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Parents gathered in Tamaqua to discuss the armed teachers policy in November 2018. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Tamaqua parents shocked that armed teacher policy has been quietly reinstated

The school board put the idea on hold in January pending the outcome of lawsuits from parents and teachers.

6 years ago

Jody Gary teaches sixth grade for the Turkeyfoot School District. He has started there in 1992 with a salary of $18,500. (Dani Fresh/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Equity advocates criticize Wolf’s plan to boost teacher salaries in Pa.

The proposed funding is not tied directly to objective measures of student need, nor to a teacher's cost of living.

6 years ago

Listen 5:01
A radon testing kit. (WHYY file)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Radon in schools? Bill would begin to mandate testing in radon-dense Pa.

A new bill in the Statehouse would require every school district in Pennsylvania to test for radon and inform parents of the results.

6 years ago

Bonnie Emilius fears greater school choice in her neighborhood in Philadelphia will hurt her children's school, Thomas Mifflin Elementary. (Greg Windle for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

School leaders in Philly and Pittsburgh frustrated with Corbett-era holdovers on state charter board

School board members in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are pushing for higher standards for charter schools. They say the state appeals board undercuts their efforts.

6 years ago

State representatives joined real estate professionals and district officials at Ridley High School in Delaware County to discuss the findings of the new report
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Real estate agents join the push for education funding in Pa.

The fight to boost education funding brings lots of people together — teachers, superintendents, politi ...

6 years ago

Mastery Charter Schools parent Pauline Hill tears up while discussing how her 9-year-old son was hit by a car in October. She is part of the Mastery Parent Action Team pushing for safer schools and more crossing guards in Philadelphia Neighborhoods. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Mastery parents demand more crossing guards, safer schools

The Mastery Parent Action Team rallied at City Hall Thursday morning. The group met with Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross and other city leaders.

6 years ago

Students at Philadelphia's Parkway Center City Middle College were asked to raise their hands if they were affected by gun violence at an April 2018 forum. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

New study pushes Pa. to embrace trauma-informed education

Even as school districts across the country have become more aware of how trauma can affect learning, there’s been little concrete policy on the state or federal level.

6 years ago

Students hold up signs denouncing Policy 805 prior to the Board’s yes vote that led students and faculty to temporarily shut down the school board meeting.  (Darryl Murphy/WHYY)
Education

Student protesters shut down Philly school board meeting over metal detector vote

The Philadelphia school board voted to require metal detectors at all district high schools; protesters then took over the meeting

6 years ago

Bridgette May, a certified school nurse in the Erie City School District, speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol on March 26, 2019.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Erie school nurse says she loves her job, but the salary is ‘like a nightmare’

Bridgette May has a salary under $45,000 a year.

6 years ago

A sign stands outside the Glen Mills Schools in Glen Mills, Pa.
Education

Pa. DHS orders ’emergency removal’ of children at Glen Mills

Pa. officials have ordered the "emergency removal" of all children remaining in the oldest reform school in the country.

6 years ago

Former Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant meets with students at Andrew Hamilton School in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Kobe Bryant was promoting the book The Wizenard Series: Training Camp he created with writer Wesley King. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

NBA legend Kobe Bryant visits Hamilton School

Bryant returned to his West Philadelphia roots on Thursday to sow seeds of inspiration and inspire members of the next generation.

6 years ago

Corl Street Elementary, in State College, is receiving extensive renovations, all done with safety in mind. (Emily Reddy/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

How school construction is changing due to security concerns

In this time of mass shootings, schools are feeling the pressure to make changes to how schools are constructed in an effort to keep intruders out.

6 years ago

Jen Cavallaro-Fromm and Andrea Katz, advocates in New Jersey, attended the first public budget hearing of the year in Trenton on Wednesday. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Money

N.J. school funding dominates first public budget hearing in Trenton

As New Jersey lawmakers delve into particulars of the budget plan, proponents and opponents of changes in school funding argue their positions.

6 years ago

Photo AP
Radio Times
Education

Glen Mills abuse allegations

Glen Mills was once one of the most prestigious reform schools in the country. Now, students are being pulled out in waves following allegations of widespread abuse.

Air Date: March 19, 2019

Listen 49:46
Students work inside a classroom at Eisenberg Elementary School in New Castle. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Education

Delaware lawmakers want more elementary school counselors and psychologists for students

To help students suffering from trauma and mental illness, Delaware lawmakers want to boost the number of elementary school counselors and psychologists.

6 years ago

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