Education
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
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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.
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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
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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
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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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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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Are colleges teaching students how to think?
“A cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with an education.”—Mark Twain
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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