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Letter: Pennridge School District should be ashamed for giving walkout students detention
When I heard that students from my alma mater received Saturday detention for their participation in the National Student Walkout, I had one reaction: shame.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, March 21, 2018
We have weather updates from around the region. The Pennsylvania Senate passes a bill to increase gun ownership restrictions on people co ...
Air Date: March 21, 2018
Listen 20:40Girard Academic Music student: Do not ignore the youngest of us in gun law debate
Adults are constantly telling our youth that ... not only does our opinion not matter, but we don’t have the capabilities to imprint a change.
7 years ago
Padua principal's attorney blames gender discrimination for sudden firing
The recently ousted principal at Padua Academy, a prominent Delaware girls Catholic high school, is firing back.
7 years ago
Mastery Charter student: ‘Proud to stand’ with strong youth to push for better gun laws
17 minutes is not enough to voice our concerns and highlight the fear that we hold within ourselves every day.
7 years ago
Padua students stage mass sit-out for ousted principal
Hundreds of pink-clad students of Padua Academy, a prominent Catholic high school for girls in Wilmington, gathered outside the school Mo ...
7 years ago
Health and science internships focus on Philly teens to help diversify STEM fields
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia offers a range of internships, the most popular is open to Philadelphia teens who have experience violence.
7 years ago
Thinking of my teachers and the absurdity of arming them
America’s teachers don’t need guns. What they need is a commitment to preserve schools as places where students and staff feel safe and nourished.
7 years ago
A girl named Maddie, and Delaware's transgender conundrum
A debate is raging in Delaware educational circles about how transgender students are treated in public schools.
7 years ago
Listen 6:16Report shows more suburban Pa. students choosing charter schools
The growth hasn't been as dramatic as in major cities, but the number of suburban students in charter schools has grown for 15 consecutive years, according to the new report.
7 years ago
Gov. Wolf creates Pa. school safety task force, no students included
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has created a new statewide task force to examine ways to improve safety for the state’s schoolchildren.
7 years ago
Lawmakers attempt to tackle high lead levels in Pa. schools
Legislation sponsored by Rep. Karen Boback would require all schools test for lead every two years and install filters or other fixes for any level above 5 parts per billion.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, March 14, 2018
We visit several of the schools in our region that participated in the national student walkout to protest gun violence. Movita Johnson-H ...
Air Date: March 14, 2018
Listen 17:13‘We do not feel safe:’ Delaware students tell lawmakers at post-walkout town hall
Following the walkout, students at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Del. attended a town hall forum that was dominated by state lawmakers.
7 years ago
Thousands of Philly-area students walk out of school over gun violence
Students from more than 50 schools in the region left their classrooms this morning for today’s National School Walkout.
7 years ago
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