Schooled Archive

In exactly one year, a relatively large and diverse school district went from debating masks to targeting LGBTQ books. Here’s how it happened.

A book ban put the Central York School in the national spotlight. Meet the people who defeated it — and discover how it changed them.

There’s rising concern about the number of teachers who may leave the field. We asked them why. What they told us might surprise you.

New tapes shed light on an old story: the suspension of 32 Philly teachers during the 1950s. We explore what happened, and what it tells us about ourselves.

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.