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Education

Sketches show the first step in the process of designing 3D puzzles. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Technology

Delaware school adds robots, 3D printers to help struggling students

Teachers at The College School in Delaware are using robots and 3D printers to help struggling students succeed.

6 years ago

Students who attended Scott Fried's program wear bracelets given to them by Fried that read,
Higher Education
Public Safety

Philly Greek organizations apply policies, intervention to confront campus sex assault

Temple and Penn have updated policies as fraternities and sororities participate in efforts to raise awareness. But is it enough?

6 years ago

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Radio Times
Economy
Higher Education
K-12
Politics

The student debt crisis

Student loan debt has more then doubled in the last decade to $1.5 trillion. We look at the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for tackling student debt.

Air Date: February 15, 2019 10:00 am

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Pennsylvania has 500 school districts. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Why are there so many school districts in Pa.? Here are four reasons

Pennsylvania has 500 school districts — nearly every one with its own full-time superintendent, hired by locally elected school board members.

6 years ago

A student is struggling with his math homework. (dolgachov/BIGSTOCK)
The Pulse
Biology
K-12
Kids

Dyscalculia — the math version of dyslexia

A little-known learning disability is helping kids — and adults — reframe their struggles with numbers.

6 years ago

Listen 03:39
(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, file)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

The death of cyber charter schools in Pa.?

A proposal backed by a powerful Republican would steer families to district-run cyber programs and away from cyber charter schools.

6 years ago

Shippensburg University is one of the 14 schools that make up the troubled Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education system. (AP photo)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Pa. university system pledges to transform amid struggles, enrollment drop

The system of 14 universities had asked for an increase of almost $38 million, or 8 percent. Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf proposed an increase of $7 million, or 1.5 percent.

6 years ago

Nate Higgins works with students on math problems. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Eight school districts sue N.J. Department of Education over cuts in state aid

The eight school districts are saying reductions will devastate the learning environment for thousands of students.

6 years ago

Students at the Trapezium Math Club practice skip counting, an exercise which helps them learn multiplication. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
K-12
Kids

What’s the best way to teach math?

For decades, people in the U.S. have worried about falling behind the rest of the world at math. Some teachers think they have answers.

6 years ago

Listen 08:47
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
The Notebook

State’s charter appeals board still run by Corbett appointees

This is important for Philadelphia, where marginal applications are sometimes approved for fear of costly and ultimately successful appeals to the state board.

6 years ago

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Under Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan, one Pa. school district would receive $693,000 to raise teacher salaries

In a searchable database, you can see how much your school district would receive.

6 years ago

In this April 11, 2018 file photo, a high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)
K-12
Public Health

Vape detectors going up in more school bathrooms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Area schools install devices that resemble smoke detectors to combat the use of e-cigarettes, or vapes, in bathrooms and other places without cameras.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf talks with Misericordia University student and mother Rochelle Jade Scott and her daughter Sky as he visited Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa., Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, to tour the Ruth Matthews Bourger Women with Children Program and to outline his bold budget plan to create the strongest workforce in the nation. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
Politics

Pennsylvania’s school funding fight exits spotlight

For years, Pennsylvania's school-funding system has stuck out nationally, occasionally flagged as one of the least equitable.

6 years ago

The University of Delaware wants state taxpayers to split the cost of paying tuition and fees for students from half of Delaware’s families. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Higher Education
Taxes

University of Delaware wants taxpayers to split cost of free-tuition plan for some residents

The University of Delaware spends $19 million a year on scholarships and financial aid for in-state students. It wants taxpayers to shoulder the same amount.

7 years ago

Listen 1:38
State Sen. Teresa Ruiz has sponsored a measure to keep the now-invalidated PARCC graduation requirements in place for juniors and seniors. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, file)
K-12
Law
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Stop-gap attempt to ‘avoid chaos’ as court action awaited in PARCC case

A court’s recent strike-down of PARCC graduation requirements has led to widespread confusion. Lawmakers try to keep the requirements in place for current juniors and seniors.

7 years ago

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