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Education

DeVos confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Education: Here’s what she can, can’t do

Despite surprisingly robust opposition, Betsy DeVos became U.S. secretary of education Tuesday, thanks to a tie-breaking vote from Vice P ...

8 years ago

Estelle Richman

Richman moves one step closer to SRC, says she’s in no hurry to dissolve Philly board

At her Tuesday confirmation hearing, Estelle Richman, Gov. Tom Wolf’s pick for the School Reform Commission, reiterated her support ...

8 years ago

 Sharell Reddin is the president of the Student Government Association. Cheyney University celebrates its 180th anniversary under a cloud of uncertainty as the state system does a strategic review of the HBCU and other colleges, which could include merging or even closing the university. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

Changes coming to 180-year-old Cheyney, though what form they’ll take still unclear

Cheyney, the country’s oldest historically black college or university or HBCU, celebrated its 180th birthday this year — fo ...

8 years ago

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Makayla Grant gets busy on her first day of preschool at SPIN-Parkwood on Jan. 4

A month in, Philly pre-K faces a paradox: high demand and empty seats

A month after it began Philadelphia’s pre-K program still has 500 unfilled seats, but officials and advocates praise the city’ ...

8 years ago

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite praises principals who earned high scores in a district evaluation in this file photo from 2017. (WHYY staff)

Which Philly schools made the most progress?

The School District of Philadelphia released its latest batch of School Progress Reports (SPR) Tuesday, honoring those schools that made ...

8 years ago

 Bucks County Community College plans to bring together local entrepreneurs and investors with the Start Me Up Challenge, a contest based on the television show Shark Tank. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

Community college starts ‘Shark Tank’ like contest to match investors and entrepreneurs

It probably won’t be as cut-throat as Shark Tank, but Bucks County Community Colle ...

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's state-owned universities like Kutztown are being considered for mergers or closures. (Dough4872/Wikimedia Commons)

Pennsylvania public universities consider mergers and closures for first time

For the first time in its history, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education experienced a ...

8 years ago

Paul Lawrence Dunbar School on 12th Street in North Philadelphia near Temple’s Campus. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Report: Philly needs billions to rehab sagging schools

A rare look into the state of Philadelphia’s public school buildings reveals billions in need repairs, with even bigger bills yet t ...

8 years ago

Kensington and Methacton students pose for a photo during an exchange visit to Methacton High School

How the other half learns: a field trip from Kensington to the suburbs

For one day, a group of Philadelphia teenagers experienced life at a wealthy, suburban high school. This is what ...

8 years ago

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Kensington and Methacton students pose for a photo during an exchange visit to Methacton High School
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How the other half learns: a field trip from Kensington to the suburbs

For one day, a group of Philadelphia teenagers experienced life at a wealthy, suburban high school. This is what they saw. You can ...

8 years ago

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 John Maeda, the global head of computational design and inclusion at web developer Automattic, speaks with a school group at WHYY studios. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Adding art and a touch of business to turn STEM to STEAM

Drexel University’s Learning Innovation Program launches today with a speaker series featuring John Maeda, the Global Head of Compu ...

8 years ago

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Temple Professor Christopher McGinley (left) attends his first meeting as a member of the School Reform Commission. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Day before Trump takes office, immigration takes center stage at SRC

The evening before Donald Trump would become president immigration took center stage at the January meeting of Philadelphia’s Schoo ...

8 years ago

The ExCITe Center brings together experts from varied disciplines for a music hackathon
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More creative approaches to learning can empower students of all ages

On Jan. 24 at 6 p.m., the ExCITe Center of Drexel University will kick off its Learning Innovation initiative with ...

8 years ago

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Bucks engineers pair wind with water for a new kind of turbine

Engineering students at Bucks County Community College have developed an alternative energy generator — a wind turbine that takes u ...

8 years ago

A Penn State University student walks across campus in front of Old Main on main campus in State College
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Are colleges teaching students how to think?

“A cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with an education.”—Mark Twain A friend ...

8 years ago

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