vouchers
Jeff Yass is a stock trader in the Philadelphia suburbs. He is a board member of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. He has […]
Students Don’t Know How to Handle the State University Faculty Strike
https://twitter.com/afamiglietti/status/788736925536493568 More than 5,000 faculty members at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities went on strike this morning in a move that affects more than 100,000 students, […]
Q&A: Anne Holton, Clinton Ally, on Education
Last Thursday, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine stopped at Spring Garden Elementary School to stump for votes and brandish his education credentials. He was […]
Faculty at 14 Pennsylvania Universities Vote to Authorize a Strike
Faculty members at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities could soon go on strike.
In Defense of Trigger Warnings
Last week, the University of Chicago made national headlines when the school announced to incoming freshman that it does not support trigger warnings. (You can […]
Pa. Department of Education Ramping Up Charter School Oversight
The Pennsylvania Department of Education will create a new branch specifically geared toward overseeing the state’s charter schools, Governor Tom Wolf announced yesterday.
Philadelphia School District: We’ve Filled 99 Percent of Teacher Vacancies
Philadelphia School District superintendent William R. Hite Jr. announced Wednesday that the school district is on track to have all teacher vacancies filled by the […]
TOP PICKS: The Best LGBTQ Events This Weekend
FRIDAY EVENTS Ladies of Bounce Reunion — Summer Beach Blast! 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar, 200 South 12th Street; over 21. […]
Philly Organization Hopes to Recruit 1,000 Black Male Teachers by 2020
A group of local teachers has put together a plan to increase recruitment of black men into the profession. The Fellowship, a recently founded organization, […]
Why Pa.’s New School Funding Formula Is Still Unfair and Unconstitutional
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from guest writer Michael Churchill. Churchill is a staff attorney at the Public Interest Law Center in Philadelphia.) While […]
Q&A: James Mergiotti, President of Center City’s Peirce College
During Villanova’s run to the national championship this year, there was much commotion about the team not being a “city school.” It’s true, of course: […]
Op-Ed: Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About the Soda Tax
(Editor’s note: This is an opinion column from guest writer Randi Weingarten, written in response to an op-ed by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. Weingarten is […]
A.C. Teacher Intervenes in Fight, Gets Fired
An Atlantic City teacher has been fired, accused of using excessive force after intervening in a fight between sixth graders. The Press of Atlantic City […]
Penn Prof: “Don’t Grade Schools on Grit”
There’s probably no person in America who has done more to popularize the idea of “grit” as an essential component of a child’s success than […]