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Education

A fight between two students at Warner Elementary School on a school bus Thursday spurred the driver to pull over on Interstate 95 in Wilmington and call police. (File/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Public Safety

Police called after fight on Warner Elementary bus leads driver to stop on I-95

A fight between students on a Warner Elementary School bus prompted the driver to pull over on Interstate 95 in Wilmington near the start ...

8 years ago

Bunkong Tuon and family
Speak Easy
History
Immigration
Military

Poem: ESL Lesson

Mrs. D showed us how to conjugate the verb to be: "I am the teacher. You are the students. He is from Cambodia. She is from Vietnam."

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has decided to let the school code bill become law without his signature. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Gov. Wolf to consider bill that would weaken teacher seniority, among other school policy shifts

The Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would alter a wide range of state policies related to public education — including the weakening of seniority protections

8 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is seen along the banks of the Delaware River.
Speak Easy
Business
Economic Development
Higher Education

To land Amazon, we must shift academic programs to meet workforce needs

With Philadelphia among the cities vying for Amazon’s second headquarters, it’s a perfect time to analyze whether our students are prepared for tomorrow’s workforce.

8 years ago

Christopher Emdin
K-12
Kids
Race & Ethnicity

What teachers need to know about connecting with students in urban schools

Christopher Emdin says it's time to do things differently in urban classrooms so students aren't left thinking "You don't get me."

8 years ago

Listen 5:13
A man at a podium outside the Penn Wood High School
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. public school advocates meet in Delco, joyous to get their day in court

Public education advocates gathered Wednesday in Southeastern Pennsylvania to celebrate a recent state Su ...

8 years ago

Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Taxes

Uncertainty swirls around Pa. property tax amendment that will soon go before voters

A constitutional change before Pennsylvania voters could lower property taxes and shake up school funding. Or it could do nothing at all.

8 years ago

Listen 0:00
Protesters including retired teacher Ron Whitehorne (left) at a recent School Reform Commission meeting demanded that the body vote to dissolve itself and return the Philadelphia School District to local control.
The Notebook
K-12
Philadelphia

Kenney administration moving quickly to set up transition from SRC to local control

"Friends of" groups are being asked to suggest names for nominating committee and for a new nine-member Board of Education.

8 years ago

Community meeting
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Coatesville parents, students confront school officials over response to racist incidents

School district officials in Coatesville held a special meeting where they got an earful from students and parents about recent racist events that rocked the high school.

8 years ago

Delaware State University President Harry Williams announced his plans to join the Thurgood Marshall College Fund as he received the group's Educational Leadership Award at the TMCF 30th Anniversary Awards Gala. in Washington, D.C. (Nichelle Polston/WHYY)
Delaware
Higher Education

Search for new DSU President could take a year

Who will replace outgoing Delaware State University President Harry Williams? The search for a new president to lead Delaware State University will be an intense one.

8 years ago

Harry Lee Williams, president of Delaware State University since 2009, will head the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. (File/WHYY)
Delaware
Higher Education

Delaware State University President Harry Williams to head Thurgood Marshall Fund; leaves DSU in January

Harry Lee Williams, president of Delaware State University since 2010, is leaving the Dover campus to lead the Thurgood Marshall College ...

8 years ago

Oswald Darway, a 10th grader at Valley Day School, works with a virtual reality program.
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia
Technology

To reach special needs students, Bucks County school turns to virtual reality

There is a classroom in Morrisville, Bucks County unlike any other in Southeast Pennsylvania. Administrators think the technology inside could unlock students' potential.

8 years ago

University of Delaware leaders join other dignitaries in the ceremonial groundbreaking for UD's new Biopharmaceutical Innovation Building. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Higher Education
Medicine

University of Delaware breaks ground on biopharmaceutical research center

The facility, to be located on UD’s STAR campus, will house the national headquarters for the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals,

8 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Chris Long (56)
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles' Chris Long gives up millions to help kids find better education

When the Eagles take the field against Washington tonight, defensive lineman Chris Long will be playing for free and for the rest of the season.

8 years ago

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Students at Las Americas ASPIRA Academyu, a Delaware charter school, gather in the new auditorium for the presentation of summer reading awards. Scholastic Inc. honored them as the best in Delaware. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Kids
Race & Ethnicity

Delaware dual language school honored for summer reading

Since opening seven years ago Las Americas ASPIRA has become a magnet for parents who wants their children to speak Spanish and English.

8 years ago

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