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About 250 people gathered at St. Patrick's Church in Norristown, Pa. to pray for victims of this week's earthquake in Mexico and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

One Norristown church, in the crosshairs of two natural disasters, gathers to pray

The majority Latino St. Patrick’s Church in Norristown held a special Mass Thursday night to provide healing, relief and catharsis ...

8 years ago

An elementary school teacher instructs students to put their hands over their heads. (AP File Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Report on ‘chronic teacher absenteeism’ in Pa. highlights union’s role, spurs further questions

A new report finds that teachers in traditional public schools are almost three times as likely to be chronically absent as teachers in c ...

8 years ago

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Campuses across Pa. reeling from racial bias incidents

Students at Cabrini University are reeling after two more bias incidents were reported on campus this week, days after an African-America ...

8 years ago

(Patrick Semansky/AP Photo, file)
Delaware
Economy

Biden, panelists, discuss jobs, economy, at University of Delaware

Former Vice President Joe Biden discussed economic challenges and the future of job growth for the middle class at the University of Dela ...

8 years ago

Philadelphia School District headquarters (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Six struggling Philly schools to be reshuffled, possibly with new teachers

In what’s become a yearly ritual, the School District of Philadelphia said Tuesday it will reshuffle six low-performing schools in ...

8 years ago

Top NASCAR racer Kyle Larson addresses students Tuesday at t St. Georges Technical High School while a photo with his sister from his youthful racing days is projected on a screen. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware

NASCAR star brings message of teamwork to vo-tech school

It’s routine for schools to bring in professionals of various fields to address students, especially on career days, when doctors, ...

8 years ago

Democratic New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy listens to a question as he addresses a gathering outside Mercer County Community College on Monday in Trenton. Murphy said Monday that the tuition-free community college plan he's promising could cost $200 million. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Higher Education
New Jersey

Dem hoping to be N.J. governor proposes tuition-free community college

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy has unveiled a proposal to enhance job training and workforce development in New Jersey. ...

8 years ago

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K-12
Technology

Katrina Stevens: Classroom tech must serve students and teachers and work across school districts

To what extent can successful learning programs in one location be implemented in other locations — say, Philadelphia? ...

8 years ago

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Teachers in the Methacton School District have walked off the job for the first time in more than three decades.(image via Google maps)

Methacton teachers on strike; other districts in Philly region without contracts

School bells didn’t ring Monday morning for children in Methacton, a district of nearly 5,000 students in Montgomery County Pennsyl ...

8 years ago

Students move between classes at the newly opened Vaux Big Picture HIgh School. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)

Hopes for North Philly neighborhood’s future tethered to new high school

Reopening Vaux High School is a critical part of a sweeping, half-billion dollar plan by the city’s housing authority to revitalize ...

8 years ago

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 (rob@enteravalon/Big Stock Photo)

Methacton teachers strike; district cancels classes

A Pennsylvania school district has canceled classes after contract negotiations with teachers broke down and the union decided to strike. ...

8 years ago

Participants work together to build different creations during the the inaugural Block by Block Party, a Minecraft gaming event and family science festival at USciences benefiting Philadelphia Public Schools. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia
Technology

‘You build your imagination’: Minecraft draws hundreds of kids to Philly schools fundraiser

Minecraft has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. It is, very simply, one of the most popular computer games ever created. The B ...

8 years ago

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The exterior of Benjamin Franklin High School

Popular Philly magnet to share building with low-performing neighborhood high school

One of Philadelphia’s most sought-after magnet schools will “co-locate” with one of its poores ...

8 years ago

Students gather outside Masterman high school in Philadelphia.

In Philly’s high school choice system, male and Latino students seem to lose out

A new study of Philadelphia’s free-wheeling high school choice system comes to discouraging and familiar conclusions about who has ...

8 years ago

Inaugural class of the Odessa Center for Horological Excellence (Students in blue lab coats; Rick Aubin, instructor, and Sam Cannan, founder, both in white; Michael Wipf, president of Hogs and Heroes' Middletown chapter) (Shirley Min/WHYY)
Business
Delaware

Classes begin at Delaware watchmaking school for vets [video]

Naysayers said the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative would never open its doors, but after seven years of hard work, founder Sam Cannan prov ...

8 years ago

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