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The Philadelphia School Reform Commission yesterday announced members of a task force that will make recommendations on how to improve school-district oversight and communications with city charter schools.
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No bias found in lunchtime detention
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State education investigators have ruled that the Camden bilingual students who were made to sit on a gym floor and eat off paper mats during lunchtime detention were not victims of discrimination but rather of "an unacceptable and demeaning practice that placed the students at risk," according to a newly released examination report.
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INQUIRER STAFF WRITER A vice principal at Gateway Regional High School was charged with stealing students' prescription drugs from the nurse's office, Woodbury Heights police disclosed yesterday.
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City to ask colleges to help boost degrees
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Mayor Nutter's chief education officer is planning a major push to get the region's more than 90 colleges and universities more closely involved in helping to boost the number of city residents who earn a college degree.
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Penn leads nation's universities in buying green power
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The University of Pennsylvania leads the nation's colleges and universities in the purchase of green power, specifically wind power, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced.
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Bensalem tries again on a graduation date
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The Bensalem school board is scheduled to vote tonight on a June 13 graduation day for the senior class, its third try after two dates ran into trouble with taxpayers, students and parents.
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Ranks dwindle, not hopes
- Despite pitfalls, core group sees college, a future.Last of three parts. Nov. 28 was "A Piece of You Day" for the Gateway to College students. Kind of a grown-up version of show-and-tell, it was a chance to share something about themselves. No grades, no pressure, and that was a welcome thing.
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Rendell's graduate skills test in trouble
- Dozens of legislators and school boards statewide are objecting. They say local districts are the best judge.A Rendell administration proposal to establish state high school graduation tests in 10 subjects has generated stiff opposition that threatens to scuttle the initiative.
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Dropouts continue, haunting classmates
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Second of three parts. Coming up on the middle of his first semester in a program he knew could give him the future of his dreams, Andre Patterson had a big decision to make.
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Painting happy faces
- Young visitors do good work at a retirement center.Mimi Rivera, a sophomore at George Washington High School, finished painting the door decoration and showed off the back that said, "To Nan, from Mimi. I love you."
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A Doorway Back
- With the dropout problem in Philadelphia at crisis proportions, a chance-of-a-lifetime program offers 40 select students a shot at breaking the cycle of failure. But can they take advantage?Kandice Davies didn't plan on taking her baby to the first day of the program she hoped would change her life, but she had no choice.
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Complaint alleges abuse of students
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A complaint against the Camden Board of Education has been filed on behalf of one of the Hispanic students who allegedly was made to eat on a gym floor for two weeks by a vice principal.
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Phila. school managers get progress report
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As the Philadelphia School District approaches a decision next month on whether to keep six outside groups running 38 schools, a controversy is brewing over how the groups are evaluated.
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Kimmel's the place for grads
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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine will graduate 257 doctors at its 117th commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. June 1 at the Kimmel Center. Mayor Nutter will offer the commencement address and will be awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree.
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