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Students may be off for the winter recess but the School District of Philadelphia is asking parents to engage their children in reading for 30 minutes each day. The school district posted a link on its website directing parents to the Free Library of Philadelphia’s...

An online college-planning resource, rolling out in all 53 public high schools when students return from winter break, is seen as critical in a district that has laid off dozens of counselors and other key positions during a budget crisis stretching into its third...

A local education advocacy group is sponsoring a grant program to revive arts programs in city public schools where they were dropped after budget cuts. Public schools from elementary grades to high school without full-time art or music teachers has become the norm in...

Vincent Edwards, a middle school student wearing a red polo shirt buttoned to the very top, stood in front of Vare-Washington Elementary School with a look of disquietude. “I wish for a life with no problems,” reads the caption below his photo in the book, All About...

Fifteen Philadelphia area schools have something to be thankful for.  They are being awarded grants totaling $70,000 through Public Citizens for Children and Youth's Picasso Project — a philanthropic reaction to budget cuts that have decimated art and music resources...

Pennsylvania's standardized test scores have steadily declined over the past three years, according to the state department of education's filings with the federal government. The dropoff has been especially stark amongst some of the commonwealth's most at-risk...

2014 has been quite a year for public education in Philadelphia and the surrounding the counties. Massive budget cuts, undemocratic decisions, and more continue to plague public schools. Yet, in the midst of this ongoing struggle organizations and advocates continue...

It was touted as a groundbreaking achievement in a public-private partnership for education. But eight years in, the former Microsoft’s High School of the Future is struggling through a legacy of broken promises and deferred dreams. The School of the Future looked...

A CITY COUNCIL bill that threatened funding for the Philadelphia School District and angered education advocates will not be voted on today, its author said. Councilman Bobby Henon's legislation, which would exclude manufacturers from paying the city's Use and...

Philadelphia education advocates, parents and students braved the numbing cold on Nov. 18 to gather in room 400 of City Hall for a hearing organized by the local nonprofit Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY). “Public education is not a privilege but a...