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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Mayor Jim Kenney says a tax increase is inevitable to properly fund the Philadelphia School District. (WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

Philly Council budget plan will only delay tax increase, mayor says, not prevent it

Council members would not go along with the mayor's proposed 4 percent real estate tax hike in the budget that will be put to a vote next week.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf signing an anti-discrimination executive order in April 2016. (Courtesy of Pa. Dept. of General Services)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

After pressure from religious schools, Pa. removes nondiscrimination language from tax credit program

Should private schools that benefit from Pennsylvania’s tax credit programs adhere to the rules of the public system? That d ...

7 years ago

Listen 1:57
Ilona Arnold-Berkovits is an education and family systems researcher and psychometrician at Rutgers University. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Could this N.J. website help integrate America’s schools?

It may not be a panacea, but one Rutgers professor has a new approach for desegregating the nation's schools. And it starts with the college admissions process.

7 years ago

Listen 5:49
Maddie Heeney, a transgender student, has thrived at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington.
Education

Delaware education secretary reverses course on school transgender policy

The Carney administration reversed course Friday on a proposed school anti-discrimination policy, removing a provision that would have al ...

7 years ago

Listen 2:03
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, May 28, 2018

Starbucks conducts anti-bias training for its staff tomorrow. A Drexel University study has devised a method to better monitor pilots’ ...

Air Date: May 28, 2018

Listen 20:47
8th grade student Kristina Kelly and English teacher Monique Traugerat Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus School in the Olney section of North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Say anything: Inside a writing assignment gone right in North Philadelphia

A second-year English teacher in the Olney section of North Philadelphia gave up control and gave her students the space to open up. To their own surprise, they did.

7 years ago

Listen 3:08
Over 300 graduating students from 19 Philadelphia-area colleges and universities are shown throwing their mortarboards in the air on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a 2012 ceremony. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

State grants for Pa. college students remain steady, but face uncertain future

The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency is digging into its reserves to keep money flowing into a g ...

7 years ago

Aidan Destefano (center, checkered shirt) outside of the Philadelphia Federal Courthouse with his legal representation. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Federal court upholds Boyertown school bathroom policy; appeal likely

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has upheld the policy of a Berks County school allowing transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice.

7 years ago

Listen 2:55
Over the next two months, the Bensalem Police Department will offer parents and community members guided tours of
Community

Mock teenage bedroom helps parents recognize signs of risk

Over the next two months, the Bensalem police department will offer parents and community members guided tours so they can learn the signs of at-risk behaviors.

7 years ago

A sign marks the entrance to a gender-neutral restroom at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo, file)
Courts & Law

Transgender case in Berks County school district heads to court

It's one of three cases involving transgender equality which will be heard across the nation this week.

7 years ago

Students at an art class in Overbrook High School in Philadelphia in 2016. State Senator Vincent Hughes has cited Overbrook as an example of a school in need of repair. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. lawmakers want to reform school construction program, but funding remains a question

Pennsylvania’s ...

7 years ago

Students from the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf rehearse “The Lion, the With, and the Wardrobe” for performances at the First Untied Methodist Church of Germantown on May 25 and 26. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Narnia’s latest adaptation: Sign language

A Germantown school is taking a classic work and reimagining it for a deaf audience.

7 years ago

Legislative Hall in Dover. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware lawmaker introduces plan for $65M school safety fund

Hoping to prevent a mass shooting at Delaware schools, state Sen. Dave Lawson wants to establish a $65 million school safety fund.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania public school students change classes. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Fiercely contested school choice bill on the move in Harrisburg

Legislation is on the move in Harrisburg that could give parents more school choices and siphon millions from traditional public schools. ...

7 years ago

Dickinson High junior Jeremy Nolan works on his robot as partner Ian Shotwell observes. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

For these Delaware students, robotics is ‘getting them to see the future’

Walking through Dickinson High School, one can't help but notice the two fluorescent yellow mechanical creatures.

7 years ago

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