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Philadelphia charter school operators who say a proposed school district policy will limit their ability to increase enrollment will air their objections today during a City Council committee meeting.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey could get between $200 million and $400 million each in education money from the federal Race to the Top Fund competition, the U.S. Department of Education announced yesterday.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey could get between $200 million and $400 million each in education money from the federal Race to the Top Fund competition, the U.S. Department of Education announced yesterday.

More changes are afoot in Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman's administration. Chief academic officer Maria Pitre-Martin, who has been in Philadelphia for just a year, is leaving, Ackerman announced yesterday.

Students from the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, and Cheyney University and a parent of five from Fox Chase yesterday told U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) how critical federally funded Pell Grants were to them as they struggled to pay for college.

When a young businessman named Scott Gordon talked about creating a new charter school in Philadelphia in 2000, he already had a vision of something larger.

As the city school district tries to plug a looming $160 million budget gap, officials have considered trimming alternative high schools and not opening new charter schools.

Philadelphia School District officials are preparing for a budget shortfall of at least $160 million - and the figure could easily grow, depending on what legislators decide in the coming days

As economic hard times continue, New Jersey's teachers are looking at a trend toward smaller pay increases along with diminished benefits, according to the state school boards association.

As economic hard times continue, New Jersey's teachers are looking at a trend toward smaller pay increases along with diminished benefits, according to the state school boards association.