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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

A view of the central Pennsylvania campus of the nation’s wealthiest school, the Milton Hershey School. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
K-12
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

How 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.

5 years ago

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Radio Times
K-12

High School Grads Roundtable

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 49:49
Armando Ortez, a rising senior at Northeast, and Rebecca Allen, a rising junior at Central, will begin serving as Student Board Reps for the 2021-22 school year. (Philadelphia Board of Education)
K-12

Two 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.

5 years ago

A view of the exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court building on a sunny day.
Radio Times
K-12

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 49:29
The exterior of John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls’ High School
K-12
Philadelphia
Religion

Philly 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.

5 years ago

Bessie Cunningham, 99, was involved in the Berwyn School Strike in the 1930s. The strike is hailed as helping to lay the groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education. (Cunningham family)
Black Lives Matter
History
K-12
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Suburban Philadelphia district’s equity initiative provokes anger over critical race theory

Tredyffrin-Easttown was the site of historic segregation fight.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney sits in on a preschool class at Little Learners Literacy Academy in South Philadelphia in 2016. Pre-K expansion was one of Kenney's top campaign promises. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

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?

5 years ago

A closeup of of a school bus
Energy
Environment
K-12
Transportation

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.

5 years ago

Richard Gordon, principal of Paul Robeson High School, consoles Tawanda Robinson, mother of David Williams, who was gunned down in 2020. Williams was set to graduate this year. (Johann Calhoun / Chalkbeat)
K-12
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

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.

5 years ago

Micaiah Levy, 22, is a 2021 graduate of Drexel University. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

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.

5 years ago

Listen 5:00
A mural at Neshaminy High School depicts the school mascot
K-12
Race & Ethnicity
Sports

State 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.

5 years ago

A headshot of Dr. Jason Wingard
Higher Education
Philadelphia

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.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Jake Corman speaks to the press
Pennsylvania
Politics
Taxes

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.

5 years ago

Members of John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls’ High School Class of '21, the school's last class, leave the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul after their graduation ceremony. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community Events
Religion

‘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.

5 years ago

In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, elementary school students use hand sanitizer before entering school for classes in Godley, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
K-12
Public Health

Bucks County parents divided over schools ditching mask mandate

Parents in Council Rock and Central Bucks are divided over decisions this week that buck CDC guidance to end mask mandates in schools.

5 years ago

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