Education
Union files complaint against CCP, UPenn, Drexel, Temple, and more over wages for security officers
SEIU filed its labor complaint against Drexel University, CCP, St. Joseph University, Temple University, Temple University Hospital, UPenn, and the UPenn Health system.
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Murphy scraps Christie’s salary cap for N.J. superintendents
Nine years after former Gov. Chris Christie limited how much New Jersey superintendents could be paid, his successor ends the restriction.
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Don’t have your lunch money? 1 Pa. school district threatens foster care
Wyoming Valley West School District, one of the poorest districts in the state as measured by per-pupil spending, is located in a former coal mining community in NE Pa.
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Parents, sometimes you’re the problem when it comes to tech use
Parents of young kids pick up their phones an average of almost 70 times a day — often to escape a stressful parenting moment.
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‘I’m drowning’: Those hit hardest by student loan debt never finished college
From mid-2014 to mid-2016, 3.9 million undergraduates with federal student loan debt dropped out, according to an analysis of federal data by The Hechinger Report.
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Cheyney University’s survival plan
For years, Cheyney University's been on life support. Now, with a balanced budget & infusion of funds, America's first historically black university could be turning a corner.
Air Date: July 18, 2019
Listen 14:54Will this tweak in Pa. law send student test scores soaring?
The standardized tests scores of chronically absent students will no longer count against teachers, schools, and the state.
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Special update: The story Jovan Weaver didn’t tell
In this special episode of Schooled we unpack the details of the Jovan Weaver vehicular homicide case and its larger implications.
Air Date: July 17, 2019
Listen 15:28States are ratcheting up reading expectations for 3rd-graders
Almost 20 states have passed laws requiring third-graders who aren't proficient in reading to repeat the grade. The policy started in Florida 17 years ago.
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Philly charter leader says district offered ‘backdoor’ deal for neighborhood high school
A prominent charter leader claims Philly school officials tried to give her control of a neighborhood high school. Those officials say it’s not true.
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Pa. fiscal watchdog calls for end of Keystone exams
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released a report calling for the state to get rid of its high school standardized test and replace it with the SAT or ACT.
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Citing technicality, Pa. school district scraps first-of-kind policy to arm teachers
The Tamaqua Area School District will scrap a groundbreaking policy that would have allowed teachers and staff to carry weapons anonymously on school grounds.
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Some Pa. superintendents have been quietly armed in schools — and parents probably don’t know it
Amid ongoing debate about guns in Pa. schools, some school administrators have been quietly armed for nearly a year, a Keystone Crossroads investigation has found.
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How hydroponic school gardens can cultivate food justice, year-round
In neighborhoods with limited access to healthy foods, school gardens can help close the gap — for students and the wider community.
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Schools still struggling with how to teach about slavery
There are no national standards on how to teach about slavery, although it is often recommended as a topic in curriculum at the state and local levels.
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