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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Education

Bridgette May, a certified school nurse in the Erie City School District, speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol on March 26, 2019.
Keystone Crossroads
Health Care
K-12
Pennsylvania

Erie school nurse says she loves her job, but the salary is ‘like a nightmare’

Bridgette May has a salary under $45,000 a year.

7 years ago

The Westminster Choir, performing with the New York Philharmonic and conductor Colin Davis in New York City in 2003.
(Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images)
NPR
Music
New Jersey

Critics worry Princeton music college will be shuttered after proposed sale

The disclosed sale agreement of Westminster Choir College to a conglomerate partly owned by the Chinese government states that the owners can close the school at any time.

7 years ago

A sign stands outside the Glen Mills Schools in Glen Mills, Pa.
K-12
Public Safety

Pa. DHS orders ’emergency removal’ of children at Glen Mills

Pa. officials have ordered the "emergency removal" of all children remaining in the oldest reform school in the country.

7 years ago

Gina Dukes, a Penn alumna and a Philadelphia school district teacher, speaks at a rally to demand UPenn make PILOT payments. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Education activists call on Penn to pay ‘fair share’ to support city schools

The University of Pennsylvania is exempt from paying property taxes in Philadelphia. Activists say the school should contribute its ‘fair share’ for city services anyway.

7 years ago

Listen 3:04
Sara Wong for NPR
NPR
Higher Education
National

How admissions really work: If the college admissions scandal shocked you, read this

There are lots of legal ways that wealthy students get into America's top schools.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf visits Taggart Elementary School in South Philadelphia to stump for legislation that would tax natural gas extraction to pay for school improvements. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Energy
Environment
Infrastructure
Taxes

Gov. Wolf highlights Philly school conditions in severance tax push

Gov. Tom Wolf is once again pushing for a severance tax on Pennsylvania’s natural gas producers — this time by focusing on how the money could be used for schools.

7 years ago

Students in the 3rd grade at St. Paul School in Princeton, N.J. are pictured in this file photo  (Tom Mihalek/AP Images for Skype)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Group may head back to court over lack of N.J. school desegregation

A lawsuit filed last year claims residency rules are to blame for lack of diversity in New Jersey public education.

7 years ago

Photo AP/Ben Margot
Radio Times
Higher Education
Income Inequality

How the college admissions system favors the privileged and disadvantages most everyone else

Even before dozens of parents were charged with paying bribes to universities all over the country, the university system has always been rigged to favor some over others.

Air Date: March 20, 2019

Listen 49:44
Photo AP
Radio Times
K-12
Pennsylvania

Glen Mills abuse allegations

Glen Mills was once one of the most prestigious reform schools in the country. Now, students are being pulled out in waves following allegations of widespread abuse.

Air Date: March 19, 2019

Listen 49:46
Students work inside a classroom at Eisenberg Elementary School in New Castle. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Mental Health

Delaware lawmakers want more elementary school counselors and psychologists for students

To help students suffering from trauma and mental illness, Delaware lawmakers want to boost the number of elementary school counselors and psychologists.

7 years ago

Students head to school at the now-shuttered Germantown High School. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

What happened when Philly closed 30 schools? New study offers answers

Closures displaced thousands of students, but a new study suggests the kids who fared worst academically were at schools where most displaced students went.

7 years ago

Aiyana Branch, who wants to be a hair stylist and salon owner, won a first place award for her skills demo. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware vo-tech students win $800,000 in scholarships and apprenticeships

The nonprofit Delaware SkillsUSA awarded about $800,000 in scholarships and apprenticeships. One winner said vo-tech gives kids a “head start” on a career.

7 years ago

Listen 1:44
A school safety symposium held in Indiana, Pa. last week drew nearly 600 educators, superintendents, school resource officers, state police, and community members from around the state. (Courtesy of the Indiana Area School District)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Public Safety

‘Hard’ and ‘soft’ school safety solutions on display at western Pa. conference

Presentations ran the gamut from so-called “soft” solutions like mental health counseling to “hard” solutions like metal detectors and armed staff.

7 years ago

Listen 1:38
An entrance to Garden Spot High School is seen on March 14, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
K-12
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Pa. school may remodel locker rooms over transgender student access

The moves come after protests over how the Eastern Lancaster County School District is providing locker room and bathroom access for a transgender student.

7 years ago

Brad Moyer goes over the beginning steps of home brewing during a class at Shippensburg University.
(Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Food & Drink
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Shippensburg brews up courses to train Pa.’s craft beer workforce

In 2011, its economic impact on the state was just over $1 billion. By 2017, that figure grew to more than $6 billion.

7 years ago

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