Education news: Philly schools, colleges & policies

A new bill in the Statehouse would require every school district in Pennsylvania to test for radon and inform parents of the results.

7 years ago

Patti Saylor sits next to police officers during a training session at Prince George's Community College. (Meg Anderson/NPR)

NPR

Policing

How one mother’s battle is changing police training on disabilities

Patti Saylor's son, Ethan, died after an encounter with law enforcement when he was 26. She believes the incident could have been prevented with better disabilities training.

7 years ago

African Union Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao speaks at a panel discussion during the Pan African Development Conference at DSU Thursday afternoon (Courtesy of Delaware State University)

Delaware

International

Race & Ethnicity

The Philadelphia Tribune

Delaware State U. working with African Union to connect African Americans to Africa

Delaware State University has partnered with the African Peer Review Mechanism to help bridge the gap between Africa and its “Sixth Region.”

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (left) and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (right) took turns discussing the rising cost of college education at Penn State's University Park campus on Thursday, April 11, 2019. (Min Xian / Keystone Crossroads)

Keystone Crossroads

Government Accountability

Higher Education

Fetterman, Corman seek solutions to the rising cost of higher education at student forum

In-state tuition and fees for Pennsylvania’s public four-year universities are among the highest in the nation.

7 years ago

Maura McInerney, legal director fo Education Law Center, talks about a class action lawsuit against Glen Mills Schools which charges that boys at the reform school were abused and deprived of education. She is joined by Chief Legal Officer Marsha Levick and Michael McGinley, a partner at Dechert LLP. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Keystone Crossroads

Criminal Justice

Pennsylvania

Advocates sue Pa. officials, say they failed to catch major problems at Glen Mills Schools

The suit holds two Pa. departments responsible for constitutional violations and other infractions against children sent to the prominent Delaware County reform school.

7 years ago

Concern is growing about a burgeoning online market for essays that students can buy and turn in as their own work. And schools are trying new tools to catch it.
(Angela Hsieh/NPR)

NPR

Higher Education

National

Buying college essays is now easier than ever. But buyer beware

What was once limited to small-scale side hustles has mushroomed into so-called essay mills on the Internet, becoming a global industry.

7 years ago

A student at the Duquesne Light Co. lineworker training center takes a high voltage hot stick to others learning the trade in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. They are taking part in a partnership training program with the Community College of Allegheny County. John Andzelik, the manager of workforce develpment for Duquesne light, said that people in the program range from recent high school graduates to older people looking for a career change. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Business

Environment

StateImpact Pennsylvania

As baby boomers retire, Pa. power companies look to build the next generation of workers

New workers for electric power companies and other utilities like natural gas and water are in demand across Pennsylvania and the rest of the country.

7 years ago

Bonnie Emilius fears greater school choice in her neighborhood in Philadelphia will hurt her children's school, Thomas Mifflin Elementary. (Greg Windle for Keystone Crossroads)

Keystone Crossroads

K-12

Pennsylvania

School leaders in Philly and Pittsburgh frustrated with Corbett-era holdovers on state charter board

School board members in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are pushing for higher standards for charter schools. They say the state appeals board undercuts their efforts.

7 years ago

Lincoln University students Joseph Purnell, Jeremiah Johnson, and Christian Harris talk about why they chose to attend the historically black college. All three students are members of Groove Phi Groove Inc. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)

Higher Education

Race & Ethnicity

The Philadelphia Tribune

Lincoln University’s upward mobility

Under President Allen's leadership, the university has restructured administration to give it more of a presence in Harrisburg and create better support systems for students.

7 years ago

A sign stands outside the Glen Mills Schools in Glen Mills, Pa.

Pennsylvania

Public Safety

State revokes licenses of Glen Mills Schools amid abuse probes

State officials have revoked licenses for the oldest reform school in the country amid multiple state probes into allegations of child abuse at the Pennsylvania campus.

7 years ago

State representatives joined real estate professionals and district officials at Ridley High School in Delaware County to discuss the findings of the new report

Keystone Crossroads

K-12

Pennsylvania

Real estate agents join the push for education funding in Pa.

The fight to boost education funding brings lots of people together — teachers, superintendents, politi ...

7 years ago

In this Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah attends a round table meeting at the ASEM 12 in Brussels. (Francisco Seco/AP Photo, File)

International

Politics

Religion

Oxford University to rethink degree given to Brunei sultan

The university said on Saturday it shared the "international revulsion" the laws induced and that it would reconsider a 1993 decision to confer the honorary degree.

7 years ago

Mastery Charter Schools parent Pauline Hill tears up while discussing how her 9-year-old son was hit by a car in October. She is part of the Mastery Parent Action Team pushing for safer schools and more crossing guards in Philadelphia Neighborhoods. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)

K-12

Public Safety

Streets & Roads

The Philadelphia Tribune

Mastery parents demand more crossing guards, safer schools

The Mastery Parent Action Team rallied at City Hall Thursday morning. The group met with Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross and other city leaders.

7 years ago