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Education

Hayoung Youn
Keystone Crossroads
Health Care
K-12
Philadelphia

Sidelined by coronavirus, these med students found a way to help the helpers

Unable to work in hospitals, these Philly area medical students decided to help the helpers by tutoring the children of frontline workers.

6 years ago

Listen 3:12
Masterman School
K-12
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
The Notebook

Masterman and Central students use slurs, tell rape jokes in viral group chat

The incident is under investigation by the District and the schools. Updated with a statement from Dr. Hite

6 years ago

Kids in SPIN’s autism support preschool classroom do “center time” where they do independent activities related to their lessons. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Pennsylvania
The Notebook

Pa. charters deny ‘cherry-picking’ students, but data show special ed disparities

With new report, advocates seek fresh leverage in long-running battle over special ed payments to charters.

6 years ago

This Dec. 3, 2015 file photograph shows the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)
Higher Education
New Jersey

Princeton to remove Woodrow Wilson name from public policy school

Princeton announced plans to remove the name of the former president from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing an earlier decision.

6 years ago

At Farnham Park on June 26, Camden High graduate Zanabria Harris, 18, stands in a sea of confetti at the end of the parade.  (Photo by April Saul for WHYY)
K-12
New Jersey
Public Health

Camden parade celebrates new high school graduates

The parade was one of several efforts to make up to the graduates some of what they’d lost when school stopped in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 years ago

Christopher Golson (center) and Jessica Golson (right) with their cousin Gillian Golson. The Golsons have helped circulate a petition to demand change at Philly area private schools. (Picture courtesy of Golson family.)
K-12
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Black private school alumni say they’ve reached ‘breaking point,’ demand change

Driven by social media posts detailing racism at elite schools in the Philly area, Black alumni say they want major changes.

6 years ago

Screenshot of the Board of Education meeting, June 25, 2020.
Philadelphia
Policing
The Notebook

Board supports ‘re-imagining,’ but not disbanding, school police

Philly school board members also outlined their plan of "goals and guardrails," which they say will address racist practices in the system.

6 years ago

Aubrey Stewart, right, with some of her students at Feltonville Arts and Sciences. (Courtesy of The Notebook)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Notebook

Black Lives Matter movement inspires Philly students’ writing

Students and teachers participate in a 15-year-old program called Writers Matter that encourages teens to use their voice.

6 years ago

Aliah Harris, 18, throws her graduation cap in celebration on her dad's South Philly block on June 10, 2020. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Schooled
Criminal Justice
K-12

The class of 2020: Three students come of age as pandemic meets racial reckoning

The class of 2020 is bound for the history books. Here, we tell the stories of three students coming of age in a moment where the world feels both 'on hold' and 'on fire.’

Air Date: June 25, 2020

Listen 34:11
(Left to right) Julia R. Masterman School rising seniors Aden Gonzales, Nia Weeks, Tatiana Bennett, and Taryn Flaherty en route to turn in their historical marker application. December 2019. (Photo courtesy of Aden Gonzales)
K-12
Policing

Philly students secure historical marker commemorating 1967 school walkout notorious for Rizzo brutality

Hearing about the protests from elders who participated in them helped the students realize the extent of the violence students faced that day.

6 years ago

Listen 5:25
Police in schools
NPR
National
Policing

Why there’s a push to get police out of schools

Federal data analyzed shows millions of students, especially students of color, attend schools that have police officers, but no nurse or school psychologist.

6 years ago

(Harvey Finkle/The Notebook)
K-12
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
The Notebook

POWER: Pa. state education funding is a textbook example of structural racism

Member of interfaith grassroots organization expresses support for Student Union calls on redirecting resources from security to support.

6 years ago

Teachers and students rallied outside of the School District of Philadelphia Headquarters calling to eliminate asbestos in school buildings. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly school board hearing report: speakers seek fewer police, more support services

Students and community members are calling for counselors, programs, and classroom staff — not more security.

6 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

What can re-open when Philly goes green?

July 3 is the target city officials are hoping for, with some operations allowed earlier on June 26.

6 years ago

(Darryl C. Murphy/The Notebook)
Philadelphia
Policing
The Notebook

General board hearing Thursday likely to focus on school officers and reopening plans

The open public hearing is one of two required by the City Charter each year.

6 years ago

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