Education
Swarthmore fraternities shut down after campus protests
Swarthmore’s only fraternities, Phi Psi and Delta Upsilon, say they hope their decision to disband will promote ‘healing.’
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Pennsylvania colleges face steep enrollment declines in 2026
Enrollment has been falling at many Pennsylvania colleges and universities for nearly decade, since peak enrollment numbers in 2010.
5 years ago
Meet the 35 live tilapia swimming around a Fishtown classroom
Kids at Adaire love the 300-pound aquaponics tank — and teachers think all schools should have one.
5 years ago
8 ways to teach climate change in almost any classroom
Fewer than half of K-12 teachers told us that they talk about climate change with their children or students.
5 years ago
Why raising salaries for Pennsylvania teachers is more complicated than it seems
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf wants to raise teachers' salaries across the board. But is that only a Band-Aid solution to a more complex problem?
Air Date: April 23, 2019
Listen 13:25Some N.J. districts pile up debt building schools, others are debt-free
Although New Jersey is in better shape than the country as a whole for school debt, paying off construction bonds costs about a quarter of state’s annual debt service.
5 years ago
Most teachers don’t teach climate change; 4 in 5 parents wish they did
As students around the globe participate in Earth Day, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds 55% of teachers don't teach or talk about climate change.
5 years ago
Transgender bathroom, locker room use: The Pa. debate, explained
More than 200 people showed up to the latest school board meeting on Monday night as the board passed a “biological sex” policy for bathrooms and locker room use.
5 years ago
Tamaqua parents shocked that armed teacher policy has been quietly reinstated
The school board put the idea on hold in January pending the outcome of lawsuits from parents and teachers.
5 years ago
Rutgers professors celebrate contract deal while adjuncts wait
The faculty union at Rutgers has avoided a strike, but adjunct professors are still waiting for a contract.
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Central Pa. school board passes ‘biological sex’ policy for bathrooms, locker rooms
'The minute we vote on this, we open ourselves up to a lawsuit,' one school board member said.
5 years ago
Equity advocates criticize Wolf’s plan to boost teacher salaries in Pa.
The proposed funding is not tied directly to objective measures of student need, nor to a teacher's cost of living.
5 years ago
Listen 5:01Boko Haram stalled her education. Five years later, she’s starting over in central Pa.
"Whenever I find something is going to discourage me, I would just pray, and then believe that everything is going to be all right."
5 years ago
Lawsuit claims Philly charter school suspended student after she was sexually assaulted
Mastery Charter Schools suspended a student after she had a sexual encounter in a school auditorium. But her guardian now says it was rape, and she’s suing.
5 years ago
Radon in schools? Bill would begin to mandate testing in radon-dense Pa.
A new bill in the Statehouse would require every school district in Pennsylvania to test for radon and inform parents of the results.
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