
Education
At Catholic high school in North Philly, passion projects take center stage
Mary “Betty” Edwards loved the hair bows her granddaughter, Gabby, used to wear as part of her cheerleading outfits. & ...
8 years ago
In an effort to reduce out-of-school suspensions because of a student’s behavior, one elementary school has created a way to keep stude ...
8 years ago
Advocates want the district to end suspensions of elementary school students
Last year, the Philadelphia School District ended most out-of-school suspensions for kindergartners. However, thousands of elementary sch ...
Air Date: May 3, 2017
Listen 00:49:28Outgoing Philly teachers cite frozen wages as reason for quitting
Cassidy elementary school guidance counselor Tara Tyler has reached a breaking point. She’s a single mom who’s felt the pinch ...
8 years ago
Hesitating over terms, several Philly charters decline to sign renewal agreements with district
Several Philadelphia charter schools signaled their displeasure with the district’s charter office by declining to sign renewal agr ...
8 years ago
Sharks bite on entrepreneurs’ ideas at Bucks college’s ‘Start Me Up Challenge’
Sharks invaded the Bucks County Community College campus in Bristol recently. They were not the kind lurking in the ocean depths, but the ...
8 years ago
Soda tax benefits all, even its biggest critic
The Philadelphia Beverage Tax benefits Philadelphians. To say otherwise ignores the big picture. Criticism of the tax merely focuses on i ...
8 years ago
Future of Laboratory Charter School in Philadelphia could be in doubt
In a year where an unusually high number of charter schools face review, the School District of Philadelphia released ...
8 years ago
Swarthmore College students launch new sit-in for divestment
This time of year on most college campuses, students are staying up cramming for finals, but at Swarthmore College some students are losi ...
8 years ago
Kensington school program has kids rocking toward a musical future
Over the last four years, siblings Alexus Arthur, 16, and Eugene Arthur, 13, have made meteoric strides in the ...
8 years ago
In South Philadelphia, a public school revival pushes against its limits
On a rain-drenched Friday in late March, about 75 people pack into a cinderblock room at South Philadelphia’s Hawthorne Recreation ...
8 years ago
ListenWith new tax money Philly schools to add teachers, brace for budget cuts
Thanks to an unexpected $65 million injection of tax revenue from the city, the School District of Philadelphia plans to hire more teache ...
8 years ago
Delaware gets $7.6 million federal grant for early childhood education
Delaware’s challenges in early childhood education can be summed up in two bleak statistics. Nearly 40 percent of children u ...
8 years ago
Listen 0:56Court rules against Lower Merion in tax-hike lawsuit
For the second time in less than a year, local judges have sided with a group of suburban Philadelphia residents who said their school di ...
8 years ago
Getting ready for college experience becomes Philly tradition with Know Before You Go
When Websterly Jean Louis enrolls at the Community College of Philadelphia this fall, it will mark almost exactly two years since he immi ...
8 years ago