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Education

State Sen. Pat Browne, R-Lehigh.
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

With new proposal, trauma-informed care could become standard in Pa. schools

If a pair of powerful Pennsylvania state senators get their way, a ...

7 years ago

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

After heat-shortened week, Philly to reconsider August school start

Parents, teachers, and students may not be in the clear yet, The district is monitoring temperatures next week, which are forecast to reach the low 90s.

7 years ago

Merv Daugherty (right), outgoing superintendent of Red Clay Consolidated School District, was recently interviewed on WHYY's
NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
K-12

Head of Delaware’s largest school district takes Virginia post

Daugherty has been with Red Clay for 18 years and been an assistant principal, principal and administrator before becoming superintendent nine years ago.

7 years ago

Listen 2:07
(Rob Dobi for NPR)
Higher Education
Home & Family

Villanova researchers help first-gen students trailblaze into freshman year

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Stacey Havlik and Krista Malott, researchers at Villanova who have studied first-generation students in our area.

7 years ago

Listen 5:53
Michi Marshall, wife of NFL wide-receiver Brandon Marshall, talks about her husband's mental illness during a day of mental health first aid training for teachers at String Theory Charter School.
Behavioral Health
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly charter school trains teachers, staff in youth mental health first aid

Hundreds took part in the trainings provided by the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services and a national organization, Project 375.

7 years ago

Books for sale in the college bookstore at the University of Miami. (Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images)
Higher Education

Nothing says welcome to college like exorbitant textbook prices

When the cost of a textbook could feed a family of four for a week.

7 years ago

(LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
National
Policing
Public Safety

The School Shootings That Weren’t

How many times per year does a gun go off in an American school? We should know. But we don't.

7 years ago

Quimayah Gibson-McClendon prepares for her first day of kindergarten at William Dick School in North Philadelphia with her great-aunt Elesha Sears (left), and grandmother Tashawn McClendon, (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

District officials project optimism as new Philly school year begins

Capitalizing on a window of relative prosperity, the School District of Philadelphia hopes to establish momentum during a governance change.

7 years ago

Listen 2:48
(ShutterStock)
K-12
Kids
New Jersey

N.J. gov embraces idea of school alarms linked to police, wants funding change

Gov. Phil Murphy has conditionally vetoed a bill requiring all New Jersey public school buildings to be equipped with a panic alarm syste ...

7 years ago

Andrew Brooking, assistant principal at Philadelphia's Blaine Elementary. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

As classes begin, Philly ‘turnaround’ school hoping for a rebound year

Andrew Brooking’s future at Philadelphia’s Blaine Elementary seemed uncertain.

7 years ago

Listen 6:47
YuQing Xie won a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad in July. He graduated in June from Charter School of Wilmington and starts this week at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Courtesy of Charter School of Wilmington)
Delaware

Del. whiz kid wins gold at global physics competition, continues path of supernova

Much has been made of Delaware's poor to mediocre student test scores, but thousands of kids do measure up in math. Then there's YuQing Xie, a supernova of a student.

7 years ago

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mulvaney took over the CFPB as acting director in late November. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
NPR
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Student loan watchdog quits; blames Trump administration

In the letter, obtained by NPR, Frotman accuses Mulvaney and the Trump administration of undermining the CFPB and its ability to protect student borrowers.

7 years ago

Students line up outside Joseph Pennell Elementary on the first day of school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment
K-12

A prayer for seizing opportunity

As our Philly students start a new school year, I know they feel like they have all the time in the world to fulfill their dreams. But I have 3 words for them: Life is short.

7 years ago

A classroom at Lea Elementary School in University City. (Harvey Finkle)
Keystone Crossroads
Philadelphia

A portrait in data of the typical Philadelphia teacher

The typical Philadelphia teacher is a white woman with a bachelor’s degree, about a decade of teaching experience, and a median annual ...

7 years ago

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a dinner hosted by the Washington Policy Center in Bellevue, Wash.
(Ted S. Warren/AP)
K-12
National
Public Safety

Education Dept. proposals on guns in schools sparks outcry

he Education Department says it is weighing whether to allow states to use federal funds to purchase guns for schools

7 years ago

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