
Education
N.J. lawmakers want Murphy to act on $100 million for lead line replacements in schools
A 2018 ballot initiative allowed N.J. to borrow $500 million for schools, with $100 million for lead remediation. No money has gone out, two legislators say.
6 years ago
Delaware school board member faces child sex counts but can keep elective post
Ronnie C. Williams is jailed on 19 felony sex charges involving two minor boys. He can stay on the Colonial School Board until his case is resolved.
6 years ago
Listen 1:13For the first time, students get voice on Delaware Board of Education
Lawmakers passed a bill in 2018 that added a student and a teacher to the state board in non-voting roles. The student must be in 11th or 12th grade.
6 years ago
‘Shooting people is deescalation’: Three days with teachers training to use guns in schools
The training provides a glimpse of how Pa. schools could change if armed teachers become a new normal in classrooms.
6 years ago
Listen 5:46Pa. has no standards for teaching climate change in the classroom — so it might not be taught at all
Pennsylvania has started to modernize its science curriculum, including a focus on climate change.
6 years ago
Philly students will be marked absent if they join climate strike
The School District of Philadelphia says students attending the climate strike on Friday will be marked as absent, unlike in New York.
6 years ago
A clash on cyber charters kicks off fall legislative session in Harrisburg
Amid a larger push by Governor Tom Wolf to reform charter school policy, bipartisan interest has grown to amend the rules and funding methods of cyber charters.
6 years ago
College admissions and privilege
Paul Tough discusses his new book, "The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Break Us," which examines inequities in college admissions system.
Air Date: September 12, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 48:59How soon is too soon for campus shooter alerts?
After the university sent an alert based on an unverified report of a shooter, students understandably freaked out. Did Villanova jump the gun or follow best practices?
Air Date: September 12, 2019
Listen 13:11N.J. teachers don’t mirror racial, gender makeup of student population, report says
A report from New Jersey Policy Perspective, a progressive think tank, says the state’s teaching workforce does not resemble the state’s student body.
6 years ago
Swarthmore professor urges colleagues to cancel class for climate strike
Swarthmore College professor Lee Smithey urges educators around the world to cancel classes for a “global climate strike” on Sept. 20.
6 years ago
First woman president of Delaware State University stepping down after two years
Wilma Mishoe, 70, will step down from the historically Black university at the end of the year, according to the university’s website.
6 years ago
M.I.T. Media Lab director steps down over financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Ito reportedly resigned from other boards he sat on, including the James L. Knight Foundation. He was named director of the M.I.T. Media Lab in 2011.
6 years ago
You think your kid’s school backpack is heavy? See what’s going on in India!
The government said there would be no homework for students in grades one and two.
6 years ago
Opening day at a Philly school that reflects the district’s triumphs and tribulations
Robert Morris School in North Philadelphia has made notable academic progress. But, like the school district, it still has a long way to go.
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