Education
Philly teachers’ racial discrimination claim against Quaker school can go to trial, court rules
Friends’ Central fired them after a 2017 controversy over a Palestinian speaker.
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If you’ve got school-age kids, the time for vaccination is now
Here’s a list of the district’s vaccine requirements.
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Public schools, charter schools and…innovation schools? Why a new category of school in Pa.?
Without much fanfare, Pa. lawmakers created a new category of schools this year called “innovation schools.” Was it real reform or a political favor?
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Listen 1:35Pa. educators turn to Secret Service for safety advice
“All of us are desperate to find the answer. Why is this happening? How can we stop it?”
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Last Chance High: 'Beautiful band of misfits' fight to graduate
How one student fought to go from drug dealer who dropped out to high school diploma.
Air Date: August 7, 2019
Listen 24:55Pa. school safety tip-line used more to report bullying, suicidal thoughts, than violent threats
Many of the 23,494 tips received online or by phone were related to bullying, self-harm, thoughts of suicide, or depression.
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Exclusive: How these Pa. schools fortified themselves after Parkland
Through a Right-to-Know request, Keystone Crossroads obtained summaries of what schools across the state plan to purchase with an unprecedented level of state grant funding.
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Listen 4:28Pa. again pledges extra help to remove lead paint from Philly schools
In what’s becoming a summer tradition, Pennsylvania will set aside money to remove lead paint from Philly schools.
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Schooled: Season Three Trailer
What does it really mean to get a good education? What is educational success? The third season of WHYY’s Schooled podcast explores these questions and more.
Air Date: July 31, 2019
Listen 2:10How Drexel’s public school experiment could change West Philadelphia
Drexel University is building a public school on its campus border, much like the University of Pennsylvania did two decades ago. Will that accelerate gentrification?
Air Date: July 31, 2019
Listen 13:28This Pa. school suspended fewer students by using a restorative model
School staff were trained to think of discipline differently. They were asked to find out why students are disruptive rather than remove them from school.
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Offers pour in to cover Pa. students’ meal debt, but school officials not interested
At least five donors have stepped forward willing to satisfy the $22,000 in debt accrued by dozens of students whose parents did not give them money to pay for the meals.
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N.J. fires 30 at Schools Development Authority
Murphy administration also releases three reports into personnel controversies at the SDA under its former CEO Lizette Delgado Polanco
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Penn Law dean: Prof’s comments were ‘bigoted’
The dean of the UPenn Law School issued a statement Tuesday, condemning a professor’s assertion that America “will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites."
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Amid ‘critical’ times for HBCUs, leaders share fundraising ideas in Dover
Leaders of historically black colleges and universities shared ideas for raising funds during challenging times at a forum hosted by Del. State University.
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