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Education

Board of Education President Joyce Wilkerson swears in Alfredo Praticó and Julia Frank as student representatives on the board. (Darryl C. Murphy/The Notebook)
The Notebook
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Despite unease, school board approves Keystone Opportunity Zones

Keystone Opportunity Zones give tax breaks to developers in blighted neighborhoods. But many of the sites are not blighted, advocates said.

7 years ago

A metal detector and an x-ray machine sit at the entrance of Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. (Emily Cohen for WHYY, file)
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

Reports: Stationing police in Philly schools costly, causes trauma for students of color

Some parents of kids in city schools firmly in favor of the police presence.

7 years ago

Listen 2:58
(Emma Lee/WHYY)
Kids
New Jersey

New Jersey boosts preschool funding for 31 districts

Districts that were recently awarded this new round of funding include:

7 years ago

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Keystone Crossroads
Higher Education
K-12

Betsy DeVos decries attacks on campus speech in Philly lecture

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called out the nation’s universities Monday in a talk about campus free speech and the First Amendment.

7 years ago

Listen 1:27
Bob Cavanagh, left, and Linda Moore, center, wait in an evacuation shelter setup at the Conway High School for the arrival of Hurricane Florence on Thursday in Conway, S.C. Many schools in the area have closed or been converted to shelters for residents in the region. (Getty)
NPR
Higher Education
K-12

DeVos loses on student loans; Bezos funds preschool

The new school year marches on, and so does our weekly roundup.

7 years ago

Students play dress-up and draw on a whiteboard in a Christopher House preschool class. (Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report)
K-12
Kids

Making the preschool magic last as children get older

How one school’s efforts to support parents and families has led to success.

7 years ago

Some runners have more baggage than others. (LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Higher Education
National

If ‘free college’ sounds too good to be true, that’s because it often is

To millions of parents and students, they're magical words: free college. But is the idea pure fantasy?

7 years ago

April Ellis weighs some bananas at the Island Avenue Shoprite in Southwest Philadelphia while shopping with her grandchildren,  Kalanni and Shareef. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Kids

Turning chores into classrooms: New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

If you’re grocery shopping in Philadelphia over the next year you might run into a cherubic cartoon character named A.J.

7 years ago

Students from McCall School in South Philadelphia walk home on Sept. 6, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Politics

Sweltering schools bring up age-old infrastructure problem in Pennsylvania

The state put a moratorium on its reimbursement program for school construction in 2015.

7 years ago

Freshmen at St. Louis Park High School, just outside of Minneapolis, take time out of their social studies class for a team-building exercise that is part of the school’s Building Assets, Reducing Risks program. (Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report)
K-12

A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school

Using a holistic approach with students to “catch those coughs before they become pneumonia.”

7 years ago

Students are released from George A. McCall School at noon Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, because of the heat. It was the fifth early dismissal for heat for the Philadelphia School district since the school year began
K-12
Public Health

Blazing back-to-school temperatures pose public health threat to students

Only about a quarter of Philadelphia public schools have air conditioning.

7 years ago

McKean High School teachers Rebecca Sheehan and Jaimin Carter both hope to take advantage of a new Delaware law that could pay up to $10,000  of their student loans over five years. (Cris Barrish/WHYY News)
Delaware
K-12

To draw teachers to high-needs schools, Del. offers to repay $10k of their student loans

Gov. John Carney calls the measure the most important legislative accomplishment of the year.

7 years ago

Cherry and white Temple University flag hangs outside of old stone buildings
Higher Education

After Temple scandal, more colleges misreport data, stripped of U.S. News rankings

Temple is still providing verified numbers to its business accrediting body, the Pennsylvania attorney general and federal institutions.

7 years ago

Students walk to school in Philadelphia. (AP file photo)
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly teachers union, City Council member lose their cool over early dismissals

On Wednesday, with high temperatures expected to reach the low 90s yet again, the School District of Philadelphia will dismiss students at noon

7 years ago

Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote, Pa. (Google Maps)
Religion

Just in time for school start, Philly-area Catholic high school teachers OK contract

The union representing about 600 teachers at the Philadelphia Archdiocese's 17 high schools last went on strike in 2011.

7 years ago

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