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Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Lawsuit says Pa. is failing special needs kids during coronavirus school closures

The lawsuit is an early test of whether the state and school districts are doing enough for special needs students in the pandemic.

5 years ago

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NPR
Government Accountability
Higher Education
Public Health

Congress gave colleges a $14 billion lifeline. Here’s where it’s going

In March, Congress set aside more than $14 billion to help colleges and universities. Here's where most of that money has gone, and why many colleges are holding out for more.

5 years ago

Former President Barack Obama
NPR
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Obama, Malala, Jonas Brothers send off Class Of 2020 in virtual graduation

The virtual event carried a resounding message of community at a time when COVID-19 rules out the possibility of large gatherings.

5 years ago

Gina Moffa, 22, a senior at Drexel University studying business administration, is stuck paying for an empty apartment. “The entire remaining debt was put on my shoulders,” Moffa said. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Higher Education
Housing
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Broke in Philly

Philly-area college students owe rent for their now-empty apartments, with little to no recourse

Many students are obligated to pay rent under leases that run until August, even as many have lost their jobs and most aren’t eligible to receive the government stimulus aid.

5 years ago

Graduating high school senior Jared Barnes; the 'Class of 2020' stuffed elephant his mom made for several students. (Facebook)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Letting people ‘adopt’ high school seniors, Philly teacher raises $20k for pandemic-year grads

“I was just surprised that people believed in me,” one thankful student said.

5 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
K-12
Public Health

Just over half of Philly students participating in school online, early data says

Philly distributed over 80,000 laptops in order to move classes online. Today’s data provides an early glimpse at how many students are showing up.

5 years ago

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Gender
LGBTQ
Billy Penn

Philly students can now officially change their school district names, thrilling LGBTQ advocates

The move is an unexpected side effect of the switch to remote learning.

5 years ago

South Philadelphia High School music director Courtney Powers, left, with her students outside the school building earlier this school year. (Courtesy of Courtney Powers)
K-12
Public Health
The Philadelphia Tribune

Amid coronavirus challenges, SDP music teacher finds new ways to inspire students

South Philadelphia High School music director Courtney Powers still wanted her students to have access to their music and instruments after classes were suspended.

5 years ago

Empty college lecture hall
Higher Education
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. students face the new realities of college life, virtual and otherwise

As freshmen prepare to adapt, educators and administrators are still in the early stages of "shaping the new normal" of a college education: part two.

5 years ago

William Paterson University coronavirus response
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

How the pandemic has transformed the N.J. college experience and could transform it even more

Educators begin to come to terms with how the health crisis has utterly altered college life in New Jersey, its finances and its outlook: part one.

5 years ago

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
Higher Education
Personal Finance

54,000 still getting pay held over student debt, filing says

The Dept. of Education was still garnishing wages more than a month after Congress ordered an immediate suspension of the practice during the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Wayne and Andrea Clark with their children Molly, 9, Caleb, 11, Roisin, 13, and Cianan, 6, on the steps of their home in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
K-12
Philadelphia
Technology

Philly schools and the online learning experiment

With the typical tools, like standardized tests, off the table this year, the Philadelphia School District has to think differently about how to measure success.

Air Date: May 11, 2020

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Angela Kearney and her family
Keystone Crossroads
Home & Family
K-12
Philadelphia

‘I just don’t have the bandwidth’: Parents struggle to ‘do it all’ with kids in virtual school

With kids’ classrooms replaced by the kitchen table or living room couch, many parents have been reluctantly drafted into a new role: teacher’s assistant.

5 years ago

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Gregory Nesmith working with high school seniors on their podcast. (Courtesy of Gregory Nesmith)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Public Health

‘Pushed into adulthood’: Philly podcast brings together HS seniors upended by shutdown

Overnight, a Philly podcast about entrepreneurialism became a roundtable about the strangest senior year in recent memory.

5 years ago

Listen 4:29
School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite
K-12
Mental Health
The Notebook

Philly school district starts mental health hotline for students and families

The partnership with Uplift is due to concerns about the impact of isolation.

5 years ago

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