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Education

 The School Reform Commission will hold its first meeting of the school year Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for NewsWorks, file)
K-12
Philadelphia

SRC begins school year with possibility of calling for its own end

Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission meets Thursday for the first time since the new school year began. The five-member g ...

8 years ago

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Photo of the entrance to the School District of Philadelphia headquarters.
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia school district faces discrimination claims

A group of female student athletes have sued the School District of Philadelphia, alleging discrimination against black students interest ...

8 years ago

Abdiaziz Shaleh, right, a Lewiston high school senior and co-captain of the soccer team, and Essa Gedi, center, both whose families emigrated from Somalia, sit with classmate Isiah Leach, left, during lunch in the school's cafeteria in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Two years ago, immigrant children led the high school soccer team to win the state championship, a moment heralded as a triumph for the city's embrace of its immigrant community. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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School lunch; teens and sleep

Guests: Marlene Schwartz, Justin Gallagher, Wendy Troxel, Amy Norr The Trump administration has said it wants to ...

Air Date: September 13, 2017

Listen 00:49:56
 Philadelphia District Superintendent William Hite says the
K-12
Philadelphia

Philadelphia district calling for better attendance

The School District of Philadelphia is using celebrity calls to remind parents and children it’s vital to be in school every day. ...

8 years ago

Protesters march in Philadelphia to demand protection for  immigrants who arrived in the U.S. illegally as children and have been given a path to citizenship through DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). (Emma Lee/WHYY)

After DACA decision, leaders of ‘sanctuary campuses’ reaffirm support for dreamers

Last year, some schools in the Philadelphia area became “sanctuary campuses,” promising to protect undocumented students and ...

8 years ago

First Person: Delaware Education
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Delaware

Red Clay schools chief talks budget, equity panel, achievement gap [video]

The start of the school year brings renewed dreams for students and a host of challenges for educators. To discuss some of the iss ...

8 years ago

 Sylvia Simms, a former member if the School Reform Commission, will lead Educational Opportunities for Families. (Bastiaan Slabbers for NewsWorks, file)

Former SRC member Simms to head Philly pro-charter parents group

Former School Reform Commissioner Sylvia Simms will return to her activist roots as executive director of a pro-charter parents group. ...

8 years ago

 David Osborne, director of the Reinventing America’s Schools Project at the Progressive Policy Institute. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

At Union League talk, author pushes charter schools

In remarks before a cross-section of the city’s elite, author David Osborne argued cities such as Philadelphia should create more c ...

8 years ago

 The credit-rating agency Moody's upgraded the Philadelphia school district's bond rating for the first time since 2010. (NewsWorks file photo)

Credit agency praises Philly schools, boosts rating

The first week of school ended with some sunny financial news for the School District of Philadelphia. The credit-rating agency Mo ...

8 years ago

U.S. history teacher Tom English inside his classroom at George School in Bucks County. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
History
K-12
Military

‘It’s complicated’: U.S. history teachers still grapple with Vietnam War

Later this month, WHYY-TV will air Ken Burns and Lynn Novicks’ 10-part documentary on the Vietnam War. American forces withdrew ...

8 years ago

 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos listens during her introduction to speak about campus sexual assault and enforcement of Title IX, the federal law that bars discrimination in education on the basis of gender, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, at George Mason University Arlington, Va., campus. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)

DeVos to seek public input on campus sexual assault investigations

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says any new policy on investigating sexual assault on college campus must balance the rights of victims ...

8 years ago

 Mark Gleason, Philadelphia School Partnership executive director, outlines the plan to raise and distribute $60 million to city schools over three years. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Major Philly education group looks to expand reach

One of the most influential education organizations in Philadelphia announced plans to raise and distribute $60 million over the next thr ...

8 years ago

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Delaware

First Person: Delaware Education

The start of the school year brings renewed dreams for students and a host of challenges for educators. To discuss some of these c ...

8 years ago

 Alain Locke School (Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/7mucU9QFPN42)

Locke in West Philly becomes city’s 12th community school

Alain Locke School in West Philadelphia was named the city’s twelfth community school Wednesday, moving Mayor Jim Kenney’s ad ...

8 years ago

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Speak Easy
K-12
Social Justice
Technology

Don’t spy on our teachers

Last month, after school started, a New Mexico teacher was caught in an audio recording denouncing President Trump in class. “If yo ...

8 years ago

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