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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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a parked electric school bus
Energy
Environment
K-12
New Jersey

Schools in Pa. and N.J. are getting money for electric school buses

Electric buses don’t release tailpipe pollution, so they’re better for the climate and healthier for kids.

9 months ago

Listen 1:14
People line up outside a school board meeting in Souderton
K-12
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces

Souderton Area School District is sued, drops ID checks at Wednesday’s board meeting

The complaint alleges the school district violated the state Sunshine Act by excluding people without photo IDs at two recent board meetings.

9 months ago

Listen 1:10
Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph in Abbott Elementary. (Gilles Mingasson/ABC)
Philadelphia
TV

Sheryl Lee Ralph gets personal about education as ‘Abbott Elementary’ returns Wednesday

Ralph won an Emmy for her portrayal of veteran teacher Barbara Howard on the hit TV show. She opens up about her career and her fight for equitable education.

9 months ago

Listen 2:01
Michelle Hord and her daughter smile
K-12
Mental Health
Philadelphia

New social emotional learning program implemented at Philly’s Independence Mission Schools

The Peace Corners program, from the nonprofit Gabrielle's Wings, provides spaces for children to manage anxiety and learn about themselves at Catholic schools in Philly.

9 months ago

Listen 1:31
Residents cheering and holding signs at the protest
Employment
Medicine
Philadelphia

Penn Medicine residents vote to approve union contract, a first for Pennsylvania

The negotiations took more than a year and included a large public rally and a recent incident where hospital security drove residents off a sidewalk.

9 months ago

Listen 1:26
A person walks by a sign reading Drexel University.
Economy
Higher Education
Philadelphia

‘No doubt our work is cut out for us’: Drexel faces budget shortfall citing enrollment drop, exploring staff cuts

The university said it’s working to resolve a roughly 10% “structural imbalance” in its operating budget of $1.5 billion.

9 months ago

Listen 0:57
Amy Wax teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania.
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Penn imposes 1-year suspension on law professor over comments on race

The school says its suspension at half-pay and other sanctions on Amy Wax is over her comments about race in recent years. She will also lose her named chair and summer pay.

9 months ago

Active school shooter drills
Behavioral Health
Gun Violence
K-12
Kids
Mental Health
National

School safety: Survey finds most teachers question active shooter drills

A recent survey released by RAND found that teachers don’t feel any safer or more prepared to respond to active shooter incidents after lockdown drills.

9 months ago

a man and a child interact at the fair
K-12
Philadelphia

Hundreds of schools will join together to provide information to Philly families at the 2024 K-12 Kids School Fair

Parents can learn about private, charter, cyber, faith-based and public school options, as well as how to apply for scholarships and access community resources.

9 months ago

Listen 0:58
Richard Detwiler, a Souderton resident, handed out
K-12
Pennsylvania

A Souderton school board member posted a lewd comment about VP Harris. Calls for his resignation have been met with ‘complete silence or crickets’

With the school board meeting room at maximum capacity, residents stranded outside donned “cricket” clickers to voice their dissatisfaction.

9 months ago

Delaware Governor John Carney
Delaware
K-12
Race & Ethnicity

Delaware codifies Hispanic, Asian American and Pacific Islander commissions along with groundbreaking education bill

Gov. John Carney signed legislation codifying the Hispanic Commission and creating an Asian American and Pacific Islander Commission to enhance diversity and representation.

9 months ago

Listen 1:32
the outside of The University of the Arts Dorrance Hamilton Hall
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Who should get the $63M endowment money of UArts? Depends on who you ask

Will the Dorrance Hill Hamilton trustees have control over how Mrs. Hamilton’s donations to the University of the Arts could be redistributed? It's up to a judge to decide.

10 months ago

Listen 1:23
Hillary Clinton sits and speaks
Books
K-12
Kids

Clinton Foundation’s ‘Too Small to Fail’ initiative to focus on early literacy across Pa.

About 31% of Philadelphia students in grades 3-8 scored at or above the reading benchmark on the Star Assessment in winter 2023–24.

10 months ago

N'Namdee Nelson
K-12
New Jersey

Who are the Camden school board president and vice president?

Board vice president N’Namdee Nelson was elevated following the resignation of Wasim Muhammad.

10 months ago

Listen 0:58
Amy Wax teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gender
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
6abc

Penn sanctions controversial professor for ‘flagrant unprofessional conduct’

A faculty committee found Amy Wax had a history of making derogatory generalizations about groups of people based on race, gender, sexual orientation and immigration status.

10 months ago

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