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Education

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

The J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center at King's College (Google map)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Religion

Another Pa. Catholic college removes name of bishop called out by grand jury

King's College and Misericordia University, both in the Scranton area, have buildings named after J. Carroll McCormick.

7 years ago

(LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
International
LGBTQ
Travel

Know an LGBTQ student itching to study abroad? Here are some things to think about

For queer people, the decision to go abroad can come with some added questions.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (left) and Scott Wagner (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
K-12

Wolf calls Wagner’s new education funding proposal ‘abracadabra math’

Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner has a ...

7 years ago

Science Leadership Academy students Khalid Abogourin (left), 17, and Horace Ryan III, 16, created a handbook for first year teachers that is being used in teacher orientations throughout the school district.
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia

With glossary of city slang, Philly students create jawn for new teachers

The handbook contains sections with student perspectives on classroom situations, reminiscences of inspiring teachers, and a listing of the latest slang.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati, center, hopes to quash a school funding lawsuit brought by districts and advocates. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Pa. funding lawsuit moves toward full trial as court dismisses latest objection

Plaintiffs believe Pennsylvania’s system for funding education has violated the state Constitution on multiple fronts

7 years ago

Back school backpack and supplies. (Photo Courtesy/BigStock)
Philly Parenting
Home & Family
K-12
Kids
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

5 ways to ease back into your school schedule

That time of summer is here…when the stores are filled with school supplies, bus schedules and teacher assignments are announced and ki ...

7 years ago

A student walks past the Bender Library on the American University campus in Washington, D.C. American is one of 32 colleges and universities with an accelerated program that lets students earn bachelor’s degrees in thee years instead of four, which one management expert has criticized for helping only undergraduates who are already very well prepared. (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Higher Education
National

Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

Signs emerge that some are cutting corners to produce more graduates more quickly.

7 years ago

Two days before the walkout, teachers and support staff from across the Flagstaff Unified School District, two hours north of Phoenix, gathered for an information and strategy session. Everyone took home a Red for Ed yard sign. (E. Tammy Kim)
K-12

Edged out of the middle class, teachers are walking out

Dissatisfied with low pay and school funding, teachers in more red states are poised to protest.

7 years ago

Teachers visit the Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap, perusing racks of educational posters and tubs of rulers. (Eslah Attar/NPR)
NPR
National

Teachers turning to free supply shops to outfit their classrooms

The Teacher Supply Swap, a free store for educators in Baltimore, is serving a community with a child poverty rate higher than the national average.

7 years ago

Students walk on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia. Temple has started a master’s degree in sport business, among the 41,446 degree or certificate programs colleges and universities have added since 2012. (Matt Rourke/The Associated Press)
Higher Education
National

Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors

Despite tight budgets and high risks, colleges hope niche degrees will spur demand.

7 years ago

(LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Public Safety

Bills and bulletproof backpacks: Safety measures for a new school year

Some parents are even investing in bulletproof school supplies.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
K-12

New Pa. school safety funding on track for March 2019

The funds are part of a bipartisan bill signed into law in the months after the Parkland, Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.

7 years ago

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