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Education

 Dolores Adriaanse with the Philadelphia Education Fund prepares to present first-generation college students with scholarships at the Know Before You Go event. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Getting ready for college experience becomes Philly tradition with Know Before You Go

When Websterly Jean Louis enrolls at the Community College of Philadelphia this fall, it will mark almost exactly two years since he immi ...

9 years ago

 Christina School Disrict's board voted Tuesday to create Delaware's first
Delaware
Immigration

Christina school board approves Delaware’s first ‘safe zone’ policy for unauthorized students

Christina School District on Tuesday became the first in Delaware to adopt a “safe zone” policy that spells out specific step ...

9 years ago

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 Russel Byers Charter School. (Google Maps)

Center City charter school to close during NFL draft

As NFL fans descend on Philadelphia for the April draft, one charter school has decided to punt on nearly a week of school. The Ru ...

9 years ago

 Science teacher Patrick Engleman looks through a Hartland Institute publication, ''Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming.'' (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Changing climate and flattening Earth: Teaching science in a ‘fake news’ world

A glossy booklet with an intriguing title recently turned up in Patrick Engleman’s mailbox. “Why Scientists Disagree About Gl ...

9 years ago

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 Artist Jim Nuttle captured Mimi Ito's Learning Innovation presentation.
Speak Easy
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It takes a ‘learning hero’ to break out of the education pipeline

Who is your learning hero? Who would you say has been an inspirational person in your life who has unlocked new ideas and pushed you to learn?

9 years ago

 Colonial School District will ask voters to approve a referendum in June. A February effort failed convincingly. (File/WHYY)
Delaware

Colonial sets new schools referendum, threatens massive cuts should it fail again

Barely one month after voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum bid, Colonial School District has scheduled a scaled-down plan for vot ...

9 years ago

 Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Philly’s community schools start to take shape

For months now, coordinators at Philadelphia’s new batch of community schools have been planting the proverbial seeds. They& ...

9 years ago

 The Northeast High School team makes its presentation. (Avi Wolman-Arent/WHYY)

A science expo for do-gooders: Philly students tackle Aspen Challenge

The students at John Bartram High School in Southwest Philadelphia had a simple goal: They wanted their neighborhood to look nicer. ...

9 years ago

Students testify in support of the Boyerstown Area School District's policy of allowing transgender students to use locker rooms and restrooms that correspond to their gender identity. The district is facing a lawsuit filed by a student who said his privacy was violated when a transgender boy was allowed to use the same locker room. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

In suburban Pa., school district defends transgender policy

A suburban Philadelphia school district has opted to defend its policy on transgender students in the face of a recent lawsuit. Th ...

9 years ago

Alvaro, 10, asks a question during a comic book workshop in South Philadelphia. Mighty Writers El Futuro created a six-class comic book workshop to give their students a new outlet to talk about their fears after the 2016 election. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

Immigrant children are using comic books to express their fears of deportation [photos]

Comic books gave rise to Superman and Wonder Woman — and are now giving voice to kids telling their own stories about immigration. ...

9 years ago

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After fending off debt collectors for years, Adrienne McNally, 49, was sued by the federal government over $6,200 in student loans she took out decades ago. There is now a lien from the government on her home in Northeast Philadelphia. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
National
Personal Finance
Philadelphia

Amid billions owed in student loans, U.S. taps law firms to recoup small debts from long ago

Adriene McNally received an unwanted gift on her 49th birthday in January: a notice that the federal government had placed a lien on her ...

9 years ago

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 Patty Cronin (right) leads circle time for new preschoolers at SPIN-Parkwood.(Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

Here’s who’s benefitting from Philly’s pre-K expansion

As Philadelphia’s pre-K program approaches its three-month anniversary, new data on the program shows that families in PHLpreK are, ...

9 years ago

students protest Charles Murray at Middlebury College
Radio Times
Kids
Mental Health
Religion

Are colleges suppressing free speech?

Guests: Samantha Harris, Jason Stanley Guest host Mary Cummings-Jordan will talk to a panel about the on-going de ...

Air Date: March 27, 2017

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 Anita Pisano's string students practice at Concord High School. Many will be performing with students from Concord and Mount Pleasant at Carnegie Hall in April. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Music

Delaware students band together to play Carnegie Hall

In the beginning, nearly a decade ago, Brandywine School District orchestra director Anita Pisano migrated from building to building, hel ...

9 years ago

 Students accept their diplomas at the 2016 spring commencement at East Stroudsburg University. The school has succeeded in narrowing the graduation gap between black and white students while boosting minority enrollment. (East Stroudsburg University)

At many Pa. colleges, black students are not benefiting amid rising graduation rates

A recent study finds graduation rates at f ...

9 years ago

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