Education
Sharper focus on education, more equitable funding sought in N.J.
New Jersey must quickly provide a high-quality public education for all children, warned a nonprofit foundation that works to improve the state's public policy decisions.
7 years ago
New lottery system for Philly trade school admissions stokes debate
Philly's career and technical high schools will no longer be able to pick their students. Will a lottery increase access or torpedo student achievement?
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Delaware State University optics expert gets $728,000 NASA grant
A Delaware State University professor has been awarded a $728,000 grant from NASA to develop new technology to measure the earth's magnetic field.
7 years ago
After mold inspections, four of six South Jersey district schools reopen
Classes are resuming at four of the six schools closed in Monroe Township in Gloucester County because of concerns over mold.
7 years ago
2 men charged for racist graffiti on Cape Henlopen school buses, other vehicles
Two downstate men have been charged with spray painting racist graffiti on two Cape Henlopen High School buses and other vehicles and locations in southern Delaware.
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How N.J. school district consolidation would look under a Murphy or Guadagno administration
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Mass exodus of students is costing Delaware school district and taxpayers
Nearly 9,000 Christina district students don't attend district schools. That's 38 percent of students- far more than any other school district in Delaware.
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Listen 0:00South Jersey business, educational collaborative on job training may expand
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney says the program "should be replicated everywhere, but sometimes, you have to push people to do it. And we’re going to do that."
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Planetarium returns, wows students at Delaware middle school
After being dormant for a decade a Planetarium returns to a school, to rave reviews.
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After mold was found in one elementary school, others have been closed for air-quality testing in the Gloucester County district.
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Listen 0:00In Camden, a timeless time capsule celebrates new charter school
Mastery Schools of Camden dedicated a gleaming new building Tuesday. But a small chrome cylinder stole the show.
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Listen 0:00At Delco ‘Safe Schools’ event, lessons from Sandy Hook shooting
A woman who lost her daughter in the Connecticut elementary school massacre still steels herself to tell the story. She does so to help others prepare for the next tragedy.
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Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Air Date: October 9, 2017
Listen 48:59GOP pushes Wolf to distribute Pa. education tax credits
Days after negotiations to balance Pennsylvania's late budget collapsed completely, lawmakers, the governor, and their staffers are still trading barbs.
7 years ago
State-related universities fearful of becoming casualties of Pa.’s ongoing budget impasse
Pa. budget impasse has put funding for Pennsylvania’s state-related universities in jeopardy. Without it, in-state students will likely see a tuition spike.
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