Education
Inclusive school climate stressed as one way to prevent student violence
A recent training for a group in Pa. addressed the softer skills around how to assess and prevent threats.
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First day of school delayed at Ben Franklin, SLA due to lingering construction
A construction hiccup will push the open date back two days for students at Benjamin Franklin High School and Science Leadership Academy.
5 years ago
Hope, love and basketball: Summer at North Philly’s Hank Gathers Rec Center
A summer at the Hank Gathers Rec Center will tell you everything about North Philadelphia that the headlines leave out.
Air Date: August 28, 2019
Listen 45:44N.J. residents tell pollster schools are diverse. Data says otherwise
Because of a suit seeking to desegregate New Jersey schools, pollsters asked residents about school population diversity. Most said status quo is “fine.”
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Expanded Wilmington school in ‘disarray’ for opening bell, lawmaker says
The Christina district consolidated five schools into three under a Carney administration plan. But Bayard School wasn’t quite ready for classes to start.
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Listen 1:48Pa. school district still pushing to arm teachers
Whether Tamaqua, Pa. teachers will be secretly armed depends on competing interpretation of the law and an ugly school board election in the near future.
Air Date: August 26, 2019
Listen 14:26School shootings spark drastic safety proposals
Beefed-up surveillance tactics, armed guards, and even arming teachers and administrators are all ideas that have been put on the table in recent years.
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Listen 35:51School shootings spark drastic safety proposals
Beefed-up surveillance tactics, armed guards, and even arming teachers and administrators are all ideas that have been put on the table in recent years.
Air Date: August 21, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Don’t eat the marshmallow: Students from a ‘no excuses’ charter grow up to tell the tale
"If you actually said, 'We’re gonna hold you accountable to setting up your students for life.' Then how does that change the work of that school?”
Air Date: August 21, 2019
Listen 43:06Pennsylvania did not increase funding for the operating budgets of community colleges this year. Advocates say the pressure on low-income students has grown unsustainable.
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University of the Sciences launches MBA in medical cannabis, said to be first of its kind
The new program focuses on regulations, finance, marketing, and the ins-and-outs of operating a medical marijuana business.
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For students in Kensington who have dropped out of high school, El Centro de Estudiantes offers a second chance at graduation which, for some, means a chance at a better life.
Air Date: August 14, 2019
Listen 49:01Last Chance High: Beautiful band of misfits fight to graduate — part two
What do we really mean when we say students are ready to graduate high school? Is there a baseline that we’re really willing to enforce?
Air Date: August 14, 2019
Listen 24:32After years of gridlock, Wolf plans executive action on charter school reform
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said Tuesday he would use his executive power to hold charters to “the same ethical and transparency standards of public schools.”
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Listen 1:49What’s on school menus this fall? Trade mitigation
This fall, U.S. school cafeterias are expecting shipments of free food courtesy of Trump's trade disputes.
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