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Education

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

Radio Times
K-12
Philadelphia

Philadelphia teacher roundtable

Guests: Michael Southerton, Gerald Dessus, Monique Trauger The school year is almost underway. Teachers are busy ...

Air Date: August 16, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
 Students filing into South Philadelphia High School on the first day of school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly schools are opening earlier this year, and district officials want you to know it

Monday, Aug. 27. You’re going to hear that date a lot from Philadelphia officials over the next week and a half.

7 years ago

Colorado School District 27J has adopted a four-day school schedule in an attempt to save about $1 million a year.
(James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)
NPR
K-12

Colorado school district switches to 4-day week to save money

A Colorado school district intent on saving money has cut one of its greatest costs: teaching.

7 years ago

Teaching civics to students can help them be more engaged voters.
NPR

How to make a civics education stick

How do you teach kids to be active participants in government? Or to tell the difference between real news and fake news?

7 years ago

Some children start the school year early not to get a better education, but to have a nutritious meal and shelter during the day. (Cheryl Gerber/The Hechinger Report)
K-12

The invisible signs to look for on the first day of school

Hunger and homelessness hamper kids’ ability to learn.

7 years ago

Superintendent Pedro Rivera poses for a photograph at Lincoln Middle School in Lancaster, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

After first year of Pa. school improvement pilot, Wolf team looks to expand

The pilot involved 10 representatives from the administration working with 19 schools chosen to represent districts ranging in size from small, medium, and large.

7 years ago

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