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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a 2020 presidential candidate, addresses teachers in Philadelphia on Monday, May 12. 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren stumps in Northeast Philly, presents education plan

Promising tuition-free public colleges and retiring student loan debt for millions if she’s elected president in 2020, Sen. Warren met with members of the American Federation

7 years ago

Ashley Yates of Harry S. Truman High School works on her team's robot between rounds at the Liberty Bots competition Saturday at Montgomery County Community College. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Education

Battle of the metal warriors: Local high schools vie in first regional Liberty Bots competition

With a focus on workforce development in manufacturing, students from local high schools were partnered with representatives from local manufacturers.

7 years ago

School children in classroom. (via ShutterStock)
Education

Saluting the unsung heroes of education in Bucks, Montgomery

The Council for the Advancement of Public Schools recognizes four unsung heroes serving in schools in Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Hannah Kaptur, a student teacher at Rainbow Elementary in Coatesville, Pa., felt that voice training made it easer to use her voice all day. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

West Chester professor wants to be a voice (coach) for teachers

More than half of teachers say they’ve had some sort of voice disorder during their career. A West Chester professor is working to help them.

7 years ago

Listen 2:33
Joseph DeShan (Cinnaminson Middle School)
Education

N.J. school can’t fire ex-priest who impregnated a 16-year-old 30 years ago, ruling says

N.J. arbitrator says the district was aware Joseph DeShan impregnated a 16-year-old and can’t fire him for conduct from before he was a public employee.

7 years ago

(Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
Education
Billy Penn

Meet the 35 live tilapia swimming around a Fishtown classroom

Kids at Adaire love the 300-pound aquaponics tank — and teachers think all schools should have one.

7 years ago

A Federal Reserve study surveys the top occupations that don't require a four-year college degree. (Big Stock photo)
Money

Top 10 job opportunities in Philly region for workers without college degree

The majority of Americans don't have a college degree. But there are many non-college jobs that pay reasonably well.

7 years ago

(Angela Hsieh/NPR)
NPR
Education

8 ways to teach climate change in almost any classroom

Fewer than half of K-12 teachers told us that they talk about climate change with their children or students.

7 years ago

Jana Curtis and two of her children walk past one of many construction sites in their river ward neighborhood. Three-year-old Nolyn Pace, center, was poisoned by lead in the soil in their backyard. (Jessica Griffin/Philadelphia Media Network)
Radio Times
Health

Philadelphia’s toxic schools

In 2018, a Philadelphia Inquirer investigation showed that lead paint, asbestos and mold were common fixtures in many of Philadelphia's school buildings.

Air Date: April 23, 2019

Listen 49:32
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)
The Why
Education

Why raising salaries for Pennsylvania teachers is more complicated than it seems

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf wants to raise teachers' salaries across the board. But is that only a Band-Aid solution to a more complex problem?

Air Date: April 23, 2019

Listen 13:25
Empty Hallway in a Public School
Education
NJ Spotlight

Some N.J. districts pile up debt building schools, others are debt-free

Although New Jersey is in better shape than the country as a whole for school debt, paying off construction bonds costs about a quarter of state’s annual debt service.

7 years ago

Members of the Eastern Lancaster County school board voted on a new student privacy policy on April 15, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Education
PA Post

Transgender bathroom, locker room use: The Pa. debate, explained

More than 200 people showed up to the latest school board meeting on Monday night as the board passed a “biological sex” policy for bathrooms and locker room use.

7 years ago

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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 years ago

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