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Interboro superintendent John Cleghorn appears to use an inappropriate word twice during this meeting caught on camera.

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Abducted 5-year-old girl's family to sue

The family of a 5-year-old girl who was abducted from a West Philadelphia classroom and sexually assaulted at a nearby house plans to sue the Philadelphia School District, a lawyer for the family said Tuesday.

Graduating seniors from Mastery Charter Schools wave signs with the names of the colleges they will attend. The seniors joined thousands of underclassmen at Temple University´s Liacouras Center. (Clem Murray / Staff Photographer)

A new kind of college 'signing day'

With cheerleaders, mascots, and thunderous applause, thousands of students from Mastery Charter Schools gathered for a giant pep rally Monday, but the event had nothing to do with sports.

Janet Royer and her husband, Randy, pleaded for their son to come home in a short press conference outside the state police barracks in Skippack Monday afternoon.

Mom pleads for missing student to call

Pennsylvania state police suggested Monday that 21-year-old Matthew R. Royer, missing since leaving Rhode Island on Thursday, might have decided on his own to detour from returning to his Montgomery County home.

Gov. Corbett´s transportation proposal has been replaced by one twice as expensive. (Associated Press)

Corbett says reports of protests at Millersville U exaggerated

Gov. Corbett had his monthly hourlong radio show Tuesday morning with host Dom Giordano on WPHT 1210 the Big Talker. Some highlights: Corbett said news...

Former Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer addressed the graduates of Immaculata University. (File Photo)

Jamie Moyer addresses Pa. grads

Former Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Jamie Moyer wants to see Immaculata College graduates persevere in their lives and remember to give back to others.

A choir sings at the Brookfield East High School graduation ceremony at Elmbrook Church Saturday, June 6, 2009, in Brookfield, Wis. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the school district may continue to hold its graduation ceremonies in the church because the location doesn´t necessarily make it a religious event. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, file)

Is a church OK for graduation venue?

The Supreme Court has yet to decide if it will consider widely watched cases about public schools using a church facility to host graduation ceremonies...

Joan Mazzotti relaxes at home in Haverford with Ralph Alexis and her husband, Michael Kelly. ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer

For Haverford woman, Haitian students were a personal mission

For the last 13 years, Joan Mazzotti has made a public career of helping low-income, first-generation students from Philadelphia's public high schools get into and through college.

Hillary Guardo (from left), Rebecca Weigand, and Christine Alizzi are among the female engineering graduates. (Michael Bryant / Staff Photographer)

Villanova graduates a record number of female engineers

Calling a typical American engineering school a boys' club would be an understatement - on average, women make up 18.2 percent of engineering undergraduates nationwide.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and Tumblr Chief Executive David Karp speak during a news conference Monday, May 20, 2013, in New York. Yahoo edged up 31 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $26.83 after the Internet company said it was buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.

Why did Lincoln University add 'The' to its name?

It's now The Lincoln University. Lincoln adds "the" to its name.

Abducted 5-year-old girl's family to sue

Pa. gov seeks to clarify proposed school standards

Gov. Tom Corbett has asked state education officials to clarify that a set of proposed academic achievement standards for Pennsylvania public school students are not uniform national standards, a step a spokesman said Tuesday is designed to respond to criticism of the proposal.

After a suicide, classmates often think about it too

A schoolmate's suicide is associated with thinking about or trying suicide among teenagers, researchers report.

Did school official use the 'c' word?

Interboro School District Interim Superintendent John Cleghorn was busted on YouTube, apparently using a sexist obscenity to describe another board member. He called out sick Monday.

Corbett says reports of protests at Millersville U exaggerated

Gov. Corbett had his monthly hourlong radio show Tuesday morning with host Dom Giordano on WPHT 1210 the Big Talker. Some highlights: Corbett said news...

Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a collapsed wall at the Plaza Tower Elementary School to free trapped students in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)

AP photographer describes destroyed Okla. school

I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late.

Mom pleads for missing student to call

Samuel Gorelick rehearses as co-director with the Madrigals Ensemble at Rutgers-Camden May 6, 2013, where he will graduate next year, one of seven area high school seniors profiled four years ago as they embarked on their college search process. (TOM GRALISH/ Staff Photographer)

4 years after high school, their journeys go on

For seven area high school seniors whom The Inquirer profiled in a 2008-09 series on their college quest, university life proved an intrinsic search into self, where they would discover new career ambitions, broker a social network, and learn resilience.

A new kind of college 'signing day'

With cheerleaders, mascots, and thunderous applause, thousands of students from Mastery Charter Schools gathered for a giant pep rally Monday, but the event had nothing to do with sports.

Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.

Is a church OK for graduation venue?

The Supreme Court has yet to decide if it will consider widely watched cases about public schools using a church facility to host graduation ceremonies...

Jamie Moyer addresses Pa. grads

Former Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Jamie Moyer wants to see Immaculata College graduates persevere in their lives and remember to give back to others.

For Haverford woman, Haitian students were a personal mission

For the last 13 years, Joan Mazzotti has made a public career of helping low-income, first-generation students from Philadelphia's public high schools get into and through college.

Villanova graduates a record number of female engineers

Calling a typical American engineering school a boys' club would be an understatement - on average, women make up 18.2 percent of engineering undergraduates nationwide.