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Gus Scheerbaum, Professional Engineer (P.E.) of the Philadelphia Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, is one of dozens advocating for the development of autonomous drone use in Philadelphia. (Angela Gervasi/for WHYY)
Business
Higher Education
Technology

Philly hopes to clear flightpath for autonomous drones

Will drones start filling the skies of Philadelphia? For some, the idea doesn't sound so crazy.

8 years ago

 Philadelphia School District headquarters at Broad and Spring Garden streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly schools present new, sunnier budget projections

For the first time since Superintendent William Hite took over, his staff presented a long-term budget with no planned deficits.

8 years ago

Philadelphia students participate in a national school walkout commemorating the one month anniversary of Parkland, Fl. high school shooting
Speak Easy
K-12
Public Safety
Social Justice

Letter: Pennridge School District should be ashamed for giving walkout students detention

When I heard that students from my alma mater received Saturday detention for their participation in the National Student Walkout, I had one reaction: shame.

8 years ago

Should teachers carry guns?
NPR

Poll: Most U.S. teachers want gun control, not guns to carry

Nearly three fourths of U.S. teachers do not want to carry guns in school, and they overwhelmingly favor gun control measures over security steps meant to "harden" schools

8 years ago

Hundreds of Padua Academy's students protested Monday outside school, demanding ousted Principal Cindy Mann's reinstatement. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Religion

Padua principal's attorney blames gender discrimination for sudden firing

The recently ousted principal at Padua Academy, a prominent Delaware girls Catholic high school, is firing back.

8 years ago

Cherry and white Temple University flag hangs outside of old stone buildings
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Pa. lawmakers seek greater scrutiny of Temple, Penn State, Pitt, Lincoln

While they receive state funding, Penn State, Temple, Pitt and Lincoln universities are exempt from Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know law and Ethics Act.

8 years ago

Sociology professor Phillip Pochoda (left) and student leader Ira Harkavy during the 1969 Penn sit-in in College Hall.
Higher Education
History
Social Justice

Five decades later, Penn hosts second-ever teach-in

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Penn's Ira Harkavy about the university's second-ever teach-in.

8 years ago

Listen 5:46
Hundreds of students and parents at Padua Academy protested the principal's sudden ouster Monday. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12

Padua students stage mass sit-out for ousted principal

Hundreds of pink-clad students of Padua Academy, a prominent Catholic high school for girls in Wilmington, gathered outside the school Mo ...

8 years ago

This year’s College of Physicians Teva interns presenting a poster on gun violence. (Courtesy of Jacqui Bowman)
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia

Health and science internships focus on Philly teens to help diversify STEM fields

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia offers a range of internships, the most popular is open to Philadelphia teens who have experience violence.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has received a list of 18 more candidates to consider as he works to assemble a nine-member city school board to replace the School Reform Commission. The candidate pool now stands at 45. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Mayor gets new batch of names for Philly school board consideration

Kenney asked for more diversity in the applicant pool, and the nominating panel provided 18 new candidates.

8 years ago

Maddie Heeney, a transgender student, has thrived at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington.
NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
K-12
LGBTQ

A girl named Maddie, and Delaware's transgender conundrum

A debate is raging in Delaware educational circles about how transgender students are treated in public schools.

8 years ago

Listen 6:16
Chester Community Charter School.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
K-12
Pennsylvania

Report shows more suburban Pa. students choosing charter schools

The growth hasn't been as dramatic as in major cities, but the number of suburban students in charter schools has grown for 15 consecutive years, according to the new report.

8 years ago

Dymonique Hammond and her classmates from Freire Charter High School during the National School Walkout on March 13, 2018.
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia
Politics
Public Safety

‘We knew in our hearts we had to do it:’ Behind the scenes of one Philly school’s walkout

Wednesday’s protests were officially about gun control. But they were was as much about young people stretching their voices, finding their place in the world.

8 years ago

Listen 5:12
(M. Spencer Green/AP)
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Safety

Pa. educators decry Trump’s proposed school security cuts

"National approaches to school safety" are on the agenda Thursday as the Pennsylvania House Education Committee meets in Harrisburg for a hearing on school safety measures.

8 years ago

New Providence High School, New Providence, New Jersey (Google StreetView https://goo.gl/maps/ML8QPWAqMf62)
New Jersey
Politics
Public Safety

Some N.J. districts discouraged students from participating in school walkout

Not all of the events in New Jersey occurred with the blessing of school administrators. Some didn’t occur at all.

8 years ago

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