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Education

Sahar Pirzada, program and outreach manager for HEART, leads a workshop at Peace Over Violence in downtown Los Angeles.
(Josie Huang/KPCC)
NPR
National
Social Justice

Muslim sex educators forge their own #MeToo movement

"Growing up, I kind of believed that sexual violence was, just in general, a Western concept, like it doesn't happen to people who are Muslim."

7 years ago

Students wear clear backpacks outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Monday. The bags are one of a number of security measures the school district has enacted as a result of the Feb. 14 shooting at the school that killed 17. (Sun Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images)
NPR
K-12
Public Safety

Making schools safer: Harsh consequences, or second chances?

The debate in many ways comes down to this: What's more important — cold steel or warm hugs? Harsh consequences or second chances?

7 years ago

(WITF, file)
Pennsylvania

Pa. Senate OKs bill to delay high school graduation test again

The Keystone Exams would be delayed until 2020-21.

7 years ago

Farrad McLaughlin, (left), and Chris Felix, (right), are scholars from Philadelphia Futures, a program that helps first generation college students graduate. McLaughlin just earned his Master’s Degree from Cabrini University and Felix just graduated cum laude from Lafayette College. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Four years gone: What these Philadelphia Futures grads have learned about family, life, and leadership

West Philadelphia’s Farrad McLaughlin, 26, was crushed when he lost his older brother to gun violence a decade ago. But since that mome ...

7 years ago

Listen 6:29
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
National

DeVos has scuttled more than 1,200 civil rights probes inherited from Obama

Data analysis shows that the Trump administration is less likely than its predecessor to find wrongdoing by school districts.

7 years ago

The School Reform Commission met for the last time on Thursday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Philly SRC departs with busy meeting

The SRC also left some business on the table, failing to reach agreements with 25 charter schools that say the commission’s terms are too restrictive.

7 years ago

Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

With election approaching, Pa. leaders seek the modest middle ground on education

This year's negotiations have featured a lot less rancor, and education seems to be at the heart of the compromise.

7 years ago

About 15,000 high school students worked with CollegePoint advisers this year to pick a college. (Sam Rowe for NPR)
NPR
Higher Education
Social Justice

How virtual advisers help low-income students apply to college

Research shows that 1 in 4 students juggle the writing, the studying, the researching and applying to college completely on their own.

7 years ago

A Chesterfield student peruses a graphic novel in the school library, which officials say doesn't have enough money for books. (Karen Rouse for WHYY News)
K-12
New Jersey

Small N.J. town takes on school funding fight

Chesterfield isn't what comes to mind when politicians talk about children harmed by the state's failure to provide adequate education funding.

7 years ago

Listen 7:04
Wilma Mishoe has been named the first permanent female president of Delaware State University. She has been interim president since January. The bust next to her is of her father Luna, who was the school's president from 1960 to 1987.
Delaware
Higher Education

Delaware State University names first permanent female president

Delaware State University has named its first permanent female president, picking interim leader Wilma Mishoe, whose father Luna headed the Dover school from 1960 to 1987.

7 years ago

Aalayah Eastmond narrowly survived the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. On Monday, Eastmond will be the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony for Freire Charter School in Center City, Philadelphia. (Provided)
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
Public Safety

‘I have to continue’: A Parkland survivor speaks about her activism

Aalayah Eastmond narrowly survived the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Fighting for change ever since, she will visit Philly on Monday.

7 years ago

Listen 4:42
A bill moving through the Delaware General Assembly would give the state broader powers to suspend or revoke a teacher's license when sexual offenses or other serious miscondcut is alleged. (bigstockphoto.com)
Delaware
K-12
Law

Bill would help Delaware suspend teachers who pose ‘clear danger’ to students

A vote is anticipated by the end of the legislative session on June 30.

7 years ago

Kevin Davis will graduate from high school this year with a perfect attendance record and dreams of opening his own restaurant.
NewsWorks Tonight
Food & Drink
K-12
Philadelphia

This Philly teen did everything asked of him, and so he’s finally asking for a little help

Kevin Davis Jr. has never missed a day of school. But the aspiring chef still faces a daunting tuition bill. Reluctantly, he's asking the world for a financial boost.

7 years ago

Listen 2:13
William R. Hite, Jr., Ed.D, Superintendent of The School District of Philadelphia (Nathaniel Hamilton/for WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly school district nearing new accountability rules for charters

The School District of Philadelphia has a new tool for evaluating its charter schools, one it hopes will help end a long and public tug o ...

7 years ago

Over 300 graduating students from 19 Philadelphia-area colleges and universities are shown throwing their mortarboards in the air on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a 2012 ceremony. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
Higher Education
Income Inequality
New Jersey

Federal Reserve study: ‘Last dollar’ program helps boost low-income college enrollment

The program increased enrollment and reduced student financial stress.

7 years ago

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