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Gang Presence Is A Growing Threat In Luzerne County Prison

May 14, 2016Crime, Pennsylvania

Street gangs — primarily the Bloods — have permeated the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, and keeping tabs on their plots and rivalries has become a consuming mission, prison officials say.

Philadelphia School District Recruiting Heavily for Minority Teachers

May 11, 2016May 18, 2016Education, Pennsylvania ...

Philadelphia School Superintendent William Hite and city teachers union President Jerry Jordan announced a campaign Tuesday to recruit minority teachers, especially African-American men, to help fill up to 1,200 vacancies.

Pennsylvania Police Widely Ignored Rape Kit Backlog Mandate

May 10, 2016May 18, 2016Community, Crime ...

Pennsylvania officials want to know why only about a third of the state’s roughly 1,000 police agencies complied with a new requirement that they tell the state Health Department how many untested rape kits are in their possession.

Study: Pennsylvania Had Backlog of 1,850 Untested Rape Kits

May 4, 2016Crime, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania police agencies had a backlog of just over 1,850 untested rape kits at the end of last year, according to the first statewide study.

Philadelphia Ending College Requirement for Police Recruits

May 3, 2016Crime, Pennsylvania

The Philadelphia Police Department is moving to end a requirement that recruits have at least two years of college credits under their belt — a shift the new commissioner says is needed to alleviate hiring woes.

Philadelphia Schools Could End Year With Surplus

April 22, 2016April 30, 2016Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Tribune

School officials say Philadelphia’s cash-strapped school system expects to end the current year with a $134.5 million budget surplus.

Treasury Official Says Harriet Tubman Will Go On $20 bill

April 20, 2016April 30, 2016Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Tribune

A Treasury official says Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years.

[Pennsylvania] School Budget Hearing This Week

April 19, 2016April 30, 2016Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Tribune

The School Reform Commission is set to hear from the public this week as it formulates its spending plan for the next school year.

[NATIONAL] The Lack of Health Literacy has Cascading Effect

April 19, 2016April 30, 2016Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Tribune

As public schools lose funding from debt-ridden state budgets, school administrators are being forced to cut “non-essentials,” meaning fewer teachers and more students in classes, all of which can have a negative effect on student achievement and competency in later grades — especially for disadvantaged students; many of whom will end up poorer and sicker throughout their adult life.

[WASHINGTON, DC] Pamela D Bundy, People on the Move

April 19, 2016April 22, 2016Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Tribune

Pamela D. Bundy, president and CEO of Bundy Development Corp., has been elected to the Barnes Foundation Board of Trustees.