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Education

 Klint Kanopka is a physics teacher at The Academy at Palumbo. He’s not missed a day of work for 2500 days. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly physics teacher with perfect attendance plans for his first day off in seven years

It’s been more than 2,500 days since Philly teacher Klint Kanopka missed work.  It’s a unlikely streak from an unlikely ...

9 years ago

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 Indian River School District won voter approval to raise property taxes 19 percent. (photo courtesy IRSD)
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On second try, Indian River tax increase passes

Delaware’s Indian River School District voters overwhelmingly approved a 19 percent property tax increase Thursday, just three mont ...

9 years ago

 Daisy Romero, center, holding the megaphone, is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who will graduate from the University of Pennsylvania next year. (Photo courtesy of Daisy Romero)

‘Sanctuary campuses’ Swarthmore, Penn amplify protections of students at risk of deportation

As the Trump administration has refrained from stripping Obama-era protections for young people in the country illegally, Swarthmore Coll ...

9 years ago

 A view of the Library of Congress from the top of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)

Leaders of black colleges set to meet with GOP lawmakers, White House officials

During his campaign, President Trump frequently asked the African-American community, “What do you have to lose by trying something ...

9 years ago

An Uber for Explorers: La Salle strikes partnership with ride-hailing service

A subway ride to the Olney Transportation Center in North Philadelphia costs $2.25. For another two bucks, you can now take a 5-minute Ub ...

9 years ago

 President Donald Trump listens as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a meeting with parents and teachers, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Radio Times’ examines higher education policy in the age of Trump

Education policy in America could be transformed under President Trump and newly minted Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, including the ...

9 years ago

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Radio Times
Kids
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Higher ed in the age of Trump

Guests: Sara Goldrick-Rab, Aaron Schenk, Aminata Sy  Betsy DeVos, the recently minted Secretary ...

Air Date: February 22, 2017

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We will fight to protect public education

Despite a huge public outpouring of concern and protests consisting of tens of thousands of phone calls that lit up the Capitol switchboa ...

9 years ago

The Statue of Liberty overlooks New York Harbor

Myth of civics education as leftist indoctrination undermines our democracy

A number of recent statements and actions — by the Trump administration and beyond — point towards the undermining of our civic ideal ...

9 years ago

Friends' Central School in Wynnewood. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Cancelled speaker at Friends Central the latest in a spate of on-campus free speech controversies

Sa’ed Atshan is a popular professor at Swarthmore College. How pop ...

9 years ago

Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia was one of 11 low-performing schools targeted for intervention. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)

Philly announces fate of 11 turnaround schools

The School District of Philadelphia Wednesday released its long-awaited plans for 11 low-performing schools designated this year for extr ...

9 years ago

After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP) runs chess programs for Philadelphia students. (Emma Lee/WHYY

Serious fun: Philly to rethink after-school, summer programs

Philadelphia will formally unveil a new initiative to improve the city’s out-of-school-time programs Thursday. Sounds dry, b ...

9 years ago

Quaker school suspends two teachers over Palestinian speaker

Two teachers at a Quaker school outside Philadelphia have been suspended over fallout from a Palestinian speaker’s invitation to a ...

9 years ago

Second-graders raise their hands at Chester Arthur Elementary School. (Emma Lee/WHYY

Philly research suggests simple postcards help keep students in class

Research out of Philadelphia suggests the best medicine for absenteeism might be a postcard sent home with a dose of cold, hard truth. ...

9 years ago

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(photo courtesy of George Bezanis)

Taking it to the streets: Teacher plans billboard blasting SRC, Kenney for contract impasse

Thousands of I-95 commuters may soon know just how fed up some Philly teachers are with the long contract stalemate between their school ...

9 years ago

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