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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Education

Graphic reporting by Jim Nuttle from Katrina Stevens' presentation about evaluating education technology.
Speak Easy
Business
Innovation
Technology

Can we make purchasing classroom tech more like buying a car?

Schools nationwide are spending over $13 billion in K-12 alone and have little idea if any of it works. We can’t afford to spend this kind of money blindly.

8 years ago

Gov. John Carney faced a host of questions during a boisterous town hall meeting Wednesday at Stubbs Elementary School, one of three Wilmington school eyed for closing under a proposal by his administration and other education leaders. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Politics

Christina school closure plan met with concerns, resentment

Gov. John Carney's quest to improve high-poverty, low-performing Wilmington schools crystallized this week but not with a lots of criticism from parents.

8 years ago

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Comedian Bill Cosby at Temple University's commencement Thursday, May 12, 2011, in Philadelphia.  (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Higher Education

Schools cut ties with honorees accused of sexual misconduct

Dozens of U.S. colleges have bestowed honors upon prominent men from Hollywood to the nation's capital who have recently been accused of sexual misconduct.

8 years ago

Under a proposal by the Christina School District and the 
Carney administration, three schools would be closed and two expanded.  Those slated for possible closure are, clockwise from left, Palmer, Pulaski and Stubbs elementary schools. (Christina School District)
Delaware
K-12
Kids
Politics

Christina district, state working on proposal to close 3 schools

Christina School District is considering a plan to close three Wilmington elementary schools and expand two others in the city, according to a confidential memo.

8 years ago

Rahim Islam (Universal Companies)
The Notebook
Law

Feds raid offices of CEO of Universal Companies

A company spokesman says Universal itself is not a target.

8 years ago

Blair Hall on Princeton University's campus in New Jersey. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Higher Education
Law

Sexual harassment allegations roil Princeton University

Another high-profile instance of sexual harassment has rocked a major institution and students say administrators didn’t act transparently or strongly enough.

8 years ago

Villanova Professor Stacey Havlik.
Higher Education
Homelessness
Philadelphia

How schools try to help Philly’s thousands of homeless students

This time of year, many of us make an extra effort to reach out to those in need. Less obvious are the needs of homeless children in our schools.

8 years ago

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, left, shakes hands with members of City Council after speaking at City Hall in Philadelphia. Kenney on Thursday called for the panel that governs the city's schools to be dissolved and replaced by mayor-appointed board.
The Philadelphia Experiment

Parents, not the mayor, must ensure high-quality education for Philly students

The ongoing battle over education in Philadelphia is not the mayor’s to fight. It’s ours.

8 years ago

 In this April 29, 2014 file photo, two elementary school boys, ages 5 and 6, eat lunch (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Food & Drink
K-12
Pennsylvania

Pa. ends ‘lunch shaming’ following cafeteria worker’s viral social media post

The legislation was spurred by a cafeteria worker in Western Pennsylvania who objected to a policy in the Canon-McMillan School District.

8 years ago

Delaware State University is the lead recipient of a $10.9 million National Institutes of Health grant to conduct neuroscience research. (Delaware State University)
Delaware
Higher Education
Medicine

Delaware State University's biggest grant — $10.9M for neuroscience research

The money from the National Institutes of Health will go to the Dover school’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence.

8 years ago

Douglas Leach, teacher and graduate of Lincoln High School, holds up a sign at a rally ahead of a School Reform Commission meeting in November. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Politics

Why Harrisburg’s silence on demise of Philly’s School Reform Commission speaks volumes

This wasn’t just any governance shake up. It was a bet that state government could and should help fix struggling school districts.

8 years ago

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The Academy of Dover elementary charter school's former principal, Noel Rodriguez, has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $145,000. (Academy of Dover)
Delaware
K-12

Ex-charter school principal in Delaware guilty of embezzling $145,000

The former principal of the Academy of Dover Charter School has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $145,000 from the school, ending a three-year investigation.

8 years ago

Douglas Leach, teacher and graduate of Lincoln High School, holds up a sign at a rally ahead of a School Reform Commission meeting in November. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Radio Times
K-12
Philadelphia

SRC ends, Philly schools get local control

Guests: Donna Copper and Bill Green After nearly 16 years of contentions debates, including walkouts and other f ...

Air Date: November 21, 2017

Listen 49:18
Hazim Hardeman is the first Temple University graduate heading to Oxford University in England as a Rhodes scholar. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Higher Education
Philadelphia

First Temple grad to win Rhodes scholarship accepts with humility, high hopes

Hazim Hardeman is the first Temple University graduate heading to Oxford University in England as a Rhodes scholar.

8 years ago

Philadelphia City Council honors civil rights activists at City Hall. (photo courtesy of council member Helen Gym's office)
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Honoring the 50th anniversary of a pivotal student protest in Philadelphia

It's been 50 years since a seminal student protest shaped Philly and the legacy of Frank Rizzo. Participants gathered over the weekend to remember.

8 years ago

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