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The Notebook is moving! 27 Aug 2013 | 06:44 am
The Notebook is moving on Tuesday from its longtime home in East Falls to a new office at 699 Ranstead St., near 7th and Market Sts. in Center City. So we may be hard to reach during the day while we'...
Countdown, Day 14: Most noontime aides rehired; asst principals to be recalled soon 27 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
The School District has recalled 1,109 noontime aides -- rebranded School Safety Officers by their union -- which are just about all of those who had been laid off and had not chosen to leave or retir...
Acting Education Secretary William Harner forced out 26 Aug 2013 | 11:06 pm
In a surprise move, Gov. Corbett has requested and received the resignation of William Harner, Pennsylvania's acting secretary of education. Harner has served less than three months in the role, since...
Philly Say Yes students head to college, as Obama commends Syracuse program 26 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
Kadidja Dosso spent last Thursday packing to go off to college, preparing for the ride ("depending on what kind of driver you are, it could be four hours or seven hours") to Hampton University in Virg...
Notes from the news, Aug. 26 26 Aug 2013 | 06:54 pm
Nutter angrily rejects teacher criticism. Inquirer Schools crisis requires union action. Inquirer District, city at odds over selling buildings. Inquirer Could a vacant Germantown High ruin the ne...
Funding schools with donations pits need against fairness 24 Aug 2013 | 02:09 am
by Paul Jablow Sometime in the next couple of weeks, the Bornstein family, of Mill Valley, Calif., will receive a letter asking them to pay almost $2,500 to their public school district through a loc...
Countdown, Day 17: NCLB waiver frees up federal money, but it's no help in Philly 23 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
When Pennsylvania received its waiver from No Child Left Behind, school districts around the state gained flexibility in using once-restricted federal dollars. But Philadelphia was not so lucky. By l...
Anger and frustration aimed at Hite and SRC at meeting 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
by Paul Jablow Robin Dominick, her 2nd-grade daughter, Leah, at her side, told the School Reform Commission on Thursday night that she was worried about putting her child in a split-grade classroom. ...
Philly teachers: We won't stop until we get fair schools funding 23 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
by Holly Otterbein for NewsWorks More than 1,000 Philadelphia teachers, parents, students and supporters marched through a rainstorm in Center City on Thursday to protest school budget cuts and thous...
Notes from the news, Aug. 23 23 Aug 2013 | 06:54 pm
District budget cuts protested at rally, SRC meeting. Inquirer SRC approves agreements with five Renaissance charter schools. Daily News A rally for more funding for a struggling school district. N...
