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Education

Noel Rodriguez, former principal at Academy of Dover Charter School, has received prison time for embezzling more than $145,000 of federal funds meant for kids' education. (Academy of Dover Charter School)
Delaware
K-12

Former charter school principal gets prison for embezzlement

A former Dover charter school principal has been sentenced to 13 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $145,000 in restitution for embezzling federal education funds.

8 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney is pictured here at City Hall in Philadelphia, in this Thursday, June 16, 2016 file photo. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Speak Easy
Philadelphia
Politics
Taxes

Mayor Kenney abandons Philadelphia kids

The mayor insists much of the money will go toward pre-K and Rebuild after the Big Soda lobby is defeated in court. Then why not create a reserve fund earmarked for pre-K?

8 years ago

(Rob Dobi for NPR)
NPR
Higher Education
National

College waitlists often waste would-be students’ time

What should students do once they've been wait-listed?

8 years ago

Students at Tilden Middle School using the new “calming room.” (Dana Bate for WHYY)
Behavioral Health
K-12

Philly school’s new ‘calming room’ offers yoga mats, drawing, and a ‘brain break’

A Philadelphia middle school has launched a "calming room" to help students unwind.

8 years ago

(Chris Nickels for NPR)
NPR
International
Medicine

Advice to parachuting docs: Think before you jump into poor countries

The American College of Physicians has issued a position paper on "ethical obligations" for medical volunteers.

8 years ago

Pictured in this WHYY file photo are Mayor Jim Kenney and Joyce Wilkerson. Both Wilkerson and Christopher McGinley  (not pictured) were today named to the 9 member Philadelphia School Board. (WHYY, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia

Mayor Kenney picks his starting nine for new Philly school board

Kenney's board will replace the state-controlled School Reform Commission on July 1.

8 years ago

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy addresses a gathering as he unveils his 2019 budget Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in the Assembly chamber of the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. Some of the first-term Democratic governor's proposals are to raise the state sales tax and extend its reach, hike income taxes on the wealthy and legalize recreational marijuana. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
K-12
New Jersey
Politics

Educators decry N.J. school funding levels proposed by Murphy as insufficient

One school board member calls the allocation to Chesterfield School District a "punch to the gut."

8 years ago

Grieving students made a shrine of teddy bears outside Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington after Amy Joyner-Francis died there in April 2016 after being attacked by classmates in the bathroom. (File/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Law

Wilmington school attack victim’s family sues district, claiming ‘gross negligence’

The family of a Wilmington high school student who died after being attacked in the bathroom nearly two years ago is suing two attackers her and the school district.

8 years ago

Listen 1:48
Bucks County Community College, Newtown campus. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Higher Education
Income Inequality
Law
Pennsylvania
Politics

Tuition-free community colleges, public universities proposed in Pa.

State Sen. Vincent Hughes intends to introduce his Pennsylvania Promise legislation on April 16.

8 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Politics

Biden tackles gun control, voting, and foreign policy at Penn forum

In wide-ranging talk, former vice president chides millennials for not voting and spills a White House secret.

8 years ago

Ann Draemel engages her students in conversation during an intensive English course for international students at Temple University. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Higher Education
Immigration
International

With fewer foreign students taking intensive English classes, Philly universities pivot

Administrators of intensive English programs say a kaleidoscope of factors have contributed to the contraction — including the economy and the 'Trump factor.'

8 years ago

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Joyce S. Wilkerson, (left), and Christopher McGinley, (right), are leaving the SRC (Bastiaan Slabbers  and Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
K-12
Philadelphia

Two commissioners leave fading SRC to seek spots on new Philly school board

SRC chair Joyce Wilkerson and commissioner Christopher McGinley needed to leave the five-member body before Mayor Jim Kenney could pick them to serve on the new board.

8 years ago

St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Parish has reinstated Cindy Mann as principal of the Padua Academy high school for girls in Wilmington after more than a week of protests by students, parents and other supporters. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Religion

After week of protests in Delaware, Catholic girls’ school reinstates fired principal

The principal at Padua Academy, fired 11 days ago in a dispute over the school's financial support of its parish affiliate, has been reinstated after several days of protests.

8 years ago

Senior Christian Sanchez caries the flag as the Cheyney University Wolves enter the O'Shields-Stevenson Stadium for the
Higher Education
Sports

Money woes force Cheyney University to suspend most athletic programs

Once known for its basketball teams, Cheyney is restructuring its athletic department to help the nation’s oldest historically black college become financially stable.

8 years ago

Christo Rey student Monica Kpedenou demonstrates her program for monitor Jared Boyd during a timed test.
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
Philadelphia
Technology

From light bulbs to drones, a new curriculum takes flight in North Philly school

A Catholic school in North Philadelphia, is piloting a curriculum that will turn students into literal pilots. Drone pilots, that is.

8 years ago

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