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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 ...

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Students Albert Bulik

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 ...

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A Penn State University student walks across campus in front of Old Main on main campus in State College
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Higher Education

Are colleges teaching students how to think?

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

8 years ago

David Sciarra

N.J. lawmakers begin hearings on distribution of school funds

The New Jersey Assembly has launched a series of hearings to examine proposals for revising the school-funding formula of 2008. Da ...

8 years ago

(Avi Wolfman-Arent / WHYY)

Philadelphia schools trying to assure immigrant parents classes are safe places

At the very moment his pick for education secretary testified before congress, President-elect Donald Trump was also on the minds of fami ...

8 years ago

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Michigan businesswoman Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Assessing Trump’s pick to lead Department of Education

Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education, is slated to appear before the Senate this we ...

8 years ago

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Rebel Ventures is a nonprofit that promotes good nutrition. (Image via promotional YouTube Video for Rebel Ventures)

For those who run small non-profits, every day is a day of service

In a city like Philadelphia, there is a vast network of small nonprofits that rely on volunteers to keep the doors open. Here are a few o ...

8 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)

Opioid education for kindergartners? Yep, that’s a thing

In his Tuesday State of the State address, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proposed creating a “new, specific curriculum in every sc ...

8 years ago

Representatives of KIPP charter schools make their case for another charter in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Once a flood, applications for new Philadelphia charters slow to a trickle

Once a hotbed of charter school expansion, Philadelphia has seen charter applications slow to a trickle. Just four organizations a ...

8 years ago

 Top teachers gather for a seminar at the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education or NAATE. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Training the Navy SEALs of the teaching world

Inside a conference room at a swanky hotel in Wilmington, Delaware, about 30 classroom teachers sit in tiered rows arranged like a mini-a ...

8 years ago

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Aubrey Szafranski arrives for her first day of preschool at at SPIN-Parkwood in Northeast Philadelphia. Jan. 4, 2016 (Emma Lee/WHYY)

It’s opening day for expanded Philly pre-K

A year after Jim Kenney was sworn in, the Philadelphia mayor’s signature initiative has lifted off. Except for the chilly we ...

8 years ago

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Drexel professor George Ciccariello-Maher (image via <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6-NjvRGOoo'>youtube</a>)
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The Drexel tweet storm and America’s ugly political atmosphere

Let’s get a few things straight from the start. ...

8 years ago

 (From left) Gwenn Mascioli, Bonnie Koss, and Nicole Scherer are parents from the Paoli-Wayne area who donate time to gather resources for Richard Wright elementary school in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Income Inequality
K-12
Philadelphia

Dear Suburban Moms: A note, a library, and a shared responsibility

In 2013, a group of suburban women saw an empty school library in Philadelphia. They’ve been there ever since. Our story sta ...

8 years ago

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Mayor Jim Kenney puts in an appearance at Southwark School in South Philadelphia

Philly’s community schools moving forward

Fresh off a legal victory, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney visited Southwark School in South Philadelphia Tuesday to honor the school’ ...

8 years ago

(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, file)

Rising costs of cybercharter tuition beleaguer Pa. school districts

Cybercharter education is now nearly a half-billion dollar industry in Pennsylvania, according to public school advocacy group Public Cit ...

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