Education

Stockton professor and paleontologist Matthew Bonnan used the extra time he had during pandemic lockdown to create an album on the evolution of hearing.

Amid Philly’s ongoing gun violence crisis, educators are making changes they hope will better protect children. WHYY News reporters took a close look at some of their efforts.

Reggie McNeil, the school district’s chief operating officer, will serve as secretary of general services, responsible for state buildings and vehicles, as well as purchasing.

The revisions removed units on Black feminist literary thought and Black Lives Matter.

The board also asked the city at its biannual meeting to provide parking for teachers near some schools to address safety concerns.

The district is developing the new unit with Mike Africa Jr., as part of a refresh of the African American history curriculum.

While officials are conducting a second round of lead testing in schools, the state education secretary says “filter first” should be the mantra going forward.

Temple released a statement reading in part, "TUGSA continues to demand...benefits not available to even full-time employees."

More than 10,000 Delaware child care workers earn ‘unlivable’ wages, according to a new report from the state Office of Early Learning.

Forty nonprofits and counting have joined the Kids’ Campaign, a nonpartisan effort focused on centering the voices of children and families in Philly’s mayoral race.

The Central Bucks South High School librarian papered his windows with posters of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s words, after the principal reversed the order of removal.

This year, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School professor Ethan Mollick is not only allowing his students to use ChatGPT — they are required to.

The goal of the OSHA 10 training is to give students a head start on getting into apprenticeship training in Philly, and eventually access to well-paying jobs.

His hope was to "help those children who would otherwise not succeed in school, do better," he said.

This would be the first test of the controversial library book policy, which aims to ban books deemed “inappropriate” for including “sexualized content.”