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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

Many teenagers are using social media as a tool to connect. Some thought are taking it a step further.
Studio 2
K-12
Pennsylvania
Technology

Is social media to blame? Chester County teachers become target of viral attacks

Middle schoolers in Chester County made national headlines for creating TikTok accounts impersonating their teachers. We ask: Are teens getting meaner in the digital age?

Air Date: July 9, 2024 12:00 pm

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Gemayel Keyes
Government
Income Inequality
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly special ed teacher rose from school bus attendant with the help of the district’s ‘grow your own teacher’ effort

Gemayel Keyes testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in Washington, D.C.

2 years ago

The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023.
Crime
K-12
Media
Pennsylvania
6abc

Middle schoolers create over 20 fake TikTok accounts impersonating teachers in Chester County

After consulting with law enforcement agencies, the Great Valley School District held an assembly for eighth-grade students to address the responsibility of social media.

2 years ago

Students wearing clear back packs in Philly
Delaware
Gun Violence
K-12
Public Safety

Delaware school district mandates students carry clear backpacks amid enhanced security measures

The move comes after a student in the Seaford School District brought a gun and knife to school.

2 years ago

Listen 1:05
The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
K-12
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Senate passes bill encouraging school districts to ban students’ phone use during day

Pennsylvania’s Senate has passed legislation to encourage school districts to effectively ban students’ use of cellphones during the school day.

2 years ago

Drexel University President John Fry speaks during a news conference at Drexel University, April 2, 2013, in Philadelphia.
Higher Education
Philadelphia

Temple names Drexel’s John Fry as 15th president

The university's board of trustees confirmed Fry as president following an extensive national search. Fry has been the president of Drexel University since 2010.

2 years ago

Listen 1:17
school hallway
Government
K-12
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

School vouchers may make it into Pennsylvania’s budget. What would they really do?

School choice vouchers could be part of the budget being negotiated in Pennsylvania. They’re controversial, and decades of studies show they have mixed results.

2 years ago

Cherelle Parker speaking at a podium
K-12
Philadelphia

Mayor Parker says 25 Philadelphia schools will pilot ‘extended day, extended year’ program

The voluntary program is designed to give students additional help and tutoring when an extended break results in educational regression.

2 years ago

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaking at a podium
K-12
Pennsylvania

Gov. Shapiro, Pa. legislators seek compromise on public education funding

Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled that the state’s public education funding formula was inequitable and unconstitutional, requiring change.

2 years ago

Above view of pupils looking at page of encyclopaedia at reading lesson
Delaware
K-12

Delaware schools partner with University of Delaware to improve K–3 literacy rates, addressing critical ‘blind spots’

Seventy-five percent of fourth-graders in the state lack reading proficiency. Research begins next month to deliver findings within three years.

2 years ago

Listen 1:35
Proponents of school vouchers say they offer families more educational options and potentially better learning environments, but critics argue they divert funding from public schools and may not be effective in improving academic outcomes.
Studio 2
Economic Development
Economy
K-12
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

The debate about school vouchers, New Jersey Democrat George Norcross indictment

Music superstar Jay-Z has given a celebrity jolt to Pennsylvania's school-voucher debate. Should the government cover private school costs for kids in low-performing schools?

Air Date: June 18, 2024 12:00 pm

Listen 45:15
Cyrus Nasib standing outside of UArts
Higher Education
Philadelphia

When colleges close, students are left scrambling. Some never go back to school

When Philadelphia's University of the Arts abruptly closed, it left 1,300 students clambering to find somewhere to go or something to do.

2 years ago

Jay-Z standing in front of a large American flag
K-12
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation pushes back against those criticizing its support of school vouchers in Philadelphia

The Pass It Forward campaign has drawn ire for its attempts to drum up support for the Republican-backed bill.

2 years ago

Listen 1:18
Students join faculty and staff of the University of the Arts at a rally
Higher Education
Law
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

‘Displaced’ and ‘abandoned’: Former UArts students file class-action lawsuit

Following UArts faculty’s lawsuit last week, students claim the now-closed school committed fraud and breach of contract.

2 years ago

Terra Hall on South Broad Street.
Business
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Here’s what could happen to UArts’ $61 million endowment and its historic campus

UArts is still responsible for ensuring its endowment is spent the way donors intended. Regulators will control the transition of both buildings and the money.

2 years ago

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