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Despite some perceptions, Delaware students aren’t lazy millennials
Students at about 20 schools throughout Delaware will walk out of their school simultaneously on Wednesday to protest gun violence at schools around the country.
6 years ago
One reason students aren’t prepared for STEM careers? No physics in high school.
A shortage of physics teachers limits physics-taking, which limits the number of physics teachers
6 years ago
Auditor General to take deep dive into school safety issues
Eugene DePasquale says his office will take a deep dive on the security procedures at all of the commonwealth's public schools.
6 years ago
GOP lawmakers seek to stop Pa. education funding lawsuit at preliminary hearing
The lawsuit challenging Pa.’s school-funding scheme continued its slow climb through the legal system with oral arguments before the Commonwealth Court in Philadelphia.
6 years ago
Pa. property tax opponents gear up for another fight in the Statehouse
6 years ago
Ground-breaking female NFL coach speaks at 20th Philly City Year celebration
Each year, about 205 tutors work in schools in need of resources, tutoring and mentoring students between third and 10th grade.
6 years ago
Christina board member Meredith Griffin defends school consolidation
In February, a divided Christina school board approved the framework of a partnership with the Carney administration to consolidate five high-poverty, low-performing schools.
6 years ago
Global school security measures vary, but no arming teachers
Here is a look at school security measures at some countries around the world.
6 years ago
Anxious students question Sen. Casey at Cheltenham town hall on guns
"All I can say to you is keep going, keep fighting, keep marching, keep mobilizing," U.S. Sen. Bob Casey tells high-schoolers calling for changes in gun law.
6 years ago
Delaware public school district intervenes to save failing charter school
A struggling charter high school founded six years ago to prepare students for careers in public safety is getting help from the Colonial School District.
6 years ago
Listen 1:40I would quit teaching before I would carry a gun at school
A student asked if I would carry a gun to school if instructed to do so. “No,” I said, without pause.
6 years ago
Delaware Supreme Court overturns conviction in fatal school attack
The Delaware Supreme Court has overturned the criminally negligent homicide conviction of a girl in the fatal beating of a 16-year-old at a high school in 2016.
6 years ago
Kenney pitches tax hike for schools, businesses, urban blight, vulnerable residents
The big news coming out of Mayor Jim Kenney's annual budget address held Thursday morning in City Council chambers is a proposed six percent increase in property taxes.
6 years ago
Listen 2:22Following student protests, Cherry Hill mayor favors armed security in schools
But Mayor Chuck Cahn says he does not support arming teachers.
6 years ago
Listen 5:27NewsWorks Tonight, February 28, 2018
Air Date: February 28, 2018
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