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A mural of the Neshaminy High School mascot. (Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
Education

Controversial school mascot could disappear from Bucks County school district

The Neshaminy School District may be forced to give up its Redskins mascot after a hearing by the Pennsylvania Human Relation Commission

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
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Pa. auditor general cracks down on school districts in recent reports

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has targeted two school districts in recent weeks for mis ...

7 years ago

Republican Scott Wagner (left) has vowed to stomp on the face of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, in the increasingly vitriolic Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign. A Wagner campaign spokesman says the threat was metaphorical. (AP file photos)
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A month before the election, Wolf, Wagner continue trading barbs over education

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates Tom Wolf and Scott Wagner have continued to trade barbs over educat ...

7 years ago

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Bill freeing Pa. students from standardized test graduation requirement advances in Statehouse

A new bill would scrap the idea that high school students in Pennsylvania need to score proficient on sta ...

7 years ago

Students embrace a day after learning their charter school is closing. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Education

Delaware charter abruptly closes, students forced to transfer

A month into the school year, upset and angry teenagers and parents filled a school auditorium in Delaware Wednesday, unsure where their ...

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Photomicrograph of a sputum sample containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB can be seen in red. (photo via CDC Public Health Image Library)
Health

Dozens possibly exposed to tuberculosis at Delaware school

Public health officials say dozens of people have been have been exposed to active tuberculosis at an elementary school in southern Delaw ...

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Education

Early evidence of a ‘Trump effect’ on bullying in schools

Preliminary study results show that a community's preference for Trump is associated with higher rates of teasing and bullying in Virginia middle schools.

7 years ago

Lower Merion schools Superintendent Robert Copeland defends the district's budgeting practices during a 2016 school board meeting after a judge ruled that the district misled taxpayers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Education

After another twist, Pa. Supreme Court to hear Lower Merion tax case

In 2016, an aviation attorney and Lower Merion resident sued his school district claiming it misrepresented its finances to secure a tax increase without voter approval.

7 years ago

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Voting for a ‘Jawn’ that matters

A new youth-devised campaign uses their networks to encourage peers to do one simple act: “Vote That Jawn.”

7 years ago

A grand jury report on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania has proved to be especially difficult reading for parishioners of St. Therese’s Church outside Wilkes-Barre. Now Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses say they are willing to set up a victims compensation fund as they face the prospect that state lawmakers will give victims of decades-old child sexual abuse another chance to sue the church. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)
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Pennsylvania dioceses consider victims compensation fund

Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses said late Friday they are willing to set up a victims compensation fund as they face the pro ...

7 years ago

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
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Education

Betsy DeVos decries attacks on campus speech in Philly lecture

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called out the nation’s universities Monday in a talk about campus free speech and the First Amendment.

7 years ago

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Why we chose online school for our teen

Anyone who’s ever heard me stumble through trying to explain the identifiable traits of a mammal, watched me do 5th grade math, or list ...

7 years ago

Bob Cavanagh, left, and Linda Moore, center, wait in an evacuation shelter setup at the Conway High School for the arrival of Hurricane Florence on Thursday in Conway, S.C. Many schools in the area have closed or been converted to shelters for residents in the region. (Getty)
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DeVos loses on student loans; Bezos funds preschool

The new school year marches on, and so does our weekly roundup.

7 years ago

Students play dress-up and draw on a whiteboard in a Christopher House preschool class. (Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report)
Education

Making the preschool magic last as children get older

How one school’s efforts to support parents and families has led to success.

7 years ago

Leo Zhang, a student at Mayfair Elementary, will learn to play on a flute repaired through the Broken Orchestra program. Behind him is Tobie Hoffman, who played the flute in the
Arts & Entertainment

Playing a different tune, repaired instruments return to Philly classrooms

Damaged instruments from the 'Symphony for a Broken Orchestra' are coming back into the Philadelphia School District, ready to play.

7 years ago

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