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Schooled Archive

Shakoor Henderson checks out his old North Philadelphia neighborhood. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Philly’s prodigal son: The making — and near breaking — of a Black male teacher

Shakoor Henderson is back in the city that nearly destroyed his parents — doing a job no one would have expected. All thanks to a teacher in his past.

Air Date: June 29, 2021

Listen 41:00
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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 55:30
David Williams was shot and killed in Southwest Philadelphia in May 2020. On Valentine's Day 2021, which would have been his 19th birthday, friends and family gathered at his grave in Lansdowne. (Emily Rizzo for WHYY)
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Philly’s homicide crisis through a year of virtual school: A memorial to three student lives lost

In this edition of Schooled, we are telling the stories of three students who were killed in the past year during the nation’s other public health crisis: gun violence.

Air Date: March 18, 2021

Listen 34:55
Aliah Harris, 18, throws her graduation cap in celebration on her dad's South Philly block on June 10, 2020. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
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The class of 2020: Three students come of age as pandemic meets racial reckoning

The class of 2020 is bound for the history books. Here, we tell the stories of three students coming of age in a moment where the world feels both 'on hold' and 'on fire.’

Air Date: June 25, 2020

Listen 34:11
(Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
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Hope, love and basketball: Summer at North Philly’s Hank Gathers Rec Center

A summer at the Hank Gathers Rec Center will tell you everything about North Philadelphia that the headlines leave out.

Air Date: August 28, 2019

Listen 45:44
(Kimberly Paynter/Keystone Crossroads)
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Don’t eat the marshmallow: Students from a ‘no excuses’ charter grow up to tell the tale

"If you actually said, 'We’re gonna hold you accountable to setting up your students for life.' Then how does that change the work of that school?”

Air Date: August 21, 2019

Listen 43:06
Stephen Schaeffer leads a
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Last Chance High: Beautiful band of misfits fight to graduate — part two

What do we really mean when we say students are ready to graduate high school? Is there a baseline that we’re really willing to enforce?

Air Date: August 14, 2019

Listen 24:32
(Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
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Last Chance High: 'Beautiful band of misfits' fight to graduate

How one student fought to go from drug dealer who dropped out to high school diploma.

Air Date: August 7, 2019

Listen 24:55
One of the episodes in this season of Schooled gives a snapshot of the summer at the Hank Gathers Rec Center in North Philadelphia. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
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Schooled: Season Three Trailer

What does it really mean to get a good education? What is educational success? The third season of WHYY’s Schooled podcast explores these questions and more.

Air Date: July 31, 2019

Listen 2:10
Jovan Weaver, 37, was charged with vehicular homicide in April 2019. Here, he's pictured at his childhood playground in 2017. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
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Special update: The story Jovan Weaver didn’t tell

In this special episode of Schooled we unpack the details of the Jovan Weaver vehicular homicide case and its larger implications.

Air Date: July 17, 2019

Listen 15:28
Jovan Weaver, principal of Wister Elementary School. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
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You shouldn't be here: The story of Jovan Weaver and Wister Elementary School — part one

Principal Jovan Weaver knows well the trauma that many of his students experience. We hear his struggle to overcome a tumultuous childhood.

Air Date: April 25, 2018

Listen 37:45
Parents, neighbors and interested parties gathered at a Germantown community center in October 2015 to learn about a plan to convert John Wister Elementary into a charter school (Bastiaan Slabbers/WHYY)
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Battle lines: The story of Jovan Weaver and Wister Elementary School — part two

The debate that led to Wister’s conversion to a charter school raised questions of politics, access and influence. And it pitted Philadelphia neighbors against one another.

Air Date: April 25, 2018

Listen 36:21
Students at Mastery Charter School at John Wister Elementary. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
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No excuses: The story of Jovan Weaver and Wister Elementary School — part three

As principal, Jovan tries to find a balance between Mastery's “no excuses” culture and the “love and positivity” mission he envisions based on his own traumatic childhood.

Air Date: April 25, 2018

Listen 35:39
Students in Bahir Hayes' fifth-grade English class. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
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What we went through: The story of Jovan Weaver and Wister Elementary School — part four

Wister’s 5th grade students see themselves reflected in a faculty that has adopted a civil rights mission. And Jovan makes a major personal decision.

Air Date: April 25, 2018

Listen 38:30
Jovan Weaver speaking to a student at Wister Elementary on the first day of school in August 2016. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
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Schooled: Season Two Trailer

You Shouldn't Be Here: The story of Jovan Weaver and Wister Elementary

Air Date: April 20, 2018

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