Schooled Archive

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

By seventh grade, Savannah was already in danger of becoming a casualty of the North Philly streets; she’s endured horrific childho ...

Savannah enters high school eager to defy the odds. She’s determined not to follow the path of her mother, who dropped out of the v ...

Savannah’s attendance record holds her back at school, threatening her chances of graduating. A dedicated group of teachers, mentor ...

Don't Call it the Badlands: The Story of Savannah Zayas