Board of Ed makes a bumpy return to meeting in person
In what proved to be a long, disjointed evening marred by technical difficulties, the Philadelphia Board of Education held an
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August 14 — 12:11 amIn what proved to be a long, disjointed evening marred by technical difficulties, the Philadelphia Board of Education held an
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July 7 — 11:08 amTHIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED to reflect that KIPP Philadelphia did not accept its loan and make some other clarifications. More
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June 17 — 9:38 amIt was graduation day, but even as tears of happiness ran down Sheldon Bullock’s face, his proud father couldn’t forget
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June 9 — 10:10 amUpdate: Monday 6/8/20 11:13 a.m. The head of an influential Pennsylvania charter school advocacy group has been ousted after making
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May 28 — 10:41 pmOn Thursday, the day that the Pennsylvania legislature approved a budget that sustains school spending for the next year, the
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April 30 — 10:41 pmThe Philadelphia Board of Education voted Thursday to start the closure process for two charter schools and approved renewals for
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April 30 — 9:10 pmDespite considerable community opposition, the Board of Education on Thursday voted 5-4 to approve relocating the middle grades of Laboratory
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April 29 — 7:57 pmThe already contentious effort by Laboratory Charter to move its middle school to East Falls has been roiled by a
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February 5 — 6:42 amGov. Wolf’s budget proposals for revamping how charters are reimbursed for special education would be “devastating” for their students, charter
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December 19 — 10:14 pmA meeting on Friday will bring a classic standoff to School District headquarters: a debate between supporters of a proposed