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Education

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NPR

How some schools restrain or seclude students: A look at a controversial practice

Though there are guidelines around restraint and seclusion in schools, there are no federal laws governing how they can be used

6 years ago

Philly Democrat Chris Rabb, who is sponsoring a bill to shift entirely to the Fair Funding formula, speaks at a rally. (Katie Meyer/WITF)

Southeast Pa. protesters flood Capitol, push for a shift in education funding

On Wednesday, around a thousand activists took a trip to the Capitol to call for change to the fair funding formula.

6 years ago

Eric Carle and his most famous creation, during a 2009 appearance on the Today show. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
NPR
Books

A very happy 50th birthday to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’

Will author and artist Eric Carle's famously peckish creation be munching his way through some birthday cake?

6 years ago

Applicants who wish to open charter schools, opponents of those plans, protesters and parents crowded the School Reform Commission meeting in 2017. The marathon session, which began at 3:30 p.m., lasted well into the night. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania

Pa. House passes charter school package, but funding conundrum remains

Public school advocates argue overall, charter schools route too much money from traditional districts.  

6 years ago

A group of children walk with their caregivers on Vine Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Kids
Pennsylvania

For parents who work nights and weekends, study finds child care is especially difficult

An estimated 150,000 Pa. families need child care outside the typical work day. But a new study says few providers can afford to offer that service.

6 years ago

Cooperative Nursery School director Leah Corsover with a student. (Paul Jablow/The Notebook)
Kids
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Broke in Philly

Mt. Airy early childhood center works on increasing diversity

Recruitment, workshops, and "challenging" discussions about racism are all part of the effort.

6 years ago

School concept. Back to school, School classroom with empty school chairs and tables, classroom without students, School supplies on blackboard, School of Schoolchild and student education.
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. considers eliminating cap on superintendent pay

New Jersey could end superintendent salary cap, put in place when Chris Christie was governor to keep school budgets in check.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Politics
Taxes

More tax credits? More spending? Pa. lawmakers continue to clash on education

The proposed increase to the Educational Improvement Tax Credit will likely be used as a bargaining chip in ongoing budget negotiations.

6 years ago

Temple University students are shown at a May 2012 graduation ceremony. Pennsylvania college students graduate owing an average of $36,193.(Nathaniel Hamilton/for WHYY)
The Why
Higher Education
Personal Finance

Pennsylvania’s student debt crisis

Pennsylvania ranks No. 1 in the nation for student debt. Why is the debt burden is so high here and how is that affecting the way students and grads live?

Air Date: June 6, 2019

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Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Cyber charters in Pa. are wildly ineffective, and 3 other takeaways from new Stanford study

The study says the overall quality of Pa. charter schools is brought down by poor performing cybers. But some brick and mortar charters in cities are a bright spot.

6 years ago

Rowhomes at 34th and Spring Garden Street for sale or rent. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Philly real estate community reacts warily to school district planning process

Last week’s news that the Philadelphia School District could move catchment boundary lines piqued the interest of parents and those that sell them homes.

6 years ago

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Former UD professor Arica Coleman in her home Wednesday. Feb. 27, 2019, in Newark, Del.  (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Delaware
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity

Former professor says University of Delaware tenure process stifles diversity

A former professor at the University of Delaware says the refusal to grant her tenure is part of a pattern of discrimination against black women faculty.

6 years ago

Listen 6:02
Angelis Leon, a third grader at Gilbert Spruance Elementary School, finds the books she ordered through the Book Trust. The non-profit allows young readers to choose their books.
Books
K-12

Kids book program to expand to 150 Philly elementary schools

The Philadelphia School District will expand a program that encourages kids to own their own books.

6 years ago

A union leader said the next step is a fight for healthcare benefits for Rutger's part-time lecturers. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Part-time lecturers ratify new contract with Rutgers

The union leader said the next step is a fight for healthcare benefits for Rutger's part-time lecturers.

6 years ago

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

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