
K-12
Delaware charter abruptly closes, students forced to transfer
A month into the school year, upset and angry teenagers and parents filled a school auditorium in Delaware Wednesday, unsure where their ...
6 years ago
Listen 1:47Dozens possibly exposed to tuberculosis at Delaware school
Public health officials say dozens of people have been have been exposed to active tuberculosis at an elementary school in southern Delaw ...
6 years ago
Early evidence of a ‘Trump effect’ on bullying in schools
Preliminary study results show that a community's preference for Trump is associated with higher rates of teasing and bullying in Virginia middle schools.
6 years ago
After another twist, Pa. Supreme Court to hear Lower Merion tax case
In 2016, an aviation attorney and Lower Merion resident sued his school district claiming it misrepresented its finances to secure a tax increase without voter approval.
6 years ago
Listen 1:12Voting for a ‘Jawn’ that matters
A new youth-devised campaign uses their networks to encourage peers to do one simple act: “Vote That Jawn.”
6 years ago
Pennsylvania dioceses consider victims compensation fund
Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses said late Friday they are willing to set up a victims compensation fund as they face the pro ...
6 years ago
Betsy DeVos decries attacks on campus speech in Philly lecture
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called out the nation’s universities Monday in a talk about campus free speech and the First Amendment.
6 years ago
Listen 1:27Why we chose online school for our teen
Anyone who’s ever heard me stumble through trying to explain the identifiable traits of a mammal, watched me do 5th grade math, or list ...
6 years ago
DeVos loses on student loans; Bezos funds preschool
The new school year marches on, and so does our weekly roundup.
6 years ago
Making the preschool magic last as children get older
How one school’s efforts to support parents and families has led to success.
6 years ago
Playing a different tune, repaired instruments return to Philly classrooms
Damaged instruments from the 'Symphony for a Broken Orchestra' are coming back into the Philadelphia School District, ready to play.
6 years ago
Turning chores into classrooms: New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning
If you’re grocery shopping in Philadelphia over the next year you might run into a cherubic cartoon character named A.J.
6 years ago
Sweltering schools bring up age-old infrastructure problem in Pennsylvania
The state put a moratorium on its reimbursement program for school construction in 2015.
6 years ago
A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school
Using a holistic approach with students to “catch those coughs before they become pneumonia.”
6 years ago
Blazing back-to-school temperatures pose public health threat to students
Only about a quarter of Philadelphia public schools have air conditioning.
6 years ago