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Children board buses in the center city of an unknown location to go to outlying schools on Dec. 10, 1971. Busing children as a means of achieving school integration grew into one of 1971’s major domestic stories. (AP Photo)
The Why
Community

Did busing work in New Castle County schools?

Did New Castle County's busing program ultimately achieve racial integration and help close the achievement gap for black students there?

Air Date: July 23, 2019

Listen 11:13
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is pictured in this Jan. 15, 2019 file photo (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Education
NJ Spotlight

Murphy scraps Christie’s salary cap for N.J. superintendents

Nine years after former Gov. Chris Christie limited how much New Jersey superintendents could be paid, his successor ends the restriction.

7 years ago

The courthouse in Luzerne County, Pa., where officials this month sent letters to parents who had unpaid cafeteria debt, threatening to take parents to Dependency Court if the obligations were not settled.
NPR
Education

Don’t have your lunch money? 1 Pa. school district threatens foster care

Wyoming Valley West School District, one of the poorest districts in the state as measured by per-pupil spending, is located in a former coal mining community in NE Pa.

7 years ago

The standardized tests scores of chronically absent students will no longer count against teachers, schools, and the state. (John Locher/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Will this tweak in Pa. law send student test scores soaring?

The standardized tests scores of chronically absent students will no longer count against teachers, schools, and the state.

7 years ago

Jovan Weaver, 37, was charged with vehicular homicide in April 2019. Here, he's pictured at his childhood playground in 2017. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Schooled
Education

Special update: The story Jovan Weaver didn’t tell

In this special episode of Schooled we unpack the details of the Jovan Weaver vehicular homicide case and its larger implications.

Air Date: July 17, 2019

Listen 15:28
Nineteen states have adopted
NPR
Education

States are ratcheting up reading expectations for 3rd-graders

Almost 20 states have passed laws requiring third-graders who aren't proficient in reading to repeat the grade. The policy started in Florida 17 years ago.

7 years ago

Students pass though a stairwell at Overbrook High School. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Education

Philly charter leader says district offered ‘backdoor’ deal for neighborhood high school

A prominent charter leader claims Philly school officials tried to give her control of a neighborhood high school. Those officials say it’s not true.

7 years ago

Close-up of a standardized test.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. fiscal watchdog calls for end of Keystone exams

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released a report calling for the state to get rid of its high school standardized test and replace it with the SAT or ACT.

7 years ago

Educators fire off rounds during a concealed carry class for teachers Sunday, June 10, 2018, at  Adventure Tactical Training in Farmer City, Illinois. The class was designed to help teachers feel less vulnerable in the wake of a number of recent school shootings across the country.  (David Proeber, The Pantagraph via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Some Pa. superintendents have been quietly armed in schools — and parents probably don’t know it

Amid ongoing debate about guns in Pa. schools, some school administrators have been quietly armed for nearly a year, a Keystone Crossroads investigation has found.

7 years ago

Buses arrive at South Boston High School, Jan. 8, 1975. Police were on hand to provide protection as black students arrived. (AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The legacy of busing

We discuss Vice President Joe Biden's record on busing and desegregation in schools and whether the policy has achieved racial integration in schools across the country.

Air Date: July 3, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
Gov. Wolf signed the  budget on Friday June 28, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Seven big takeaways for education in the new Pa. budget

A flurry of hotly-debated education proposals have been decided in this year’s Pennsylvania budget. Here are the latest updates on six major issues.

7 years ago

Samuel Powel Elementary School (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Penn Alexander 2.0? Two Philly schools to move into building owned by Drexel

Two Philadelphia public schools will move into a new building owned — and mostly financed by — Drexel University. Some worry it could spur gentrification.

7 years ago

An impromptu coalition of Democrats and some Republicans managed to sink a major bill at the last minute. House Speaker Mike Turzai and other GOP leaders were dismayed. (AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Inches from finish line, Pa. House budget talks falter over education

Two components of the measure that would have, among other things, authorized $6.7 billion in basic education funding.

7 years ago

Clifton Heights athletic fields are threatened by the Upper Darby school board's plan to build a new middle school. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

No room to grow: Crowded suburban Philly schools struggle to secure new land to build

Suburban Philadelphia communities are clashing with their districts over how their overcrowded schools should handle growing populations.

7 years ago

Listen 5:20
In this image taken from a Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 video provided by SNJTODAY.COM, Buena Regional High School wrestler Andrew Johnson gets his hair cut courtside minutes before his match in Buena, N.J. (Michael Frankel/SNJTODAY.COM via AP)
Politics & Policy

After South Jersey wrestler’s forced haircut, coaches may get sensitivity training

After the viral video of a South Jersey wrestler forced to cut his dreadlocks, lawmakers consider mandatory sensitivity training for high school coaches.

7 years ago

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