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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks in the Capitol rotunda in June 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

After years of gridlock, Wolf plans executive action on charter school reform

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said Tuesday he would use his executive power to hold charters to “the same ethical and transparency standards of public schools.”

7 years ago

Listen 1:49
School buses are seen in a file photo.
Politics & Policy

After complaints, Pa. senators return to drawing board on part of school safety law

A law to expand schools' security options in Pennsylvania now has some school law enforcement officers miffed.

7 years ago

Friends' Central School in Wynnewood. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education
Billy Penn

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.

7 years ago

The exterior of Philadelphia School District headquarters
Education
Billy Penn

If you’ve got school-age kids, the time for vaccination is now

Here’s a list of the district’s vaccine requirements.

7 years ago

(Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Schooled
Education

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 24:55
Grand opening of the SEAMAAC Computer Literacy Lab, Thursday Nov. 3, 2016, inside the SEAMAAC Community Outreach Office in South Philadelphia.  (Joseph Kaczmarek/Comcast)
Community
Broke in Philly

Comcast 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.

7 years ago

(Bigstock/mangpor_2004)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

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.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 08/05/19

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 49:04
Nasir Holloman (left), Kyree Keels (center) and Kadir Douglass (right) opened a phone repair business at their school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly 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.

7 years ago

Listen 3:09
CCTV Security monitoring student in a classroom at a school.(Bigstock/Memoryman)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Exclusive: 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.

7 years ago

Listen 4:28
Gov. Tom Wolf visits the newly painted library at Edward Heston School in Philadelphia to announce $4.3 million in state funding for lead paint stabilization at Philadelphia school buildings. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Pa. 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.

7 years ago

One of the episodes in this season of Schooled gives a snapshot of the summer at the Hank Gathers Rec Center in North Philadelphia. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Schooled
Education

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 2:10
Penn Alexander students celebrate after learning their school was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
The Why
Education

How 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 13:28
The Lawrenceville School teacher Leah Domb helps students discuss a lecture on race and biology by Penn professor Sarah Tishkoff. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

What 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.”

7 years ago

Listen 5:50
Kat Engleman presents to members of the Youth United for Change alumni chapter on North Front Street on June 21, 2019. (Photo by Mohammad Alkhalaf)
Community
Kensington Voice

Youth 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.

7 years ago

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