Education
Education lost and found: Lessons of the COVID year of schooling in the Philly area
Students parents and educators showed resilience and strength, but big questions remain about learning loss and interrupted social and emotional development.
Air Date: June 28, 2021
Listen 55:30How the state’s richest charity spends its money: The Milton Hershey School, by the numbers
With $17.4 billion in assets, the Milton Hershey School is the wealthiest K-12 school in the U.S.
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High school graduates share their stories of triumph and excitement as they look to the future.
Air Date: June 25, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:49Two new student reps join Philly school board as nonvoting members
Rebecca Allen and Armando Ortez are joining on the heels of a tumultuous school year.
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Can schools discipline students for off-campus speech?
A curse-filled Snapchat rant got Pa. cheerleader Brandi Levy suspended from her high school team. We'll talk about the case before the Supreme Court about student free speech.
Air Date: June 22, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Philly nonprofit hopes to open a new all-girls high school to replace Hallahan
Hallahan closed in June due to declining enrollment and financial woes. The Center City Girls’ Academy could replace it as early as September.
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Suburban Philadelphia district’s equity initiative provokes anger over critical race theory
Tredyffrin-Easttown was the site of historic segregation fight.
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After five years, advocates praise Philly pre-K, blame tax opponents for missed enrollment targets
It’s been five years since Philadelphia expanded its pre-K program, funded by a controversial tax on sweetened beverages. Why has it fallen short?
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From diesel to electric, Philly schools invest in clean transportation
The district hopes to replace 4% of its bus fleet with electric buses every year, eventually bringing the total to 20% electric.
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This star Philadelphia principal urges graduates to ‘rebuild the world’ in their vision
Last year, Richard Gordon, who is now the principal of Paul Robeson High School for Human Services in West Philadelphia, was named the National Principal of the Year.
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Loss, healing, resistance, and hope: 5 recent grads reflect on a turbulent year
Along with the trauma and isolation of this past year, some students also found a new, and urgent, sense of community.
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Listen 5:00State court decision reignites debate over Neshaminy School District’s team name
The judge reversed a Pa. Human Relations Commission finding that barred the district from using imagery including negative Native American stereotypes.
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Jason Wingard to make history as Temple University’s first Black president
Wingard, a West Chester native, will be the first Black president in the university’s 137-year history.
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GOP advances bill in Pa. Senate that would further expand private school tax credits
GOP leaders and Gov. Wolf are again at odds over dueling visions of “school reform.” Lawmakers say the pandemic has only raised the stakes.
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‘The closing of a circle’: Philly’s historic Hallahan High holds its last graduation ceremony
Hallahan was the first all-girls Catholic School in the U.S., opening its doors in 1901.
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