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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

Listen 2:40
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

Listen 5:02
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

Listen 2:17
More than 50 students at Alfred G. Waters Middle School near Middletown participate in the Girls Who Code club. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
K-12
Technology

Coding club creates tech aspirations at Middletown school

The tiny toy robots look a little like the ghosts from the old PacMan arcade game. But the little devices called Ozobots are helping stud ...

8 years ago

Listen 3:23
A lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the NAACP and a citizens group targets Delaware's education funding and governance system that the plaintiffs says leaves Wilmington students —like these kids at Warner Elementary — disenfranchised, without adequate resources. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Income Inequality
K-12

ACLU lawsuit: Wilmington students disenfranchised by system

A lawsuit by the ACLU of Delaware charges that that the state’s school funding system deprives poor, disabled and non-English speaking students of an adequate education.

8 years ago

Jerusha Conner is an associate professor at Villanova University. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Public Safety
Social Justice

Villanova professor says ‘Never Again’ student activists won’t take no for an answer

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Villanova education professor Jerusha Conner about youth activism and the 'Never Again' movement against gun violence.

8 years ago

Listen 6:14
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

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