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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Ninth-graders at the Science Leadership Academy work on a group project in science class
K-12
Philadelphia

Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix

Can the long-struggling Philadelphia school system change how we measure success by focusing on meaningful work instead of test scores?

7 years ago

MADISON, WI- CIRCA 2006: View of the University of Wisconsin Badgers campus located in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by University of Wisconsin/Collegiate Images/Getty Images)
PBS

Inside the ‘free speech’ debate that rocked a Wisconsin campus, with ripples across the country

7 years ago

In this April 6, 2017, file photo, Queen Latifah speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York.  (Richard Drew/AP Photo, File)
Gender
National

Amid #MeToo, more colleges host women as graduation speakers

This graduation season, the podium is all hers.

7 years ago

A lacrosse team practices on the artificial turf at Penn Park in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Lacrosse season canceled in Haddonfield after player accused of racial slur

The school district canceled the remainder of the boys' lacrosse season Friday after allegations that a white team member used a racial slur against a black female athlete.

7 years ago

SRC member Marjorie Neff (from right), Philadelphia School District Superintendent William Hite, district CFO Uri Monson, and Councilman Al Taubenburger take part in a Wednesday budget hearing. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly City Council asks: With schools deficit further away, why pay?

At a Wednesday hearing, Council members pondered why they should approve a proposed property tax hike to help fund Philly schools.

7 years ago

Todd Zartman gives his 'Kiddynomics' presentation.
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia

With ‘Kiddynomics,’ an attempt to teach youngest learners how to manage money

The Federal Reserve Bank has developed a curriculum to teach children as young as 3 and 4 the basics of financial literacy.

7 years ago

Listen 2:07
Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Pa. school funding lawsuit inches forward, though roadblocks remain

A lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s education funding system inched forward Monday, delivering a incremental victory to the plaintiffs ...

7 years ago

Investigative journalist  Thomas Huchon writes five questions that can be used to evaluate the veracity of a news story. (Pete Kiehart for NPR)
NPR
K-12
Media

A conspiracy video teaches kids a lesson about fake news

Widespread concerns about the inability of many people in France to tell a real news story from a fake one have led this French journalist to visit 81 schools since 2016.

7 years ago

Teaching diagrams line the walls of the riding arena at Midway University. (Noah Adams/NPR)
NPR
Sports

On Derby Day, visiting a college where you can major in horses

An hour's drive from Churchill Downs, students and staff at Midway University may not find time to watch, because they're taking care of their own horses.

7 years ago

Delaware Campaign for Achievement Now has created a website that educates the public about school board candidates and aims to boost what WHYY found has been absymal turnout for board elections in recent years. (Courtesy of Delaware Campaign for Achievement Now)
Delaware
K-12

Website aims to increase abysmal school board election turnout in Del.

There are 25 seats up for grabs on Delaware's school boards on Tuesday. But if history is any guide, fewer than 2 percent of the eligible voters will cast ballots.

7 years ago

Swarthmore student Morgin Goldberg sits in the office of Liz Braun, dean of students, in protest of the college's response to sexual assault allegations. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Higher Education

Angered by college response to sexual assault, Swarthmore students stage sit-in

Since Tuesday, activists have camped out in the offices of two deans they want fired.

7 years ago

Listen 1:50
Paul Vallas is shown meeting with potential voters during his failed 2014 campaign to be Illinois' Lt Governor.  (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Former Philly Schools CEO Paul Vallas running for mayor of Chicago

Former Philadelphia Schools chief executive officer Paul Vallas is running for mayor in Chicago. Vallas is no stranger to Chicago, ...

7 years ago

Philadelphia High School seniors take photos with Michelle Obama, Rebel Wilson, Robert De Niro, and Bradley Cooper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Higher Education
K-12
Philadelphia

Michelle Obama, cavalcade of stars urge Philly students toward college

College Signing Day turned North Philadelphia into West Hollywood, all in the service of spurring more Philly students to college.

7 years ago

Private investigator Tina Blanchette rides around on a surveillance mission.
Keystone Crossroads

‘The money shot’: How school districts find and prove residency fraud

Many districts monitor students to make sure they actually live within district boundaries and aren't using a fake address, but what does that monitoring actually entail?

7 years ago

Listen 6:40
The timeline of federal K-12 education law. (Pa. Department of Education)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12

Under ESSA, the newest federal K-12 education law, parents will get more information about their kids’ schools

The Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind, the controversial plan that caused upheaval in some schools.

7 years ago

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