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April Ellis weighs some bananas at the Island Avenue Shoprite in Southwest Philadelphia while shopping with her grandchildren,  Kalanni and Shareef. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Turning chores into classrooms: New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

If you’re grocery shopping in Philadelphia over the next year you might run into a cherubic cartoon character named A.J.

7 years ago

Students from McCall School in South Philadelphia walk home on Sept. 6, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Sweltering schools bring up age-old infrastructure problem in Pennsylvania

The state put a moratorium on its reimbursement program for school construction in 2015.

7 years ago

Freshmen at St. Louis Park High School, just outside of Minneapolis, take time out of their social studies class for a team-building exercise that is part of the school’s Building Assets, Reducing Risks program. (Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report)
Education

A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school

Using a holistic approach with students to “catch those coughs before they become pneumonia.”

7 years ago

Students are released from George A. McCall School at noon Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, because of the heat. It was the fifth early dismissal for heat for the Philadelphia School district since the school year began
Education

Blazing back-to-school temperatures pose public health threat to students

Only about a quarter of Philadelphia public schools have air conditioning.

7 years ago

McKean High School teachers Rebecca Sheehan and Jaimin Carter both hope to take advantage of a new Delaware law that could pay up to $10,000  of their student loans over five years. (Cris Barrish/WHYY News)
Education

To draw teachers to high-needs schools, Del. offers to repay $10k of their student loans

Gov. John Carney calls the measure the most important legislative accomplishment of the year.

7 years ago

Students walk to school in Philadelphia. (AP file photo)
Education

Philly teachers union, City Council member lose their cool over early dismissals

On Wednesday, with high temperatures expected to reach the low 90s yet again, the School District of Philadelphia will dismiss students at noon

7 years ago

State Sen. Pat Browne, R-Lehigh.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

With new proposal, trauma-informed care could become standard in Pa. schools

If a pair of powerful Pennsylvania state senators get their way, a ...

7 years ago

Merv Daugherty (right), outgoing superintendent of Red Clay Consolidated School District, was recently interviewed on WHYY's
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Head of Delaware’s largest school district takes Virginia post

Daugherty has been with Red Clay for 18 years and been an assistant principal, principal and administrator before becoming superintendent nine years ago.

7 years ago

Listen 2:07
Michi Marshall, wife of NFL wide-receiver Brandon Marshall, talks about her husband's mental illness during a day of mental health first aid training for teachers at String Theory Charter School.
Education

Philly charter school trains teachers, staff in youth mental health first aid

Hundreds took part in the trainings provided by the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services and a national organization, Project 375.

7 years ago

DePasquale said there's no immediate call for more funding, but noted he believes the need is inevitable in the future. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Community

School safety task force homes in on mental health

After a series of meetings with teachers, administrators, and students, a school safety task force is calling for more mental health resources.

7 years ago

Quimayah Gibson-McClendon prepares for her first day of kindergarten at William Dick School in North Philadelphia with her great-aunt Elesha Sears (left), and grandmother Tashawn McClendon, (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Education

District officials project optimism as new Philly school year begins

Capitalizing on a window of relative prosperity, the School District of Philadelphia hopes to establish momentum during a governance change.

7 years ago

Listen 2:48
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Education

N.J. gov embraces idea of school alarms linked to police, wants funding change

Gov. Phil Murphy has conditionally vetoed a bill requiring all New Jersey public school buildings to be equipped with a panic alarm syste ...

7 years ago

Andrew Brooking, assistant principal at Philadelphia's Blaine Elementary. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

As classes begin, Philly ‘turnaround’ school hoping for a rebound year

Andrew Brooking’s future at Philadelphia’s Blaine Elementary seemed uncertain.

7 years ago

Listen 6:47
Students line up outside Joseph Pennell Elementary on the first day of school. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Education

A prayer for seizing opportunity

As our Philly students start a new school year, I know they feel like they have all the time in the world to fulfill their dreams. But I have 3 words for them: Life is short.

7 years ago

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a dinner hosted by the Washington Policy Center in Bellevue, Wash.
(Ted S. Warren/AP)
Education

Education Dept. proposals on guns in schools sparks outcry

he Education Department says it is weighing whether to allow states to use federal funds to purchase guns for schools

7 years ago

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