Education
News on school policies and education reform with stories from the classroom and beyond
Democrats sweep school board elections at Pine-Richland and across Pennsylvania
Democrats retook all seats on the Central Bucks School District’s board, which gained national attention for high-profile book bans and policies targeting LGBT students.
3 days ago
Purported hacker behind Penn’s fraudulent email claims to have grabbed donor data in attack
A cybersecurity site heard from someone claiming to be the hacker over the weekend. The university has alerted the FBI.
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Philly students are using AI tools to write essays. Can they do so responsibly?
Artificial intelligence developers were likely not thinking of youth development when they created large language models. This intergenerational Penn research team is.
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Nearly 241,000 children in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties receive SNAP benefits.
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Listen 0:45Singing, dancing and growing: Music Together Princeton Lab School inspires kids to be creative
Parents at the Music Together Princeton Lab School in Hopewell, New Jersey, say the mixed-age class encourages cooperation and listening.
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Listen 1:09Bristol’s Nature Club teaches kids lessons on a forest floor
Natural environments are known to benefit childhood development. The Bristol School District includes a forest in its curriculum.
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Listen 2:54More than half of the Delaware County school district's revenue comes from the state. Without a budget, funds could run dry by the end of January.
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Listen 0:49Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
At Princeton and some others, the number of new Black students has fallen by nearly half. Some colleges attribute it to natural fluctuations.
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Un nuevo informe muestra que los estudiantes multilingües casi llega a los 19,000 en Delaware, pero la escasez de docentes y los sistemas obsoletos dejan brechas clave.
2 weeks ago
School let the dogs out: Philadelphia’s String Theory has a staff of 4-legged therapists
Every day, trained therapy dogs roam the halls of the Center City charter school, and they’re having a positive impact on student performances.
3 weeks ago
Listen 1:21Philly students are showing higher test scores and increased attendance, but are still lagging in reading scores.
3 weeks ago
With no takers yet, White House sets meeting with colleges still weighing an agreement with Trump
The White House asked university leaders to provide initial feedback by Oct. 20, yet as the deadline approaches, none have signed on to the document.
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