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Education

Students change classes at a public school in Pennsylvania. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

More Pa. school districts feeling the crunch of mandated expenses, according to survey

An annual census of Pennsylvania districts suggests they're faring worse financially than last year and are more likely to raise taxes.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf signing an anti-discrimination executive order in April 2016. (Courtesy of Pa. Dept. of General Services)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Taxes

After pressure from religious schools, Pa. removes nondiscrimination language from tax credit program

Should private schools that benefit from Pennsylvania’s tax credit programs adhere to the rules of the public system? That d ...

8 years ago

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein delivers the keynote speech during the annual alumni dinner of Central High, on Tuesday evening.
Philadelphia

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rosenstein stresses ‘rule of law’ in Philadelphia speech

Rosenstein, who is overseeing the Russia inquiry, returned to his hometown for a speech focusing mostly on the past and avoiding major political drama.

8 years ago

Ilona Arnold-Berkovits is an education and family systems researcher and psychometrician at Rutgers University. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
New Jersey

Could this N.J. website help integrate America’s schools?

It may not be a panacea, but one Rutgers professor has a new approach for desegregating the nation's schools. And it starts with the college admissions process.

8 years ago

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The findings discussed in Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children have been cited more than 8,000 times, according to Google Scholar. (Chelsea Beck/NPR)
NPR
Income Inequality

Let’s stop talking about the ’30 million word gap’

NPR talked to eight researchers to explore this controversy. All of them say they share the goal of helping poor kids achieve their highest potential in school.

8 years ago

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

Delaware education secretary reverses course on school transgender policy

The Carney administration reversed course Friday on a proposed school anti-discrimination policy, removing a provision that would have al ...

8 years ago

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The N.J. state Senate held a hearing to investigate hidden-camera videos that appear to show local leaders of a the teachers union talking about protecting teachers accused of abusing students. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
New Jersey

N.J. lawmakers question teachers union on undercover videos

Videos from a conservative group appear to show two union reps bragging about their ability to keep teachers on the job after unseemly, or even illegal, conduct.

8 years ago

In this Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, photo, Walmart employee Kenneth White scans items while conducting an exercise during a Walmart Academy class session at the store in North Bergen, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Business
National

Walmart offers employees new perk: Cheap access to college

Walmart is subsidizing the cost of tuition, books and fees, eliminating the need for student loans.

8 years ago

Sam Oozevaseuk Schimmel, 18, has grown up in both Alaska and Washington state. He is an advocate for Native Alaskan youth. (Kiliii Yuyan for NPR)
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity

The conflicting educations of Sam Schimmel

More than 50 years after the government forced hundreds of Native Alaskans into boarding schools, their descendants are haunted by and trying to overcome residual trauma.

8 years ago

Trenton state Capitol building. (WHYY file photo)
New Jersey

New Jersey considers statewide policy against nepotism in schools

Garden State lawmakers already are prohibited from hiring relatives.

8 years ago

8th grade student Kristina Kelly and English teacher Monique Traugerat Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus School in the Olney section of North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Home & Family
K-12
Philadelphia

Say anything: Inside a writing assignment gone right in North Philadelphia

A second-year English teacher in the Olney section of North Philadelphia gave up control and gave her students the space to open up. To their own surprise, they did.

8 years ago

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Robin Morgan, a longtime UD faculty member, is the school's first permanent female provost. (University of Delaware)
Delaware
Gender
Higher Education

University of Delaware’s barrier-breaking provost cites opportunities, challenges

Robin Morgan is making history as the first woman to become the permanent provost, the No. 2 post, at the University of Delaware.

8 years ago

The Resilience Builder Program teaches young students techniques for handling tough emotions, like visualizing a remote control for thoughts so they can switch from negative to happier feelings. (Nathalie Dieterle/for NPR)
NPR
Behavioral Health
Kids
Mental Health

For troubled kids, some schools take time out for group therapy

In Australia, Canada and the U.K., social and emotional learning in schools is already being implemented on a large scale. Here in the U.S. it has spread, but not as quickly.

8 years ago

Over 300 graduating students from 19 Philadelphia-area colleges and universities are shown throwing their mortarboards in the air on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a 2012 ceremony. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Higher Education
K-12
Pennsylvania

State grants for Pa. college students remain steady, but face uncertain future

The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency is digging into its reserves to keep money flowing into a g ...

8 years ago

Radio Times
Business
Economy

Is it a job seeker’s market?

Guests: Paul Harrington, Ilana Gershon, Laura Craig Unemployment is the lowest it’s been in almost two decades ...

Air Date: May 24, 2018 10:00 am

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