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Education

Puerto Rican piano prodigy Paola Calderon performs during a master class at Philadelphia Performing Arts String Theory School. The 14-year-old relocated to Philadelphia in November after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico.
Music
Philadelphia

Puerto Rican prodigy finds a piano in Philly

After fleeing hurricane devastation, a young pianist gets back on the ivories in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Former School Reform Commission Chairman Wendell Pritchett will be one of thirteen members of the advisory board that will decide on Board of Education nominees.
K-12
Philadelphia

Kenney names nominating panel for new Philly school board

The nominating panel features a baker's dozen of community, civic, and business leaders. The panel will help form Philly's new, locally appointed school board.

8 years ago

Martin Luther King speaks in Atlanta in 1960.
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
Philadelphia
Social Justice

50 years ago Dr. King told these Philly kids to lay a blueprint, and they did

King's speech to a group of students at Barratt Junior High School in South Philadelphia urged them to make better lives. Many of them did.

8 years ago

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In this photo taken Nov. 23, 2015, a student leans on a table in the cafeteria during first period at Roosevelt High School in Seattle. More school districts around the U.S. are heeding the advice of scientists who have long said that pushing back school start times can improve student health or academic output. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

Heeding science, some Pennsylvania school districts push back high school start times

Later school start times could mean teenagers are more likely to get adequate amounts of sleep, according to research published last month by Penn State researchers.

8 years ago

Lamont Repollet is nominated to be New Jersey's next education commissioner. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
New Jersey

New education chief tapped for New Jersey

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy's choice to lead the New Jersey Department of Education is a 'visionary,' one analyst says.

8 years ago

Gov-elect Phil Murphy promises to end PARCC tests in New Jersey. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
New Jersey

Gov-elect Murphy: New Jersey will stop using PARCC tests

Critics say the PARCC assessments force teachers to narrow their teaching to what is on the test.

8 years ago

Delaware coach Tubby Raymond is hoisted onto the shoulders of his players in November 2001 after becoming the ninth college football coach to reach 300 wins. Raymond, who died Dec. 8 at age 92., was celebrated during a memorial Friday at UD. (AP Photo)
Delaware
Higher Education
Sports

University of Delaware pays tribute to late football legend

Delaware won three national titles under Raymond, using the innovative Wing-T offense the former mathematics major helped create. He died last month at 92.

8 years ago

Dr. Patrice Gilliam-Johnson has been named the new dean of Graduate, Adult and Continuing Studies at Delaware State University. (photo courtesy DSU)
Delaware Business Now
Delaware
Higher Education

Labor Secretary Gilliam named graduate dean at Delaware State University

Delaware Secretary of Labor Dr. Patrice Gilliam-Johnson has decided to join Delaware State University as the Dean of Graduate, Adult, and Continuing Studies.

8 years ago

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

Report calls for overhaul of Pa. charter law

Pa.'s 20-year-old charter law has been criticized by every side of the political aisle. A new report from Public Citizens for Children and Youth offers ideas for change.

8 years ago

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(Philadelphia Public School Notebook)
The Notebook
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
Pennsylvania

Here we’re not outcasts

A three-part series on Pa.'s Lakeside School and innovative approaches to trauma-informed education.

8 years ago

Francis Scott Key Elementary kindergartners and 1st graders picked up breakfast items on Jan. 9 to eat in the cafeteria. Older students eat in classrooms. At a news conference at Key that day, officials celebrated the results of the District's expanded breakfast program. (Darryl Murphy/The Notebook)
The Notebook
Food & Drink
K-12
Philadelphia

Expanded breakfast program has led to a spike in attendance, Philly school district says

"Grab and go" meals and alternatives to eating in the cafeteria boost participation.

8 years ago

A five-year mural project covers the facade of the McClure School in North Philadelphia with colorful mosaics designed by students.
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
Philadelphia

Once marred by violence, a North Philly schoolyard now blossoms

Six years after a man was gunned down on the playground at Alexander McClure Elementary School, an effort to adorn the building with colorful mosaics is underway.

8 years ago

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The Titusville High School football team warms up before the homecoming game (Kevin McCorry/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania

Smart Talk: Challenges and changes to rural education in Pennsylvania

Keystone Crossroads’ Kevin McCorry travelled throughout rural Pa. to learn about the students, educators and families that struggle to provide a promising education.

8 years ago

Taryn Canty-Reed, 20, (front), says young people in her generation have experienced abandonment and have also abandoned themselves. Now it’s time for them to chase opportunities, said the YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School student attending a press conference in City Hall Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Jane M. Von Bergen/The Notebook)
The Notebook
Economic Development
K-12

Philly to spend $6M to connect disadvantaged youths to jobs

The program will use state money to provide workforce training to 1,000 who already receive some form of government support.

8 years ago

Waliyyuddin Abdullah drops off daughter Florrie, a first grader, at Powel School in West Philadelphia. Abdullah chose Powel over his neighborhood school in North Philadelphia.
Income Inequality
K-12
Philadelphia

The Philly school choice system no one is talking about

Every year, thousands of Philadelphia families choose a traditional public school outside their neighborhood. So is that a good thing, a bad thing or something else?

8 years ago

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