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Education

Many adults in the U.S. take out student loans but never finish their degree — leaving them in a vicious cycle of debt (LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Higher Education
Income Inequality

‘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.

7 years ago

Members of the Cheyney University marching band play in the stands during a football game against Lincoln University. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
The Why
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

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 14:54
The standardized tests scores of chronically absent students will no longer count against teachers, schools, and the state. (John Locher/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Will 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.

7 years ago

Jovan Weaver, 37, was charged with vehicular homicide in April 2019. Here, he's pictured at his childhood playground in 2017. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Schooled
K-12

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 15:28
Nineteen states have adopted
NPR
K-12

States 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.

7 years ago

Students pass though a stairwell at Overbrook High School. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

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.

7 years ago

Close-up of a standardized test.
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

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.

7 years ago

Joe Egan, right, a representative of The Buckeye Firearm Foundation, at a Tamaqua School Board meeting in November 2018. Board member Nicholas Boyle, left, and School Board President Larry Wittig, confer with him. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

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.

7 years ago

Educators fire off rounds during a concealed carry class for teachers Sunday, June 10, 2018, at  Adventure Tactical Training in Farmer City, Illinois. The class was designed to help teachers feel less vulnerable in the wake of a number of recent school shootings across the country.  (David Proeber, The Pantagraph via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12

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.

7 years ago

These greens are among the hydroponic crops grown by students at Brownsville Collaborative Middle School, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In June, the students started to sell discounted boxes of the fresh produce to community members. (Robin Lloyd for NPR)
NPR
Food & Drink

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.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 11, 2017 file photo, Corrie Davis, left, picks up her son Turner from Big Shanty Elementary School in Kennesaw, Ga. The previous month, the school invited fifth-graders to dress up as characters from the Civil War. Davis says a white student dressed as a plantation owner approached her son and said
Race & Ethnicity

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.

7 years ago

(Laurent Hyrbyk for NPR)
NPR
Kids

Kindness Vs. Cruelty: Helping Kids Hear The Better Angels Of Their Nature

Kindness is about more than sensing someone else's pain. It's also about wanting to do something about it — and then actually being helpful.

7 years ago

In this file photo, Tamaqua Area School Board member Nicholas Boyle speaks in support of arming teachers and other school employees, to members of the media after a news conference in Tamaqua, Pa., Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Safety

Gov. Tom Wolf says new law ensures teachers can’t carry guns in schools

Some supporters of increased gun restrictions urged him to veto Senate Bill 621.

7 years ago

Cheyney University needed to have a balanced budget by Sunday. (Abdul Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Cheyney: A balanced budget and more money for scholarships

Cheyney University came out of the weekend with a pair of victories.

7 years ago

Gov. Wolf signed the  budget on Friday June 28, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12

Seven big takeaways for education in the new Pa. budget

A flurry of hotly-debated education proposals have been decided in this year’s Pennsylvania budget. Here are the latest updates on six major issues.

7 years ago

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