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‘Schooled’ with Savannah

Guests: Savannah Zayas, Kevin McCorry, Maura Bernt, Sydney Coffin High school is already stressful and confusing ...

Air Date: July 19, 2017

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Savannah Zayas and her daughter Layla play at Cione Playground in Kensington on June 29, 2016. Savannah doesn't take Layla to parks in her own neighborhood. (Jessica Kourkounis/ For Keystone Crossroads)
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Schooled: Season One Trailer

Don't Call it the Badlands: The Story of Savannah Zayas

Air Date: July 18, 2017

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 Cheyney University  (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

Cheyney faculty, students relieved it won’t be merged, but still concerned

After a ...

8 years ago

 Harold Pritchett teaches his class in social and emotional learning at Warner Elementary School. Warner is one of six high-poverty schools in Wilmington that are struggling to improve after being targeted for possible closure in 2014 by then-Gov. Jack Markell. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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At Wilmington elementary school, improvement is hard but a priority [video]

Low-performing, high-poverty Warner Elementary School was one of six in Wilmington to receive an ultimatum in 2014: improve or face closure.

8 years ago

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public, co-educational historically black university that is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks, file)

Report on Pa. higher ed skips closure talk, but says governance needs overhaul

The governing board of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities is part of the problem and not the solution, according to ...

8 years ago

Tuition hike likely at Pa.-owned universities

It looks like students will be paying more to attend Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities next year. The finance commi ...

8 years ago

Samuel Gompers School in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood was designated a community school in August. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Philly adds two more community schools

Philadelphia and its school district have designated two more community schools, expanding the network to 11. Gompers Elementary i ...

8 years ago

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Students from the Parkway Center City Middle College high school pose with Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite during a program at the Community College of Philadelphia that allows students to earn college credits while still in high school. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Philly’s newest education experiment: College for high school students

On her first day of high school, 13-year-old Emma Lein had all the normal anxieties and hopes. She wanted to join clubs and make n ...

8 years ago

 Hundreds of school principals from across the country gather at the Pennsylvania Convention Center for the 2017 National Principals Conference. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Talking poverty, diversity, mental health with America’s principals

This week thousands of school principals are gathering in Philadelphia for a first-of-its-kind conference. The 2017 National Princ ...

8 years ago

 Frank Kurylo, 27,co-owns an organic farm with a partner but he is still paying off his student loan debt. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Should we forgive student debt for young farmers?

Farmers in the U.S. are getting older, and some say we should forgive the student loan debt of aspiring farmers to prevent a shortage in ...

8 years ago

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Philadelphia selects Catapult to replace Wordsworth for special education teaching

The School Reform Commission Thursday voted to establish a new in-house special education program for 100 students, most diagnosed with s ...

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 Members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission and Superintendent William Hite meet in May. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

After opposition from advocates, Philly district scales back plan for new special-ed program

The School District of Philadelphia has significantly downsized plans for a new special-education program after advocates and lawmakers r ...

8 years ago

Debbie Supplee, librarian at Dickinson High School,
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Delaware’s endangered education species — the school librarian

Fewer and fewer Delaware schools have certified librarian as principals look to put more educators in the classroom. Every morning ...

8 years ago

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Across region, mixed results for schools in state budget deals

There’s been plenty of drama in state capitols this year as lawmakers face tight budgets and the specter of elections looming next ...

8 years ago

 Leslie Birch will teach a course on wearable technology at The Hacktory (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

West Philly makerspace offering tech summer camp…for adults

Summer camp — it’s not just for kids anymore. The Hacktory, a West Philadelphia makerspace, is introducing a new set of su ...

8 years ago

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