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Education

The Juvenile Medium Security Facility in Bordentown, New Jersey.
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

N.J. group calls for reopening former prep school for African-Americans

Planners hope a reimagined Bordentown School would recruit students from parts of the state that send large numbers of minorities to youth prison.

8 years ago

Philadelphia School Reform Commission member Farah Jiminez. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Jimenez resigns from Philly SRC four months before it disbands

“It has been a gift to bear close witness to the truest of public servants,” Jimenez wrote.

8 years ago

Gov. John Carney takes part in a mindfulness exercise with students at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School in Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Public Safety

Teaching kids to deal with stress as part of answer to school violence, Carney says

When it comes to making schools safer, Delaware Gov. John Carney says teaching kids how to deal with the stress of life is an important element.

8 years ago

Maurice Jenkins addresses the Education Nominating Panel during the public comment section of the meeting on Feb. 26. (Dale Mezzacappa/The Notebook)
The Notebook
K-12
Philadelphia

Panel submits 27 names to mayor for new school board

Group includes two current SRC members.

8 years ago

Students at Cherry Hill High School East staged a sit-in Monday morning in support of teacher Timothy Locke.
K-12
New Jersey

Students protest after Cherry Hill teacher suspended for Parkland comments

Dozens of Cherry Hill East students blocked the school's busiest hallway to support a teacher who was suspended last week for controversial remarks about school safety.

8 years ago

Imhotep Charter (white) and MLK High School (black) playing the city public league title game at the Palestra, February 25, 2018. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia
Sports

After 20-year hiatus, Philly’s basketball championships return to ‘the cathedral’

The public league’s title game has leapfrogged venues for decades. Before Sunday, it had been exactly 20 years since the game was last played at the Palestra.

8 years ago

Listen 2:05
Rich Liuzzi, left, is the director of school and community partnerships at Lea Elementary who took eighth-graders to see Black Panther and thought all the school's students should see it. Aja Graydon-Dantzler, a Lea parent, Tiguida Kaba, a Lea student, and Lea principal Shavon Savage worked to support the effort that raised enough money to finance the movie field trip in less than 24 hours.
The Notebook
Movies
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Lea students to go on a field trip to Wakanda

8 years ago

Philadelphia School District headquarters (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Taxes

With school deficits looming, Philly debates tax strategy ahead of new budget

Private-sector leaders want to reduce business taxes, but the school system's urgent financial needs could make that difficult.

8 years ago

Nasihah Thompson-King talks with reporters after a press conference at Mastery Shoemaker Charter School. Her supporters called for an end to the requirement that hijab-wearing students obtain a waiver after Nasihah was prevented from playing because she refused to take off her head covering.
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia
Religion
Sports

Benched over head scarf, Mastery basketball player says ‘change is coming’

A referee would not Nasihah Thompson-King play during a playoff game last week because she did not have a signed waiver to wear a hijab.

8 years ago

Listen 2:06
Estelle Richman questions Dawn Lynne Kacer about the charter office's evaluations of applicants for new charter schools. (Greg Windle/The Notebook)
The Notebook
Business
K-12

Philly SRC denies six charters and approves one with conditions

Several speakers urged the SRC to reject all the applications on principle, arguing that every new charter deprives students in District schools of needed resources.

8 years ago

Super Bowl Champion and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce joins the jazz band of his alma mater, Cleveland Heights High School, on stage during a music exchange program visit at Central High School in Philadelphia, Pa. on Feb. 22, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
Music
Sports

Before he was a Super Bowl champ in Philly, Jason Kelce was a Cleveland Heights Tiger

Eagles center Jason Kelce visited Central High School Thursday morning for a special performance from his high school jazz band.

8 years ago

Listen 2:28
High School senior Shalia Alejandro (center) helps Soriely Quinonez, a student at Cramp Elementary School.

As Philly kids learn to read, ‘coaches’ help them along

New program is part of a broader push by city officials to focus more attention and intention on what Philadelphia students do after school.

8 years ago

Children at Southwark School eat their school lunches from styrofoam trays, Dec. 20, 2016.
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly schools phase out Styrofoam tableware

Philadelphia schools are now using a compostable plate-tray hybrid made from recycled paper fibers.

8 years ago

Union College says it recently stumbled across a surprising find in its archive: a lock of George Washington's hair. (Matt Milless/Union College)
NPR
Higher Education
History

N.Y. college says forgotten book reveals lock of George Washington’s hair

Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., says it has made an incredible and, experts believe, real find: a lock of George Washington's hair inside a "long-forgotten book."

8 years ago

When Dustin Gordon arrived at the University of Iowa, he found himself taking lecture classes with more people in them than his entire hometown of Sharpsburg, Iowa, population 89. (Ben Smith/The Hechinger Report)
NPR
Higher Education
National

Who’s missing from America’s colleges? Rural high school graduates

Dustin Gordon bucked the trend. Though neither of his parents finished college, they insisted that he go.

8 years ago

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