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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Education

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Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

The death of cyber charter schools in Pa.?

A proposal backed by a powerful Republican would steer families to district-run cyber programs and away from cyber charter schools.

6 years ago

Shippensburg University is one of the 14 schools that make up the troubled Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education system. (AP photo)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Pa. university system pledges to transform amid struggles, enrollment drop

The system of 14 universities had asked for an increase of almost $38 million, or 8 percent. Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf proposed an increase of $7 million, or 1.5 percent.

6 years ago

Nate Higgins works with students on math problems. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Eight school districts sue N.J. Department of Education over cuts in state aid

The eight school districts are saying reductions will devastate the learning environment for thousands of students.

6 years ago

Students at the Trapezium Math Club practice skip counting, an exercise which helps them learn multiplication. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
K-12
Kids

What’s the best way to teach math?

For decades, people in the U.S. have worried about falling behind the rest of the world at math. Some teachers think they have answers.

6 years ago

Listen 08:47
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
The Notebook

State’s charter appeals board still run by Corbett appointees

This is important for Philadelphia, where marginal applications are sometimes approved for fear of costly and ultimately successful appeals to the state board.

6 years ago

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Under Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan, one Pa. school district would receive $693,000 to raise teacher salaries

In a searchable database, you can see how much your school district would receive.

6 years ago

In this April 11, 2018 file photo, a high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)
K-12
Public Health

Vape detectors going up in more school bathrooms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Area schools install devices that resemble smoke detectors to combat the use of e-cigarettes, or vapes, in bathrooms and other places without cameras.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf talks with Misericordia University student and mother Rochelle Jade Scott and her daughter Sky as he visited Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa., Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, to tour the Ruth Matthews Bourger Women with Children Program and to outline his bold budget plan to create the strongest workforce in the nation. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
Politics

Pennsylvania’s school funding fight exits spotlight

For years, Pennsylvania's school-funding system has stuck out nationally, occasionally flagged as one of the least equitable.

6 years ago

The University of Delaware wants state taxpayers to split the cost of paying tuition and fees for students from half of Delaware’s families. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Higher Education
Taxes

University of Delaware wants taxpayers to split cost of free-tuition plan for some residents

The University of Delaware spends $19 million a year on scholarships and financial aid for in-state students. It wants taxpayers to shoulder the same amount.

6 years ago

Listen 1:38
State Sen. Teresa Ruiz has sponsored a measure to keep the now-invalidated PARCC graduation requirements in place for juniors and seniors. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, file)
K-12
Law
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Stop-gap attempt to ‘avoid chaos’ as court action awaited in PARCC case

A court’s recent strike-down of PARCC graduation requirements has led to widespread confusion. Lawmakers try to keep the requirements in place for current juniors and seniors.

6 years ago

Jamie Lynch (left) and Kate Mayer joined forces when their children were struggling to learn to read in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Meet the ‘crazy’ moms saying one of Pa.’s top-rated school districts can’t teach reading

Is it a case of suburban anxiety run amok? Or a window into how enlightened parents can undermine the reputation of a reputedly great school district?

6 years ago

Listen 5:26
Jamie Lynch immersed herself in books on reading assessment and dyslexia when her son struggled to learn to read. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
K-12
Philadelphia

Why parents in this Chesco school district want it to call their kids ‘dyslexic’

In Tredyffrin/Easttown, some children are struggling to read. Their parents blame dyslexia and schools they say aren't teaching them, but the reality is more complicated.

Air Date: February 6, 2019

Listen 13:21
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, left, delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, is at the center, and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is at the right.
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Gov. Wolf calls for salary boost for rural teachers in new budget

Wolf wants to boost the minimum teacher salary from $18,500 to $45,000, a move that mostly affects Pennsylvania's rural school districts.

6 years ago

Will Richardson (left) and his son Tucker at their home in Flemington, N.J. Tucker's parents, Wendy and Will, are part of a small but growing number of parents nationwide who are ensuring their children do not participate in standardized testing.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Divided reactions to court decision on PARCC and what it means for students

Path to graduation still uncertain for about 170,000 high school seniors and juniors, but ‘business as usual’ for many school officials who continue to implement PARCC.

6 years ago

Two bills slated to come before committee Thursday hope to ease financial burdens on college students and their families and help them rehabilitate loans that are in default.
(Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
Higher Education
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

N.J. lawmakers continue to chip away at boulder-sized problem of student debt

Two bills slated to come before committee Thursday hope to ease financial burdens on college students and their families and help them rehabilitate loans that are in default.

6 years ago

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