
Education
Pennsylvania, Delaware high schools get an F for financial literacy classes
Pennsylvania and Delaware are among nine states to receive a grade of F for teaching personal finance to high school students, according ...
7 years ago
Principal apologizes after 6th graders tasked to draw fictional addict's 'mug shot'
A sixth grade health class assignment that required students to write about a fictional drug addict reaching rock bottom and to draw thei ...
7 years ago
Fewer N.J. schools providing breakfast to kids in need
300,000 New Jersey kids in low-income families are not getting the nutrition at school they need to help them pay attention and reduce behavioral problems, advocates say.
7 years ago
Committee shuffle could make difference for Pa. school choice bill
Senate Bill 2 would create education savings accounts — a similar concept to private school vouchers.
7 years ago
Temple’s first Rhodes Scholar, Hazim Hardeman
In this segment, we meet HAZIM HAR ...
7 years ago
Listen 18:30Pa. auditor general says Chester Upland school district in ‘chaos’
When the district moved its administrative offices five years ago, it lost many of the school records. Those it retained were incomplete or disorganized.
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Christina school closure proposal — which timetable is best?
The Christina school board has endorsed a plan to close three Wilmington elementary schools and convert two others into K-8 buildings, bu ...
7 years ago
Listen 1:53Delaware principal who embezzled $162,000 gets 18 months in prison
A federal judge has sentenced the former principal of a New Castle charter school to 18 months in prison for embezzling $162,000 over a f ...
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Philly launches effort to expand K-12 computer science classes
The project, called CS4Philly, is aimed at encouraging students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Delay for anti-bias policy in Delaware schools
The proposal allows students to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity and pick a preferred name other than their birth name without notifying their parents.
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Listen 1:31Can we make purchasing classroom tech more like buying a car?
Schools nationwide are spending over $13 billion in K-12 alone and have little idea if any of it works. We can’t afford to spend this kind of money blindly.
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Christina school closure plan met with concerns, resentment
Gov. John Carney's quest to improve high-poverty, low-performing Wilmington schools crystallized this week but not with a lots of criticism from parents.
7 years ago
Listen 1:53Schools cut ties with honorees accused of sexual misconduct
Dozens of U.S. colleges have bestowed honors upon prominent men from Hollywood to the nation's capital who have recently been accused of sexual misconduct.
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Christina district, state working on proposal to close 3 schools
Christina School District is considering a plan to close three Wilmington elementary schools and expand two others in the city, according to a confidential memo.
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