Nov 13, 2009 | Philly.com
Ambler man charged with 3d-degree murder in crash
An 18-year-old Ambler man was charged yesterday with third-degree murder in connection with a fatal car crash Tuesday in Delaware County.
IN AN AGE of increasing fragmentation, I look for areas of common sense that can rally citizens to improve our schools and better educate our kids.
2 area lawmakers differ on who should govern Harrisburg School...
Education Secretary Gerald Zahorchak said he expects school accountability to be the focus of attention in Washington, D.C., after Congress finishes its work on health care reform.
Pa. votes final-exam Keystone tests to get a diploma
After years of debate, Pennsylvania is going ahead with a plan to offer school districts state-approved final exams that students would have to take to get diplomas.
Upper Deerfield woman dies of injuries in house fire
The 62-year-old woman who on Oct. 11 was rescued from her burning home by a passing volunteer firefighter has died.
Upper Deerfield fire victim dies in hospital
UPPER DEERFIELD -- A woman injured in a fire in her home Oct. 11 died last Wednesday at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pa.
Chester school thrives with focus on the arts
John Alston is an avid cyclist. With a tailwind, he can pedal from Chester to Swarthmore - just over two miles - in about six minutes.
Linda A. Cartisano, Chairman Linda A. Cartisano has served as Chairman of County Council since January 2007.
Suspect in vehicular homicide turns self in
A North Philadelphia man turned himself in to police yesterday afternoon to face additional charges for allegedly intentionally hitting a pregnant woman with his car outside a South Philadelphia bar last Saturday, police said.
Plan would limit charter schools' independence
If a proposed amendment to the charter-school policy is approved by the School Reform Commission this fall, the city's charter schools will be one step closer to losing their independence, a charter-school official said yesterday at a public hearing.
Area schools' budget-stalemate anxiety
When many Pennsylvania schools open for the first day of classes tomorrow, they will do so without two months' worth of state funding, because of the state budget stalemate.
Bethlehem school woes are worst in the state
The Bethlehem Area School District, already burdened by a deep deficit, is poised to make the most drastic school spending cutbacks in Pennsylvania in response to the ongoing state budget impasse.
Delco foundation announces grants
The Delaware County Community Foundation has made $100,000 in grants to fund hospice and home health-care services in the southeastern Pennsylvania county.
Pa. school districts won't get first state payments
By Susan Snyder and Kristen A. Graham INQUIRER STAFF WRITER As Harrisburg's budget battle continues, school districts throughout Pennsylvania again may have to borrow and cut costs as they are forced to make due without state revenue.
Pa. school districts won't get first state payments
Michael Masch , then Gov. Ed Rendell's budget secretary, looks on as Rendell addresses the media in 2007.
More than a dozen local police officers have been accused of cheating on their certification test.
Cops face firing for test cheating: Got wrong answers for simple exam via e-mail & flunked
How difficult is the routine test that Pennsylvania's 23,000 municipal cops take to maintain their police certification? Think of the GEICO car insurance commercial: "So easy, a caveman could do it." Yet, more than a dozen Delaware County police officers - some, veterans with decades of experience - may lose their jobs for allegedly cheating in ...
New superintendent says 'We can do this'
PLEASANTVILLE "We can do this," said incoming Pleasantville Public Schools Superintendent Gloria Grantham on Tuesday, July 7 while she publicly met with the Board of Education for the first time.
Senators grill School Reform Commission nominee
Gov. Rendell's nominee to the School Reform Commission was grilled for more than an hour yesterday during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Education Committee about whether his work as a private lawyer would cause any conflict with or bias in his duties on the Philadelphia panel.
Unspent special-education funds under scrutiny
Chester Community Charter School, the state's largest charter, would be among the biggest losers if a Rendell administration proposal to change special-education funding for charter and cyber charter schools becomes law.