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Education

Trent Mclaurin, director of special education for Mastery Charter Schools. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)

Philly educators group looks to high school to introduce young black men to teaching career

The Fellowship aims to groom high school students into viable candidates for teaching jobs. The goal is to have 1,000 black men teaching in Philadelphia schools by 2025.

7 years ago

Community College of Philadelphia and Rutgers University Camden are joining to help the community college students easily transfer to the Camden university to pursue their bachelor degrees. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Higher Education
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Community College of Philadelphia, Rutgers Camden partner on dual admission

The partnership means a seamless transfer for the Philadelphia college students to the Camden university as they pursue their bachelor's degrees.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
K-12
Sex & Relationships

Rethinking sex education

Guest: Al Vernacchio Sex education curricula vary hugely across the country. ...

Air Date: October 11, 2018 10:00 am

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Mike Matthews has resigned as president of the Delaware State Education Association amid a firestorm of criticism over sexist, racist blog posts he wrote between 2004 and 2006. (Courtesy of DSEA/waybackmachine.org)
Delaware
K-12
Politics

Delaware teachers union president resigns after sexist, racist blog posts unearthed

The president of the Delaware teachers union resigned Wednesday night, just hours after WHYY reported about sexist, racist, and other inflammatory remarks on his former blog.

7 years ago

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Governor Tom Wolf listens to a question from a student at a forum at the School District of Philadelphia's headquarters (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
K-12

Wolf, Wagner field education questions from students at Philly forum

No, it wasn’t a debate. But the two men vying to win Penn ...

7 years ago

Mike Matthews, president of the Delaware State Education Association since 2017, once had a blog called Down with Absolutes. Now some of his old inflammatory posts are being criticized as misogynistic and racist.  (Screen grab from waybackmachine.org, Delaware State Education Association)
Delaware
Gender
Race & Ethnicity

Delaware teachers union investigating president after sexist, racist blog posts surface

About 10 years before Mike Matthews was president of the Delaware teachers union, he was an irreverent blogger.

7 years ago

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School children in classroom. (via ShutterStock)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Skyrocketing special ed. costs falling heavily on Pa. school districts, taxpayers

Special education costs are rising much faster in Pennsylvania than state aid — causing local taxpayers ...

7 years ago

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A mural of the Neshaminy High School mascot. (Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
K-12
Kids
Pennsylvania

Controversial school mascot could disappear from Bucks County school district

The Neshaminy School District may be forced to give up its Redskins mascot after a hearing by the Pennsylvania Human Relation Commission

7 years ago

The entrance to the Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Md., which Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attended. The allegations of drinking and sexual misconduct swirling around Kavanaugh have prompted a new round of soul-searching at elite prep schools. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
NPR

Kavanaugh allegations prompt some prep schools to examine their culture

In 1990, the Washington Post reported that seven schools sent a joint letter to parents, warning them about the excessive drinking and sex at unsupervised parties.

7 years ago

(Big Stock photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. banking on new program providing inmates with financial savvy to succeed

State research shows three-quarters of inmates with bank accounts do not return to prison. Of those who do come back, only 39 percent have bank accounts.

7 years ago

The Arboretum at the Barnes Foundation in Lower Merion will become instrumental in educating horticulture students at St. Joseph's University under a new partnership that will enhance opportunities for students at both institutions. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Higher Education
Visual Arts

Realizing Barnes’ dream, Lower Merion garden entrusted to St. Joe’s University

The Barnes Foundation arboretum, at the original Lower Marion location, is now operated by St. Joseph's University.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Pa. auditor general cracks down on school districts in recent reports

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has targeted two school districts in recent weeks for mis ...

7 years ago

Republican Scott Wagner (left) has vowed to stomp on the face of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, in the increasingly vitriolic Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign. A Wagner campaign spokesman says the threat was metaphorical. (AP file photos)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12

A month before the election, Wolf, Wagner continue trading barbs over education

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates Tom Wolf and Scott Wagner have continued to trade barbs over educat ...

7 years ago

Del. Ariana Kelly stands outside the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis, Md. She introduced a new state law to require that consent be taught in sex ed classes.
NPR
Gender
National
Sex & Relationships

Should we teach about consent in K-12? Brett Kavanaugh’s home state says yes

Before they turn 18, about 8 percent of girls and 0.7 percent of boys experience rape or attempted rape, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

7 years ago

 Students attend class at Belmont Charter School in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

Applying to a Philly charter school? This new website wants to make it easier

Starting Friday, families applying to most of the city's charter schools will have to fill out the same online form.

7 years ago

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