
K-12
Philly teachers’ racial discrimination claim against Quaker school can go to trial, court rules
Friends’ Central fired them after a 2017 controversy over a Palestinian speaker.
6 years ago
If you’ve got school-age kids, the time for vaccination is now
Here’s a list of the district’s vaccine requirements.
6 years ago
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 24:55Comcast expands low-cost internet, along with learning programs that actually work
The media giant gave out $1 million for digital literacy workshops in Philly last year.
6 years ago
Pa. school safety tip-line used more to report bullying, suicidal thoughts, than violent threats
Many of the 23,494 tips received online or by phone were related to bullying, self-harm, thoughts of suicide, or depression.
6 years ago
This week: nepotism at the Philadelphia Parking Authority, NJ's moves to protect student borrowers, and the #1 classic car collector in the world.
Air Date: August 5, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:04Philly teen tech entrepreneurs take matters into their own hands, or phones
Teens Do Tech is a group of three teenagers from North Philadelphia who have decided to repair phones in school for almost no cost.
6 years ago
Listen 3:09Exclusive: How these Pa. schools fortified themselves after Parkland
Through a Right-to-Know request, Keystone Crossroads obtained summaries of what schools across the state plan to purchase with an unprecedented level of state grant funding.
6 years ago
Listen 4:28Pa. again pledges extra help to remove lead paint from Philly schools
In what’s becoming a summer tradition, Pennsylvania will set aside money to remove lead paint from Philly schools.
6 years ago
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 2:10How Drexel’s public school experiment could change West Philadelphia
Drexel University is building a public school on its campus border, much like the University of Pennsylvania did two decades ago. Will that accelerate gentrification?
Air Date: July 31, 2019
Listen 13:28What is race? It isn’t skin color, as some young people are learning
It’s a tough question: Why do we look different? As one high school’s syllabus puts it, race is “both a biological myth and a social reality.”
6 years ago
Listen 5:50Youth United for Change seeks to increase voter engagement with VOTA! project
The VOTA! project seeks to increase voter turnout for people of color so they can have their voices accounted for in political decisions directly impacting their communities.
6 years ago
Offers pour in to cover Pa. students’ meal debt, but school officials not interested
At least five donors have stepped forward willing to satisfy the $22,000 in debt accrued by dozens of students whose parents did not give them money to pay for the meals.
6 years ago
N.J. fires 30 at Schools Development Authority
Murphy administration also releases three reports into personnel controversies at the SDA under its former CEO Lizette Delgado Polanco
6 years ago