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Education

Philosophy professor Abby Everett Jaques of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a class called Ethics of Technology to help future engineers and computer scientists understand the pitfalls of tech. (Courtesy of Kim Martineau, MIT Quest for Intelligence)
NPR
Business
Technology

Solving the tech industry’s ethics problem could start in the classroom

Ethics is something the world's largest tech companies are being forced to reckon with.

6 years ago

Shruthika Padhy, 13, of Cherry Hill, N.J., reacts after realizing she is one of eight co-champions of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday, May 31, 2019. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
New Jersey

N.J. teen among the National Spelling Bee winners in 8-way tie

There were warning signs throughout a marathon day of spelling that this Scripps National Spelling Bee would not conclude like any other in the event's 94-year history.

6 years ago

State Sen. Vincent Hughes announces proposed legislation that would allocate surplus state funds to emergency school repairs, largely in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Citing ‘emergency’ repair needs, Democrats call for $125M for Pa. schools

A one-time cash subsidy would remediate the worst conditions in Pa. public schools — with most of the money going to Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Children in a classroom
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Feds order N.J. to find better ways to resolve special education disputes

New Jersey has been given three months to improve its much-criticized process for settling disputes involving students in special education.

6 years ago

Andrew Jackson Elementary School has become one of the most popular schools in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

Review of Philly schools could mean closures, boundary changes

The announcement could unnerve homeowners in gentrifying neighborhoods or neighborhoods with low-enrollment schools.

6 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks at an education forum at Delaware Valley Community College Friday morning. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Higher Education
Politics

Pelosi downplays spat with Trump in Pennsylvania appearance

Speaker Pelosi was in Delaware County to promote plans to make college more affordable. Asked about her war of words with President Trump she said, “I’m not even going there."

6 years ago

Helen Oakes in a recent photo. (Courtesy of The Notebook)
Philadelphia
The Notebook

Helen Oakes, civic activist and former Philadelphia school board member, dies at 94

Famous for her newsletter, Helen Oakes was a watchdog and gadfly during tumultuous times.

6 years ago

State Sen. President Steve Sweeney, left, said he wants $50 million in the state budget for fiscal year 2020 to go toward so-called extraordinary aid for special education students (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
New Jersey
Politics
NJ Spotlight

Sweeney wants $50M extra for special ed but no more funds for losing districts

The increase would for students with the greatest needs. Senate president says districts facing steep cuts in state support shouldn’t expect additional aid.

6 years ago

Morehouse grad Ahmad Smith, flanked by his father, Wayne, and his sister Chanel, had $110,000 in student loans wiped clean. (Courtesy of Chanel Smith)
Higher Education
Personal Finance
The Philadelphia Tribune

Morehouse grad with local ties: ‘I’m free’

“I feel free; I have my life back,” said Ahmad Smith, who has roots in Philadelphia. “Not only am I now an educated Morehouse man, I’m a debt-free Morehouse man."

6 years ago

In this May 16, 2016 photo, students work in a new quiet reading room at Princeton University's Firestone Library  in Princeton, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

N.J. libraries must wait for access to much-needed bond funds

It’s been 18 months since New Jersey voters approved $125 million to upgrade municipal and county libraries, but officials are still teasing out the regulations.

6 years ago

Robert F. Smith, founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, speaks at Morehouse College on Feb. 17, 2018 in Atlanta. Smith announced on Sunday he will pay off the student debt of the college's entire 2019 graduating class. (Getty Images)
NPR
Higher Education

Robert Smith pledges to pay off student loans for Morehouse College’s Class of 2019

Billionaire investor and philanthropist Robert Smith said Sunday he is eliminating student debt for the entire 2019 graduating class at Morehouse College.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney visited a kindergarten class at Andrew Jackson Elementary School the day after being elected in 2015.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
K-12
Philadelphia

Jim Kenney cares a lot about the children of Philadelphia. Has he done enough for their schools?

Some of Kenney’s boldest moves have come on education issues. But he’s also taken a restrained approach to the city's school system.

6 years ago

Vivian Loh, (center), a seventh grader at Winchester Thurston School and the first girl to win the Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS competition, explains the solution to a math problem to her brother Vincent, 10, and their mother Debbie after they each completed a practice worksheet in the morning before school, Thursday, April 25, 2019, at their home in Squirrel Hill.  (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Gender
K-12

After 36 years, a girl is the middle school math champ

In March, Vivian Loh became the first girl ever to win the Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS competition.

6 years ago

(Chris Ryan/Getty Images)
K-12
Marketplace

5 ways the SAT has tried to reinvent itself

The SAT has undergone many, many changes over the years. Here’s a brief look at some of its redesigns.

6 years ago

Germantown High School (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly school closures found to make neighborhoods safer

Penn researchers found calls to police went down by “significant and substantive” margins after schools were shuttered.

6 years ago

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