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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Education

School Reform Commission votes to close 23 Philadelphia schools, sparking anger and despair for students, parents, teachers

After an excruciating day of protests and pleas for mercy, Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to close 23 ...

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For Philadelphia’s neighborhood elementary schools, a tale of two cities

In Philadelphia’s Far Northeast, within city lines but long its own sprawling world, the traditional neighborhood public elementary ...

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In Philly, the struggle to make high school work pits sentiment vs. data

Most of Philadelphia’s neighborhood high schools have turned into half-empty “dropout factories.”  Public school c ...

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Imhotep, MLK High both advance to Public League basketball semifinals [Photos]

In 2011, Imhotep Institute Charter High School won its third consecutive Public League basketball title, but its quest for a fourpeat fel ...

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Council set to hold Philadelphia school closing hearings

Over six weeks, parents, students, labor unions, and clergy have all taken turns blasting the School District of Philadelphia’s pla ...

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Universal is one laggard among first batch of ‘Renaissance’ charters in Philly

Philadelphia’s independent Renaissance school operators are bringing families back to struggling neighborhood public schools that t ...

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It’s a shame Pa. chose to become a Wild West of charter schools

The state of Pennsylvania just got caught cooking the books. Which books? Well, this little scam didn’t have to do with doll ...

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New president for Philly’s Independence Mission Schools

A non-profit organization set up to manage a network of independent Catholic schools in Philadelphia has a new president.  Al ...

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Anxiety, anger for parents hoping to enroll kids at Penn Alexander

For parents hoping to enroll their children in kindergarten at coveted Penn Alexander Elementary School in West Philadelphia, it’s ...

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Ex-workers claim operator of cyber-charters played games with enrollment figures

Dozens of former employees claim that K12 Inc, a for-profit education company, used dubious and sometimes fraudulent tactics to mask astr ...

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State now handling probe into Wagner school test cheating

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has taken over the probe into possible widespread cheating on state tests at Philadelphia’ ...

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School closings plan gets many thumbs down in North Philly

Nearly a thousand angry students and parents from North Philadelphia turned out for a community meeting Tuesday night to challenge the Ph ...

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Philly schools chief vows ‘strong message’ vs. cheating on tests

Superintendent William Hite says the Philadelphia School District is “close to wrapping up” its piece of a far-reaching inves ...

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Philadelphia schools chief unveils plan to ‘reset’ the district

Saying it’s time to “reset our district,” new Philadelphia School Superintendent William Hite this weekend released a r ...

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