
Education
Study: Pa. students seem to prefer charter schools dominated by members of their own race
Few topics in education inspire more debate than school choice and school integration. A new study co-authored by Penn State profe ...
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ListenNew Jersey could require schools to provide textbooks
New Jersey could require that every student be provided with the right textbook. A bill that ensure that cleared the New Jersey Senate on ...
8 years ago
Selling Fox Chase: One kindergarten open house in the era of school choice
Robert Caroselli isn’t a button-up type of guy. The principal at Fox Chase elementary, a K-5 school in Northeast Philadelphi ...
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ListenPhiladelphia’s school district finds creative ways to ensure kids eat breakfast
At 6:30 a.m. every school day, a crew consisting of two cafeteria workers and one community volunteer begin the process of cooking and so ...
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Friends’ Central can’t keep hiding behind Quaker language
Three weeks have now passed since Friends’ Central administration placed two faculty on leave for the offense of chaperoning studen ...
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Students leaving Philly schools for charters less costly than once thought
A long-awaited study of the true costs of charter students in Philadelphia says that much of the “stranded costs” associated ...
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ListenPhiladelphia teachers take part in ‘A Day Without a Woman’ protests
The Philadelphia teachers union used Wednesday’s international women’s strike to highlight the importance women play in schoo ...
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Suspended Quaker school teachers claim discrimination in cancelled-speaker scandal
Two teachers suspended from a Wynnewood Quaker school amid student protests over a canceled speaker have filed a discrimination ...
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Philly physics teacher with perfect attendance plans for his first day off in seven years
It’s been more than 2,500 days since Philly teacher Klint Kanopka missed work. It’s a unlikely streak from an unlikely ...
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ListenOn second try, Indian River tax increase passes
Delaware’s Indian River School District voters overwhelmingly approved a 19 percent property tax increase Thursday, just three mont ...
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‘Sanctuary campuses’ Swarthmore, Penn amplify protections of students at risk of deportation
As the Trump administration has refrained from stripping Obama-era protections for young people in the country illegally, Swarthmore Coll ...
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Leaders of black colleges set to meet with GOP lawmakers, White House officials
During his campaign, President Trump frequently asked the African-American community, “What do you have to lose by trying something ...
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An Uber for Explorers: La Salle strikes partnership with ride-hailing service
A subway ride to the Olney Transportation Center in North Philadelphia costs $2.25. For another two bucks, you can now take a 5-minute Ub ...
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‘Radio Times’ examines higher education policy in the age of Trump
Education policy in America could be transformed under President Trump and newly minted Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, including the ...
8 years ago
Guests: Sara Goldrick-Rab, Aaron Schenk, Aminata Sy Betsy DeVos, the recently minted Secretary ...
Air Date: February 22, 2017
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