
K-12
Former charter school principal gets prison for embezzlement
A former Dover charter school principal has been sentenced to 13 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $145,000 in restitution for embezzling federal education funds.
7 years ago
Rural Pa. demands broadband access; providers cite logistical difficulties
About six percent of Pennsylvanians don't have access to broadband internet, but providers say providing service in rural areas are economically burdening.
7 years ago
Philly school’s new ‘calming room’ offers yoga mats, drawing, and a ‘brain break’
A Philadelphia middle school has launched a "calming room" to help students unwind.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, April 4, 2018
We recall the riots that erupted in Wilmington upon the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. fifty years ago today. Mayor Jim Kenney announce ...
Air Date: April 4, 2018
Listen 21:17Educators decry N.J. school funding levels proposed by Murphy as insufficient
One school board member calls the allocation to Chesterfield School District a "punch to the gut."
7 years ago
Wilmington school attack victim’s family sues district, claiming ‘gross negligence’
The family of a Wilmington high school student who died after being attacked in the bathroom nearly two years ago is suing two attackers her and the school district.
7 years ago
Listen 1:48Two commissioners leave fading SRC to seek spots on new Philly school board
SRC chair Joyce Wilkerson and commissioner Christopher McGinley needed to leave the five-member body before Mayor Jim Kenney could pick them to serve on the new board.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, March 28, 2018
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez hits the campaign re-election trail. As Bill Cosby’s pre-trial hearings near their conclusion, his ...
Air Date: March 28, 2018
Listen 21:25After week of protests in Delaware, Catholic girls’ school reinstates fired principal
The principal at Padua Academy, fired 11 days ago in a dispute over the school's financial support of its parish affiliate, has been reinstated after several days of protests.
7 years ago
Students and teachers need resources, not armed camps
Students do not need more firepower, police, metal detectors, and other trappings of the school-to-prison pipeline in their schools.
7 years ago
Kansas girl at center of 1954 school segregation ruling dies
Linda Brown, the Kansas girl at the center of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools, has died ...
7 years ago
From light bulbs to drones, a new curriculum takes flight in North Philly school
A Catholic school in North Philadelphia, is piloting a curriculum that will turn students into literal pilots. Drone pilots, that is.
7 years ago
Listen 2:17Coding club creates tech aspirations at Middletown school
The tiny toy robots look a little like the ghosts from the old PacMan arcade game. But the little devices called Ozobots are helping stud ...
7 years ago
Listen 3:23ACLU lawsuit: Wilmington students disenfranchised by system
A lawsuit by the ACLU of Delaware charges that that the state’s school funding system deprives poor, disabled and non-English speaking students of an adequate education.
7 years ago
Philly schools present new, sunnier budget projections
For the first time since Superintendent William Hite took over, his staff presented a long-term budget with no planned deficits.
7 years ago