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Education

Old Main, an administrative building and landmark of Penn State campus, State College, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Higher Education
K-12
Pennsylvania

State-related universities fearful of becoming casualties of Pa.’s ongoing budget impasse

Pa. budget impasse has put funding for Pennsylvania’s state-related universities in jeopardy. Without it, in-state students will likely see a tuition spike.

8 years ago

A racial slur using the N-word and saying they
Delaware
K-12

Delaware high school suspends 2 students who posted racial slur using mascot

Two students at a Delaware high school face expulsion for using the school's mascot, historic figure Caesar Rodney, to spread racial slurs on social media.

8 years ago

Three female high-schoolers working in a test kitchen, baking equipment, rolling pin on counter
K-12
Philadelphia
Reinvention

Eying expansion, Philly charter school creates incubator for start-ups

Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School formally unveiled Particle, a co-working space that now houses six startup companies.

8 years ago

Listen 0:00
A sign outside of the Navient office
Higher Education
Law

Claiming predatory practices, Pa. attorney general sues student loan servicer Navient

Pennsylvania's attorney general is suing Navient, the country's largest student loan servicer.

8 years ago

(Delaware Business Now)
Business
Delaware
Higher Education

Student loan servicer Navient vows to fight PA Attorney General’s lawsuit

Wilmington-based student loan servicer Navient came out swinging in responding to a lawsuit by the Pennsylvania Attorney General over its business practices.

8 years ago

Smyrna High fans and cheerleaders gush with enthusiasm as the two-time defending state champion Eagles get ready to play their first home  game in 2017.  (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
First
Delaware
K-12
Sports

Rise of a Delaware town — unified by its high school football team

Population growth in ever-growing Smyrna fuels a school district's growth and a football titan that has galvanized this Delaware town.

8 years ago

Eagles player Malcolm Jenkins (center left) speaks about financial literacy to students at Bodine High School in Philadelphia (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia

Competition is on the money in enhancing financial literacy for Philly students

Sophia Santiago wants to be an astronomer — with an average salary of $110,000 ...

8 years ago

Close-up of a standardized test.
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly’s youngest learners show reading growth, but math scores flat

Philadelphia's youngest public school students made notable gains in reading last year, according to state test scores released Wednesday.

8 years ago

Courageous Conversations: Reimagining Race and Education forum at Enon Tabernacle Church, on Thursday night. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

An evening of frank talk about race, inequity in Philly, area schools

When Otis Hackney, Philadelphia’s Chief Education Officer, was in Amsterdam this spring he happened upon an exhibit detailing the h ...

8 years ago

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Delaware
K-12
Public Safety

Delaware softens ‘zero-tolerance’ policy for weapons at school

Students caught with weapons other than a gun at Delaware schools won’t automatically face being expelled under a bill signed into law Friday afternoon.

8 years ago

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and his wife, Aileen (center), listen as Hackett School third-grader Madison Boudreaux reads. Through their foundation, the Robertses donated $450,000 to put books in Philadelphia public school classrooms. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Books
K-12
Philadelphia

Comcast’s Brian and Aileen Roberts give $450,000 for Philly school books

Roberts' gift completed a $3.5 million campaign to put "leveled" books in every one of the district's K-3 classrooms, capping the drive a year earlier than expected.

8 years ago

Jameira Miller pictured with her mother, Jamella, and brother Bryant at their Landsdowne home was featured in a new documentary on the National Geographic Channel about educational divides. The Millers are named along with other families and area school districts in a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Education over the quality of public education in the state (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks, file)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Those challenging fairness of Pa. school funding will have day in court

In a decision that could eventually shake Pennsylvania’s educational landscape, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lawsu ...

8 years ago

Listen 0:00
Delaware
K-12
Kids

3 Delaware elementary schools National Blue Ribbon winners

Three Delaware elementary schools -- two in Sussex County and one in New Castle county -- are among the 342 across America named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2017.

8 years ago

Cheltenham High School
History
K-12
Race & Ethnicity

The promise and peril of Cheltenham: Race and education in a changing suburban school district

Cheltenham has long been at the forefront of racial integration. After a fight at the local high school, the trailblazing community is grappling with big questions.

8 years ago

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Elbert-Palmer Elementary School in Wilmington's Southbridge neighborhood has been selected for a $106,832 state
Behavioral Health
Delaware
K-12
Kids

Needy Delaware schools get $1 million in ‘opportunity’ grants’

Nine Delaware school districts and charter schools have received a total of $1 million in so-called "opportunity grants." the governor's office announced Tuesday.

8 years ago

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