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File photo: Trees shade outdoor learning spaces on the Taggart School playground. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 12/09/19

This week: why is the cost of Pennsylvania's colleges so high? Then, we'll hear about the declining number of trees in Philadelphia, and what the city plans to do about it.

Air Date: December 9, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
Students protest against fossil fuels during a climate strike on Friday. The school district permitted them to leave school with an excused absence. (Joseph Staruski/The Notebook)
Community
The Notebook

Philly students join in national Climate Strike

Unlike the last strike, the District excused protesters' absences if they submitted notes from their parents.

6 years ago

In this April 11, 2018 file photo, a high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Flavored vape ban for minors passes in City Council

By restricting where products can be sold, the law aims to prevent minors from getting addicted, but leaves room for adults who vape to quit smoking.

6 years ago

Materman High School seniors Iman Acharya and Alina Kilcullen cheer speakers at a climate strike in September (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Education
Billy Penn

Philly students won’t be punished for climate strike walkout, school district says in 180-degree flip

Kids will need parents’ permission to earn the excused absence.

6 years ago

Education activist Jean Arnold speaks at a demonstration opposing a proposed charter takeover of all Chester K-8 schools on Tuesday, Dec. 3. (Photo by Joseph Staruski)
Keystone Crossroads
Education
The Notebook

Judge rejects petition to charterize all of Chester, calling it ‘premature’

About 1,500 Philly students attend Chester campuses run by the charter organization seeking to take the district over.

6 years ago

A mural of the Neshaminy High School mascot. (Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
Education

Neshaminy to appeal state ruling on controversial nickname

The district argues the Pa. Human Relations Commission doesn’t have the authority to dictate how it educates its students or spends its money.

6 years ago

(Instagram/@TheRoyalMix)
Community
Billy Penn

3 girls take on bullying in Philly schools with a hot hip-hop video

The stars of “Royal Geek” are setting an example for their classmates.

6 years ago

Buses from Chester Upland School District await dismissal from Chester High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa.’s largest charter school wants to take over grades K-8 in Chester Upland

In what would be a first in Pennsylvania, Chester Community Charter School is pushing to take over all traditional K-8 education in its home district in Delaware County.

6 years ago

Kathleen Connolly’s autistic daughter Olivia fled her elementary school without supervision in 2014. Olivia was found safe that day, but her mother used the potential tragedy to fight for systemic changes to special-ed in Philadelphia (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

How this mom turned near-tragedy into a win for Philly’s most vulnerable kids

Five years ago, Philadelphia police found a girl nearly naked in a snowy, abandoned lot. That dark day led to a brighter future for special needs kids.

6 years ago

Listen 5:00
Director Lynette Faulkner, middle, tries to slow down a student at Valencia Newcomer School between classes, in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
Education

Schools teach refugee, migrant kids skills to succeed in U.S.

International flags flutter at Valencia Newcomer School, where more than 200 children from around the world are learning English skills and American classroom customs.

6 years ago

Joyce O’Connor in her office at Mashpee Middle-High School in Mashpee, Mass. (Kate O’Connell/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Through good times and bad — how school nursing has evolved over time

School nurses now have to add shooter drills and concussion protocols to the day-to-day responsibilities that come with tending to the health needs of students.

6 years ago

Listen 05:32
Neshaminy Redskins basketball team plays at home in January 2019. Thanks to a recent Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission ruling, the team will have get rid of to any logos and imagery “that negatively stereotype Native Americans,
The Why
Education

Neshaminy ‘Redskins’ controversy continues with puzzling ruling

The Pa. Human Relations Commission says "Redskins" is a slur for Native Americans, but will allow a Bucks County school district to use the nickname for its sports teams.

Air Date: November 26, 2019

Listen 13:40
A photo taken by a former teacher at Frederick Douglass Mastery Charter School shows a boy holding a cup of water the teacher said was drawn from a drinking fountain at the school in June of 2016. (Provided)
The Why
Education

Lead in school drinking water could be worse than we know

The drinking water at a N. Philly elementary school recently tested extremely high for levels of toxic lead. It's probably not the only one.

Air Date: November 25, 2019

Listen 14:52
(Lucy Schaly/Beaver County Times via AP)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 11/25/19

This week: Delaware Sen. Chris Coons faces a primary challenge in 2020, increasing diversity among Pa. teachers, and discovering the "ethical algorithm."

Air Date: November 25, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite announces the districts plan to improve environmental safety at its schools. He is joined by state Rep. Vincent Hughes (right), City Councilmember Cindy Bass (left), and other local officials. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Amid parent backlash, Philly schools unveil $12 million asbestos plan

The School District says it will work harder and faster to get rid of exposed asbestos. Also promises to do a better job informing parents about hazards.

6 years ago

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