Avi Wolfman-Arent

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Avi Wolfman-Arent is the co-host of WHYY’s “Studio 2” and an on-air host. He joined the station in December 2014. Before shifting to hosting, he was an education reporter for Keystone Crossroads. Avi graduated from Haverford College and grew up in the D.C. area. Despite the latter he’s a lifelong Philadelphia sports fan, devoting an unhealthy portion of his conscious thought to the Sixers, Phillies, and Eagles. He lives in South Philadelphia.

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Elvis and Connie Mella at their home in the Tacony section of Philadelphia.

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School district in Schuylkill County becomes first in Pa. to allow armed teachers

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Education

Pa. test scores stay flat in 2018

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The plaza at 16th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City Philadelphia surrounds a bronze statue installed in 1964. The statue is America’s oldest public Holocaust memorial. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)

Community

Philadelphia’s Holocaust memorial, America’s oldest, gets a facelift

A new plaza was constructed to provide a better backdrop for the memorial and more information about Nazi Germany's atrocities.

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Mayor Jim Kenney poses with staff from community schools. (Brad Larrison for WHYY, file)

Education

Relations between city, district cause growing pains for community schools

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Residents gathered together at the new Haverford Township Building for a town hall meeting to address racism and racial bias in the Haverford Township school district. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)

Education

Report on racism roils Main Line school district

Haverford residents react after a report from an activist group alleges racism in township schools.

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Keystone Crossroads

Education

After decade of debate, Pa. passes new graduation requirements

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A player running the ball during the Kennard-Dale homecoming football game. (Dani Fresh for WHYY)

Keystone Crossroads

Education

A dozen voices on education in the heart of Wolf, Wagner country

Pennsylvanians say education is one of the most important issues this election. We talked with people in York County about the education issues that matter to them.

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