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Cheerleaders perform at a Neshaminy Redskins basketball game on Jan. 15, 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

Neshaminy School District spent more than $400K defending controversial team name

The total covers a six-year span and is expected to increase as Neshaminy appeals the latest decision.

6 years ago

Carnell Elementary School. (Wikimedia commons)
Infrastructure
K-12
Public Health
The Notebook

Asbestos hazards temporarily close two more Philly schools

District and PFT clash over how Carnell situation was handled. Total since September now is six.

6 years ago

Franklin Learning Center. (The Flash/The Notebook)
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health
The Notebook

Another school closed as a result of potential asbestos danger

Franklin Learning Center is expected to re-open Jan. 2.

6 years ago

Teacher Wendy Turner writes down notes on the whiteboard during a global awareness session at Mount Pleasant Elementary School in Wilmington. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Race & Ethnicity

Created and taught in Philly region, Global Kids offers multicultural lessons

Author Homa Tavangar created ‘Global Kids.’’ Delaware teacher Wendy Turner is using the tool to spread cultural awareness among her second-graders.

6 years ago

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Basketball starr Tobias Harris speaks with a group of Black male teachers at Bethune Elementary School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Sixers star Tobias Harris supports Black male teachers with a surprise visit to North Philly

Tobias Harris showed up at a North Philly school Monday, but not just to surprise the kids. It’s part of a push to change the demographics of teaching.

6 years ago

(Meredith Jensen for NPR)
NPR
Higher Education
National

Fewer students are going to college. Here’s why that matters.

This fall, there were nearly 250,000 fewer students enrolled in college than a year ago, according to new numbers from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

6 years ago

Shannon Goyette visits her son Jacob's grave in Shirley, Mass. The 16-year-old died by suicide last year. (Meredith Nierman/WGBH)
NPR
Mental Health
National

Massachusetts case probes the role schools play in teen suicide prevention

Christina worried when she found her 16-year-old boyfriend, Jacob Goyette, drunk and crying at school in the spring of 2018.

6 years ago

Sean Hardy, a senior at Montclair State University visits the food pantry there. (NJTV News)
Higher Education
New Jersey

Hunger on New Jersey campuses is more common than you may think

Efforts are increasing to help students who aren’t getting enough nutritious food; by one estimate, as many as one-third suffer from ‘food insecurity’

6 years ago

John Harris High School. April 24, 2019. (Sean Simmers/PennLive)
Behavioral Health
K-12
Pennsylvania
PA Post

‘We don’t believe in punishment’: Student-led youth court could come to Harrisburg school

The idea is that by following through with the plan laid out by the jury, the student would ideally come to understand the gravity of his actions.

6 years ago

School nurses turn out in force at Board of Education meeting. (Bill Hangley, Jr./The Notebook)
K-12
Philadelphia
The Notebook

Philly Board of Education renews six charters

The Board of Education met for the final time in 2019 on Thursday, approving five-year renewals for six charter schools.

6 years ago

A new report from the Thrive NJ Coalition found three-quarters of parents and students want more time spent on sex ed in schools. (Courtesy of NJTV News)
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New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Sex ed advocates urge N.J. schools to drop emphasis on abstinence

Thrive NJ Coalition’s ‘report card’ gives New Jersey sex ed programs just a ‘C’ grade, saying schools should spend more time on the subject.

6 years ago

(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
K-12

Most Philly charter schools failed to test water for lead –– and city gave them a pass

The city agencies tasked with oversight have failed to enforce Philadelphia’s post-Flint crisis water quality standards.

6 years ago

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Best friends play at Houston school in Mt. Airy. (Photo by Huntly Collins)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Notebook

Can a diverse neighborhood now integrate its schools? In Mount Airy, it’s happening.

Increasing numbers of catchment families are enrolling in their local District schools in this section of Northwest Philly.

6 years ago

Materman High School seniors Iman Acharya and Alina Kilcullen cheer speakers at a climate strike in September (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Environment
K-12
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly students won’t be punished for climate strike walkout, school district says in 180-degree flip

Kids will need parents’ permission to earn the excused absence.

6 years ago

Williamson Hall at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Higher Education
Music
New Jersey

Students fear controversial move could be the final act for prestigious N.J. choir college

Students at Westminster Choir College worry an address change will mean the end, with nine months to move, and no shovels in the ground.

6 years ago

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