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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Students testify in support of the Boyertown Area School District's policy of allowing transgender students to use locker rooms and restrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Four students sued the district, saying their privacy was violated when a transgender boy was allowed to use the same locker room. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court rejects appeal over Pa. school’s transgender bathroom policy

The justices on Tuesday rejected an appeal from students who argued that allowing transgender students to use the same facilities violated their right to privacy.

7 years ago

Andrew Jackson Elementary School has become one of the most popular schools in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Review of Philly schools could mean closures, boundary changes

The announcement could unnerve homeowners in gentrifying neighborhoods or neighborhoods with low-enrollment schools.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney visited a kindergarten class at Andrew Jackson Elementary School the day after being elected in 2015.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Jim Kenney cares a lot about the children of Philadelphia. Has he done enough for their schools?

Some of Kenney’s boldest moves have come on education issues. But he’s also taken a restrained approach to the city's school system.

7 years ago

Vivian Loh, (center), a seventh grader at Winchester Thurston School and the first girl to win the Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS competition, explains the solution to a math problem to her brother Vincent, 10, and their mother Debbie after they each completed a practice worksheet in the morning before school, Thursday, April 25, 2019, at their home in Squirrel Hill.  (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Education

After 36 years, a girl is the middle school math champ

In March, Vivian Loh became the first girl ever to win the Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS competition.

7 years ago

U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign event in Osage, Iowa, May 5, 2019. (Jim Young/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders unveils plan to overhaul public education

Bernie Sanders on Saturday released his plan for reforming public education, including halting federal funding of new charter schools and banning those that are for-profit.

7 years ago

(Chris Ryan/Getty Images)
Education
Marketplace

5 ways the SAT has tried to reinvent itself

The SAT has undergone many, many changes over the years. Here’s a brief look at some of its redesigns.

7 years ago

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

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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.

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