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Delaware
Technology

Could memes be our best weapon against internet bots? Del. researchers want to find out

Half of all internet traffic is estimated to be bots. Researchers at the University of Delaware hope to deploy memes in the effort to defeat them.

6 years ago

Tamaqua School Board candidate Tom Bartasavage, a supporter of the gun policy, won election Tuesday. Here pictured standing outside a polling location at the Hometown Armory on Nov. 5, 2019. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
K-12

Supporters of arming teachers in classrooms claim victory in board election

The school board election in Tamaqua was framed as a referendum on its controversial gun policy, which would be a first in the state.

6 years ago

T.M. Pierce School in North Philadelphia (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

Anger, confusion reign at North Philly school plagued by asbestos

District officials thought they had a plan to deal with exposed asbestos at a North Philly school — until parents rose up against it.

6 years ago

From left, Marshall Everett, Ed Peters, and Sabrina Herb protest the cuts to campus mental health services at HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College, on Oct. 23, 2019. (Aneri Pattani/Spotlight PA)
Higher Education
Mental Health
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Students blast Pa.’s largest community college for cutting campus mental health services while spending big on renovations

'Where’s your money going?' one student asked of the college. 'Because there are people who don’t have insurance who really rely on these services for help.'

6 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Pa. quietly reverses ‘lunch shaming’ ban as school district debt grows

Language within this year’s school code bill allows districts to withhold hot meals from students who accrue more than $50 in lunch debt.

6 years ago

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In the BBC documentary about sexual harassment at universities in Nigeria and Ghana, several sources and reporters wore masks onscreen to preserve their anonymity. (BBC Africa Eye)
NPR
Higher Education
International

How undercover journalists exposed West Africa’s ‘sex for grades’ scandal

"I'm a 28-year-old who never got to finish school because of one thing," says Kiki Mordi. "It wasn't because I wasn't brilliant, I was a high flyer when I was growing up.

6 years ago

Fourteen-year-old Jaysa Mellers speaking during the panel discussion among youth climate activists at the Drawdown Learn Conference.
(Courtesy of Omega Institute for Holistic Studies)
NPR
Environment
K-12
Sustainability

Giving schools — and students — the tools they need In the fight to save the planet

If you want to get students fired up about climate change, poop is a good place to start.

6 years ago

The Galloway Township campus of Stockton University. (Anthony Smedile for WHYY)
The Why
New Jersey

Students say this N.J. school is failing to deal with sexual misconduct

A professor with a troubling and easy-to-find history of sexual harassment allegations was recently hired by Stockton University. Why that's struck a nerve with students.

Air Date: October 28, 2019

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Thirteen percent of the Newark school district’s teachers are males of color. (Devna Bose/Chalkbeat)
K-12
New Jersey

‘When they see you, they see themselves’: Newark’s male teachers of color

School district superintendent’s plan prioritizes recruiting and retaining more black and Latino male educators

6 years ago

A mural of the Neshaminy High School mascot. (Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

Pa. commission to rule on Neshaminy ‘Redskins’ team name

A ruling expected Monday by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission could end a long-simmering local debate that’s made national headlines.

6 years ago

Nicole Xu for NPR
NPR
Higher Education

Vital federal program to help parents in college is ‘a drop in the bucket’

About 1 in 5 college students in the U.S. are raising kids, and one of their challenges is getting childcare. A new proposal would expand the only federal program that helps.

6 years ago

Dante Guzman, left, 8, and Emre Tokuc, right, 8, work with a tornado simulation augmented reality program on a smartphone Sept. 26, 2019, at Whitfield Elementary School in Spring Township, Pennsylvania.  (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Technology

‘Silver tsunami’ of manufacturing retirements pushes Pa. to prioritize STEM education

The problem is especially dire in Berks County, where thousands of skilled manufacturing jobs need to be filled in coming years as baby boomers retire.

6 years ago

Listen 4:47
Students at Memphis Street Academy raise their hands during a student wellness meeting. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Addiction
K-12
Philadelphia

Going to school in Kensington amid drug crisis: ‘We need to be beacons of hope’

Schools in Kensington strive to be safe havens from violence and drug use, while also helping kids deal with the emotional trauma they carry inside.

6 years ago

Listen 4:47
Camden student Elisha Talley this fall at Morehouse College. (Courtesy of Elisha Talley)
Higher Education
Income Inequality
New Jersey

For Camden’s college-bound, it may be easier to get in than to stay in

Many Camden, N.J. high school graduates who go off to HBCUs or private colleges out of state struggle mightily to afford to finish their degrees.

6 years ago

(Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Are cyber charters a way to ‘hide’ from child welfare scrutiny? Some Pa. superintendents say yes

Superintendents say vulnerable children in Pa. lose critical links to the outside world and caring adults when their parents enroll them in cyber charters.

6 years ago

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