Schooled Archive

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.

Students parents and educators showed resilience and strength, but big questions remain about learning loss and interrupted social and emotional development.

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.

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.’

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

"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?”

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?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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