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Education

Inside Sam Scarpone’s English class at Mastery Charter School-Pickett Campus in Germantown.
K-12
Public Health

Hite says plan to change school start times will ‘evolve’ with community feedback

The district released a proposed schedule this week that would move some high school start times to an hour or two earlier, some starting at 7 or 7:30 a.m.

5 years ago

Horse-racing. (AP Photo/Hodges Photography, Alexander Barkoff)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Students or horses? Education advocates want to repurpose Pa.’s generous horse-racing subsidy

According to a new study, taxpayers are, in essence, funding racehorses at three times the rate they are investing in students in state universities.

5 years ago

Ashanti Ortiz, 18, is a senior at Kensington Health Sciences Academy and also works at Uniqlo. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Employment
Immigration
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia

‘It’s just draining’: How the pandemic pushed teens to juggle work and virtual school

A surge of Philadelphia teens are missing class and joining the workforce.

5 years ago

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Preschoolers in Rwanda look at the books created for them by String Theory School students in Philadelphia. (Provided by String Theory Schools)
Architecture & Design
International
Visual Arts

Rwandan preschoolers receive customized picture books, designed by Philly teenagers

Rwanda lacks picture books for kids. A Philly high school design class made one just for them.

5 years ago

Jay Wamsted, left, and his daughter, Kira, are photographed on Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Smyrna, Ga. Wamsted, who is an 8th grade math teacher, allowed his daughter to skip testing this year. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
K-12
National

As US schools resume testing, large numbers are opting out

With new flexibility from the White House, states are adopting a patchwork of testing plans to curb the stress of exams while still capturing some data on student learning.

5 years ago

Kamau Stanford, chief operating officer for the Philadelphia Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, speaks to students at Mastery Charter School’s Shoemaker campus Friday. (Johann Calhoun/Chalkbeat)
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

‘Should kids get vaccinated?’: Philadelphia students ask questions about COVID-19 vaccine during town hall

Multiple schools in the Mastery network will host vaccination clinics on campus. They will be open to eligible students, their families, and members of the community.

5 years ago

Robin Heilweil, 6, wears a mask while swinging around with her kindergarten class this month at Kenter Canyon School in Los Angeles. (Sarah Reingewirtz/Los Angeles Daily News/Southern California News Group via Getty Images)
NPR
K-12
Public Health

Schools are dropping mask requirements, but a new CDC study suggests they shouldn’t

COVID-19 spreads less in schools where teachers and staff wear masks.

5 years ago

Penn State faculty members are calling for more input from professors, students and staff in picking the next president of the university to replace Eric Barron, who is retiring in 2022. (Min Xian / WPSU)
Employment
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
WPSU

Penn State faculty call for more input in picking next president

More than 700 have signed an online petition started by Professor of Media Studies Mary Beth Oliver in support of more academic involvement in the search. 

5 years ago

Delaware state Sen. Tizzy Lockman is one of the lead sponsors of the Black history education bill. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Delaware
History
Race & Ethnicity

Year-round, curriculum-wide Black history coming to Delaware schools

State lawmakers have given final approval to a measure expanding the depth of Black history incorporated in lesson plans at Delaware public schools.

5 years ago

A local school district is apologizing after video captures a volunteer coach punching a player during a lacrosse game. (Screenshot)
Pennsylvania
Sports
6ABC

School district apologizing after video shows Methacton lacrosse coach punching North Penn player

In a statement, Methacton School Superintendent Dr. David Zerbe issued an apology saying the volunteer coach's behavior was unprofessional.

5 years ago

Students walks past applauding friends and family during a graduation ceremony at Millburn High School in Millburn, N.J., Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
K-12
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Debate over wearing masks on school property as graduations near

An Ocean County school superintendent wants the governor to lift his order on mask-wearing on school property, while the state’s largest teachers’ union is opposed.

5 years ago

Mitchell Elementary School students color fans at an anti-violence rally and resource fair in Southwest Philadelphia on May 19, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Crime
Gun Violence
K-12
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Safety

‘I don’t feel safe’: Southwest Philly school distraught over recent wave of gun violence

According to the City Controller’s Office, the Paschall-Kingsessing area has had 46 victims of gun violence this year, among the highest concentrations in the city.

5 years ago

William Hite speaks from a podium, surrounded by city officials
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly schools poised to offer full in-person learning this fall

Superintendent William Hite spoke at a press conference Wednesday alongside the leaders of all the school staff unions, including the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.

5 years ago

A little boy reads to a baby at a Kinder Academy site in Philadelphia. The baby was the first to return to child care during the pandemic and teachers encouraged the older children to be especially gentle. (Courtesy of Kinder Academy)
Kids
Philadelphia
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

A year into the pandemic, there’s good news and bad news about child care closures in Philadelphia

Fewer Philadelphia child care providers closed permanently during the pandemic than some early childhood groups predicted last year.

5 years ago

Noah Goliday in his pre-K class at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School. A system launched in 2014-15 permits families to navigate the some 230 DCPS and charter school options in the city via a single online application, then matches students to their top choice schools via a groundbreaking algorithm that helped win it's creator the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
NPR
Income Inequality
Kids

The case for universal Pre-K just got stronger

According to the National Institute For Early Childhood Research, nearly half of all 3-year-olds and a third of 4-year-olds in the U.S. were not enrolled in preschool in 2019.

5 years ago

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