Kathy Matheson is a reporter and occasional videographer for The Associated Press in Philadelphia. She covers education, religion, spot news and everything in between.

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Pa. teacher policies get D+ from national education group

Pennsylvania has made moderate progress compared with other states in preparing, retaining and rewarding effective teachers, but it is particularly bad at getting rid of poor instructors, according to a report released this week.

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