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Watson T. Comly School in Northeast Philly (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
K-12
Public Health

New case tests big question: Can Philly kids sue after getting sick in school buildings?

Dean Pagan has become a poster child for toxic conditions in Philly schools. But can his family sue the district for damages?

7 years ago

Heidi Wyandt, 27, holds a handful of her medication bottles at the Altoona Center for Clinical Research in Altoona, Pa., on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, where she is helping test an experimental non-opioid pain medication for chronic back pain related to a work related injury she received in 2014. (Chris Post/AP Photo)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
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WESA

Pa. offers student debt repayment for health care workers in addiction treatment field

7 years ago

Area responders worked together at Central Dauphin East High School during an active shooter drill simulation. (Courtesy of PennLive)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
PA Post

Pa.’s Safe Schools Report provides plenty of numbers, but critics question their accuracy

Under the Safe Schools Act, the state’s Department of Education relies on the local school district to report infractions to the state.

7 years ago

Christopher Spriggs, acting executive director of Glen Mills Schools, has taken the lead in attempting to reopen the shuttered reformatory school. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Tribune

Glen Mills, the school shut down by Pa. for student abuse, appoints interim executive director

For the first time in its 193-year history, Glen Mills Schools has an African-American executive director.

7 years ago

Maurice Boston, a freshman at Ben Franklin H.S., shows his support at a packed meeting discussing the closures of Ben Franklin and Science Leadership Academy high schools because of asbestos remediation at the school district building Monday morning. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
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New Jersey
Philadelphia
Public Health

Regional roundup 12/23

Guests: Joe Hernandez, Kristen Graham On this week’s Regional Roundup; WHYY’s ...

Air Date: December 23, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:02
Franklin Learning Center. (The Flash/The Notebook)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Public Health

How 30 years of broken promises, false starts led to another Philly asbestos closure

Officials have known for decades about building woes at a Philly H.S. But despite protests and promises, not much has changed.

7 years ago

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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 years ago

Listen 3:53
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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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’

7 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.

7 years ago

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