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K-12
New Jersey
Social Justice

Special education advocate to look at anti-bullying efforts in N.J. schools

An advocate for special education children is conducting an investigation into schools’ compliance with New Jersey’s anti-bul ...

9 years ago

 In this file photo, students get help from their parents as they move into their dorm rooms on the first floor of Virginia Tech's West Ambler-Johnson dormitory in Blacksburg, Va., Aug. 15, 2007. (Christina O'Connor/AP Photo, file)
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Criticisms of American college life split on party lines, Gallup poll shows

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. o ...

9 years ago

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Children read in front of Red Clay Consolidated School District Backdrop. (bigstockphoto.com)
Delaware
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Red Clay forms equity panel to address racial disparities

Red Clay Consolidated School District has created a committee to review and change “practices related to racial equity.” ...

9 years ago

 Bonnie Kenney (left) and Cindy Gregory have been placed on leave from their coaching positions with the University of Delaware volleyball team. (photo courtesy University of Delaware)
Delaware
Higher Education
LGBTQ

Ex-UD coaches claim age, sexual orientation led to firings

Two former volleyball coaches are suing the University of Delaware, claiming they were fired based on their age, sexual orientation and m ...

9 years ago

Delaware
K-12
Public Safety

Delaware preschoolers have fun learning about safety

For 33 years, kids in New Castle County have learned things like how to dial 911 and stop, drop and roll through a beloved program called ...

9 years ago

 White House chief of staff John Kelly, (left), watches as President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 in New York. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
Higher Education
Social Justice

Lehigh University student petition calls for revoking Trump’s honorary degree

Students and graduates of Lehigh University are urging the school to revoke the honorary degree of President Donald Trump after his comme ...

9 years ago

 Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announces a program that will put trained social workers in public schools to help students deal with trauma. He is joined by Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health David T. Jones (left) and Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Higher Education
K-12
Philadelphia

Philadelphia rolls out plan to put social workers in city schools

When some kids in the School District of Philadelphia return to school next month, they may notice some new faces. A pilot program ...

9 years ago

Middle school students change classes (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY, file)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Law
Pennsylvania

New Pa. plan could help 220k students attend private school, putting a fifth of the state public school budget at risk

A powerful coalition of Pennsylvania lawmakers is promoting a forthcoming education savings account (ESA) bill that would allow hundreds ...

9 years ago

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K-12
Kids
Pennsylvania

Shorter standardized tests coming to Pa. public schools

The Wolf administration is making changes to standardized testing in Pennsylvania elementary schools. Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday that the ...

9 years ago

 Dieba Sow, Jose Garcia and Minh Nguyen are immigrant students with the Philadelphia Education Fund's College Access Program (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philly’s Spanish-speaking students lag in English language achievement

This story is about an achievement gap. No, not the achievement gap — a term used to describe how white and wealthy stu ...

9 years ago

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 5th grade students attend class at John Wister Elementary, a Mastery Charter school, in Philadelphia, Pa. (Jessica Kourkounis/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads

Pre-K access, teacher race, and more: Five notable facts about Pa. public schools

Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released a draft of its plan to comply with the new federal education law, the Every ...

9 years ago

 Mastery Charter High School at 35 S. 4th Street. (Emma Lee/ WHYY)
K-12

The charter bump: Philly researcher finds charters boost public schools … in NYC

When charter schools move into a neighborhood, people often wonder what will happen to the traditional public schools nearby. Will ...

9 years ago

 This class on flight is part of the Summer Learning Collaborative that seeks to reduce the achievement gap between low-income children and those of means. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
First
Delaware
Income Inequality
K-12

Collaborating to cut Delaware’s low-income school achievement gap

Catherine Lindroth has had a singular mission the last five summers — reducing the huge achievement gap in Delaware between low-income ...

9 years ago

Dejah Hall makes a point during the final round of debates at George Washington Carver High School's Summer Debate Academy, where middle schoolers and rising high school students hone their skills for the academic year. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Debate club: ‘Fight Club’ for thinkers

Debate club tends to attract kids who really like arguing. And for the kids who really, really like arguing, there’s Philadelphia ...

9 years ago

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Dejah Hall makes a point during the final round of debates at George Washington Carver High School's Summer Debate Academy, where middle schoolers and rising high school students hone their skills for the academic year. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Debate club: ‘Fight Club’ for thinkers

Debate club tends to attract kids who really like arguing. And for the kids who really, really like arguing, there’s Philadelphia ...

9 years ago

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