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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Students from Sacred Heart School in Camden
K-12
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

New report shows struggles, successes of Philly-area students

The Children First report, released once a decade, highlights how mental health, violence, poverty and underfunding affects Philly schools and students.

1 year ago

Two goats are seen at Fox Chase Farm in Philadelphia
Animals
K-12
Pennsylvania

Philly’s Fox Chase Farm program aims to grow student entrepreneurs in agriculture

The Philadelphia School District runs the farm, which has ambitious plans to train for careers beyond “cows and plows.”

1 year ago

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Donald Trump speaking
Government Accountability
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump’s anti-DEI campaign

“Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.

1 year ago

Photo from a high schools girls basketball game
Delaware
K-12
LGBTQ
Sports

Does Delaware’s transgender athlete policy put $336 million in annual federal education funding at risk?

No transgender girls are on girls’ school teams, but the complaint seeks to have the state follow President Trump’s executive order, or pay the price.

1 year ago

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Inside the room
Delaware
K-12
Mental Health

St. Georges High School to open new in-house mental health center in Middletown, Del.

St. Georges High School opens Delaware's largest Sean’s room, a student-centered mental health space offering peer support and resources to foster well-being and community.

1 year ago

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Dr. J. Larry Jameson
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
6abc

Penn appoints J. Larry Jameson as 10th president, extending term through June 2027

Jameson has been serving as Penn's interim president after the university's former president, Liz Magill, resigned in December 2023.

1 year ago

The exterior of the Community College of Philadelphia
Employment
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Faculty and staff at Community College of Philadelphia voting to authorize strike

The union members’ action comes after more than a year of unsuccessful contract talks.

1 year ago

The U.S. Department of Education building
Studio 2
Higher Education
K-12

What will slashing the Dept. of Ed. mean to your school?

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the layoffs were intended to eliminate “bureaucratic bloat.” But she added this was the first step to a full agency shut down.

Air Date: March 13, 2025 12:00 pm

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Overbrook's concert schoolyard with a basketball goal
K-12
Outdoors
Philadelphia

Overbrook Elementary third graders are working to turn their asphalt schoolyard into a community green space

Overbrook students spend recess in a bare-bones concrete yard. Now, they’re working with Trust for Public Land to reimagine the space.

1 year ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
K-12
Philadelphia
Politics

Here’s what you need to know about the Education Department funding cuts and what they mean for Philadelphia

Philadelphia education leaders are raising the alarm as a massive Education Department staffing cut threatens federal programs.

1 year ago

a sign for The Blackwood Campus of Camden County College
Higher Education
New Jersey

Community colleges in New Jersey see a cut for 2026. But Gov. Murphy says he proposed same funding as last year

College administrators say any reduction in aid is detrimental to the services they offer. Officials with the governor’s office say they are centering students in funding.

1 year ago

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington.
Higher Education
National
Politics

Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here’s what it does

In the weeks since he took office, the Trump administration already has cut the department's staff in half and overhauled much of the department’s work.

1 year ago

Linda McMahon speaks
Higher Education
National

Education Department cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency down

After Tuesday’s layoffs, the Education Department’s staff will sit at roughly half of its previous 4,100, the agency said.

1 year ago

A Drexel student demonstrates how 3D printing can be used to make shoes
Classes
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Technology
Visual Arts

Drexel lab uses animation, 3D printers, music to teach STEM disciplines

Students learn animation, 3D printing and making music at Drexel lab dedicated to integrating sciences and the arts.

1 year ago

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A man in a college classes talks with a female student to his right
Aging
Higher Education
New Jersey

‘It’s cool’: Rutgers University is attracting a growing number of adult learners

N.J. senior citizens are heading back to college. Their favorite courses? History, art and political science classes.

1 year ago

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