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Josiah Taft, 4, played at the water table in his public preschool classroom at P.S. 3 in Brooklyn in 2016. New York is one of a handful of big American cities that offer universal preschool. Photo: Jamie Martines for The Hechinger Report
Education
The Hechinger Report

Who should pay for preschool for the middle class?

As the price of private preschool soars and states spend more than ever on public programs for the poor, will the middle class be left behind?

7 years ago

Gov. John Carney signs a measure aimed at reducing the number of Delaware school suspensions. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Education

Gov. Carney signs legislation aiming to reduce Delaware school suspensions

The Department of Education will collect and publish data about the suspension process in an effort to cut back on unnecessary disciplinary measures.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight
Health

N.J. may require that students learn to administer OD-reversing drug

The proposed legislation would require that naloxone instruction be paired with curriculum that educates students about the risks of opioid addiction.

7 years ago

Listen 1:47
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Education

Murphy phasing out PARCC tests in N.J.

Governor stopped short of nixing the test entirely, but suggested that's what he wants to do

7 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney addresses the city's new local Board of Education at their first meeting since the dissolution of the state-appointed School Reform Commission.
Education

At first meeting, new Philly school board turns to old hand for leadership

By a unanimous vote, the nine board members chose former School Reform Commission chairwoman Joyce Wilkerson to as the first board president in this new era.

7 years ago

Left: Downtown Pittsburgh (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Right: Philadelphia skyline (SeanPavonePhoto/Bigstock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh: Five charts and two families at the center of the school choice debate

Since the state enacted a charter school law 20 years ago, starkly different trends have played out in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

7 years ago

Listen 7:37
Class of 2018 high school graduates Tamir Harper, Anthony Rivera, and Shania Bennett (left to right).
Radio Times
Education

The exceptional class of 2018

Guests: Tamir Harper, Shania Bennett, Anthony Rivera  TAMIR HARP ...

Air Date: July 6, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:55
(LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Education

Raising kids who want to read — even during the summer

Books are everywhere in your house, and yet ... they're not being consumed. Because it's summer, and kids have so many other things they'd rather do.

7 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf speaks at an event at Roosevelt Elementary School in Philadelphia Friday. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Gov. Wolf calls for drastic school funding shake-up in surprise announcement

Governor Tom Wolf called for a major change to the way Pennsylvania funds schools Friday, advocating for the state to distribute its larg ...

7 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers at a center city rally. The U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday could cripple the political influence of teachers' unions. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. teachers unions could feel brunt of Supreme Court decision

Conservative groups cheered the decision as a triumph for free speech.

7 years ago

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Douglas Leach, teacher and graduate of Lincoln High School, holds up a sign at a rally ahead of a School Reform Commission meeting in November. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Education

Primer on Philly school district’s changing of the guard

Last week, members of Philadelphia's School Reform Commission gathered for the last time. Next month, a city school board will begin official duties.

7 years ago

Listen 5:40
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

His grandson’s gift strikes a chord with past, helps him tune up physical rehab

In the 1980s and ’90s, Jimmy Bennett was a regular in the Delaware Valley folk/country music circuit, playing bass or rhythm guitar ...

7 years ago

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Students wear clear backpacks outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Monday. The bags are one of a number of security measures the school district has enacted as a result of the Feb. 14 shooting at the school that killed 17. (Sun Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images)
NPR
Education

Making schools safer: Harsh consequences, or second chances?

The debate in many ways comes down to this: What's more important — cold steel or warm hugs? Harsh consequences or second chances?

7 years ago

Farrad McLaughlin, (left), and Chris Felix, (right), are scholars from Philadelphia Futures, a program that helps first generation college students graduate. McLaughlin just earned his Master’s Degree from Cabrini University and Felix just graduated cum laude from Lafayette College. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Four years gone: What these Philadelphia Futures grads have learned about family, life, and leadership

West Philadelphia’s Farrad McLaughlin, 26, was crushed when he lost his older brother to gun violence a decade ago. But since that mome ...

7 years ago

Listen 6:29
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough speaks about a history award named in his honor at a Thursday ceremony in Philadelphia's Carpenters' Hall. (Taylor Allen for WHYY)
Community

Philly award honoring historian McCullough to recognize educators, storytellers

David McCullough, one of America’s most notable historians, now has a prize named after him.

7 years ago

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