http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F The latest education news from Philly.com. en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:27:02 GMT 2009-11-23T12:27:02Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=71316237&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091123_Cyber_school_founder_gets__3_million_to_cut_ties.html The founder of a charter school in Devon that is under federal investigation has received $3 million to sever all ties to the institution, according to terms of a settlement that includes the state Department of Education. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT ce22fd15e54f681cbb700fc1bd64b632 2009-11-23T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=71316607&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091123_Swarthmore_native__his_girlfriend_among_32_Rhodes_scholars.html There won't be any tearful goodbyes between Swarthmore native Henry Spelman and his sweetie when he heads to the University of Oxford next fall, after winning a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship on Saturday. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:27:02 GMT 5c325915e51de982c17344b5cc6eba24 2009-11-23T12:27:02Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=71316437&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091123_Charter_founder_s_pension_benefits_cut.html Eighteen months after Pennsylvania's retirement system began investigating Dorothy June Brown for collecting full-time salaries from two charter schools, Brown's pension benefits have been slashed. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 5bc060f665b38c6a8451f6dba0cf1a81 2009-11-23T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70733017&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091122_ap_atheiststudentgroupsfloweroncollegecampuses.html The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist." Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:54:24 GMT bda0bab59f8a15a812bd71577d0e15e8 2009-11-22T11:54:24Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70734262&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091122_College_students_rethink_foreign_study.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:58:31 GMT 040d0bfb45fe63c0f7c8db45d35a0ac5 2009-11-22T11:58:31Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70687237&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091121_Prison_guard_teaches_the_art_of_beauty.html Whether at her 6-year-old daughter's gymnastics class or on a Caribbean vacation with a girlfriend, Jackie Wescott inevitably ends up chatting with somebody. But she hesitates when the conversation turns to work because Wescott's job takes some explaining. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 6bddf8ebfa4c2d15b8dc705de3b09a85 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70648037&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091120_ap_pauniversitystudentsmustpassfitnessclass.html A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:55:15 GMT f4548361dbf5786e15e40d9a09f96cb7 2009-11-20T22:55:15Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70600397&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091120_District_OKs_bid_for_daily_gym.html The Downingtown Area School District agreed yesterday to allow a Lionville Middle School sixth grader coping with diabetes to take physical-education classes every day, as his family had requested. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 4291dc71f78dfc318db1f7f0260f2b75 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70600412&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091120_Temple_U__adjunct_teachers_stage_a_protest.html Adjunct instructors, who say they make up nearly half of Temple University's faculty, called for better pay and working conditions yesterday at a demonstration in front of the campus bell tower near Paley Library. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 6fa4aca495eb7835297f06f41e40f576 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70600407&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091120_Student_and_educator_for_ABCs_and_Ph_D_.html Annemarie Jay had kissed hundreds of her first-grade students on the cheek as they said goodbye on the last day of school. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT ad44b14245a41e6b3cc88d7018f0260f 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70600402&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091120_Owen_J__Roberts_board_hires_superintendent.html Weeks before six of its nine members leave office, the Owen J. Roberts School District board has hired a superintendent over the objection of many who wanted the new board to make the decision. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 10ca9f7bc5a26b2aa0c751fdb0cb7cbd 2009-11-20T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70444032&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091119_Temple__district_plan_college-track_high_school_in_N__Phila_.html Aiming to attract more college-ready students from Philadelphia, Temple University is looking to open a high school in partnership with the city school district. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 89a337fd9ddc238889e760f4a78251c5 2009-11-19T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70444317&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091119_Daniel_Rubin__Leading_city_kids_to_classical_awareness.html At Penn Wynne Elementary, everybody got to pick out an instrument in fourth grade. Ben Raper chose the trumpet. Lower Merion paid for the rentals back then, so the boy's horn came free, as did the lessons, once a week, held in his school. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 87ca9aefd045371ae328224870f578d5 2009-11-19T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70444392&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091119_Diabetic_boy_s_parents_fight_school_over_exercise.html Jack McLaughlin is a bright, articulate Lionville Middle School sixth grader whose main mission these days, along with schoolwork, is keeping his blood sugar under control. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 78690f6e55cc1888b320e23d161aa425 2009-11-19T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70458247&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091119_ap_1njschooldistrictconsideringfeefordetention.html School board members in one New Jersey town want parents of high school students who are habitually sent to detention to pay. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:27 GMT 5cfdca21b03d498f0f4c1b64f13e92c6 2009-11-19T14:48:27Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70444397&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091119_Teacher-prep_high_school_to_open_in_Kensington.html A new small high school devoted to preparing would-be teachers to work in Philadelphia will open in Kensington next fall, district officials confirmed yesterday. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 20c2d19c8d68539d72d57f1d83ad3136 2009-11-19T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70350322&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091118_Charter_schools__Give_us_a_fair_shake.html Tension between charter school operators and the Philadelphia School District was obvious last night at a City Council hearing on a proposed policy that would change the way charter schools can increase their enrollment or change their grade configuration. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:14:16 GMT a3b2db8c067875f7e36d0419cdd89bbd 2009-11-18T12:14:16Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70350017&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091118_City_Council_questions_limits_on_charter_school_growth.html At a time when the state legislature is mulling placing more restrictions on charter schools, City Council held an unusual hearing last night to question whether the Philadelphia School District has too much oversight over charters. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:18:58 GMT 1ae7b30123e0b0a6c5e40632212bc51a 2009-11-18T12:18:58Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70350377&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091118_Straight_talk_for_kids_on_the_brink.html Nyema Thrones is ready for change, waiting to be reinstated to a school from which she was kicked out for fighting. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:15:25 GMT 22d7a4af2312d3b9388a7a4c4f328b95 2009-11-18T12:15:25Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168036&44=70350012&32=3796&7=195492&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Feducation%2F20091118_Dad_Vail_Regatta_to_leave_Philadelphia.html After 56 years of racing on the Schuylkill, the Dad Vail Regatta, a storied springtime staple in Philadelphia and the largest collegiate rowing event in the country, is moving to North Jersey, for a year at least. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 6402b87a1ea695f0cee01ef6cad239f7 2009-11-18T08:01:00Z