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Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati, center, hopes to quash a school funding lawsuit brought by districts and advocates. (AP file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. funding lawsuit moves toward full trial as court dismisses latest objection

Plaintiffs believe Pennsylvania’s system for funding education has violated the state Constitution on multiple fronts

7 years ago

Back school backpack and supplies. (Photo Courtesy/BigStock)
Philly Parenting
Education

5 ways to ease back into your school schedule

That time of summer is here…when the stores are filled with school supplies, bus schedules and teacher assignments are announced and ki ...

7 years ago

Two days before the walkout, teachers and support staff from across the Flagstaff Unified School District, two hours north of Phoenix, gathered for an information and strategy session. Everyone took home a Red for Ed yard sign. (E. Tammy Kim)
Education

Edged out of the middle class, teachers are walking out

Dissatisfied with low pay and school funding, teachers in more red states are poised to protest.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf
Keystone Crossroads
Education

New Pa. school safety funding on track for March 2019

The funds are part of a bipartisan bill signed into law in the months after the Parkland, Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Education

Philadelphia teacher roundtable

Guests: Michael Southerton, Gerald Dessus, Monique Trauger The school year is almost underway. Teachers are busy ...

Air Date: August 16, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
Colorado School District 27J has adopted a four-day school schedule in an attempt to save about $1 million a year.
(James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)
NPR
Education

Colorado school district switches to 4-day week to save money

A Colorado school district intent on saving money has cut one of its greatest costs: teaching.

7 years ago

Some children start the school year early not to get a better education, but to have a nutritious meal and shelter during the day. (Cheryl Gerber/The Hechinger Report)
Education

The invisible signs to look for on the first day of school

Hunger and homelessness hamper kids’ ability to learn.

7 years ago

Superintendent Pedro Rivera poses for a photograph at Lincoln Middle School in Lancaster, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

After first year of Pa. school improvement pilot, Wolf team looks to expand

The pilot involved 10 representatives from the administration working with 19 schools chosen to represent districts ranging in size from small, medium, and large.

7 years ago

A U.S. Government Accountability Office survey polled school districts across the country on testing for lead in drinking water in 2017. Fewer than half of those surveyed did testing; of those that did, more than a third found elevated levels. (Bigstock/Kelpfish)
Health

Starting this year, Pa. schools must test lead in drinking water, or explain why not

A recent report, “Get the Lead Out,” gave Pennsylvania an F for having no requirements that schools address lead in drinking water.

7 years ago

(Sesame Workshop)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

In Sesame’s new show, to play is to learn

Turn on your TV and surf the stuff meant for kids. I dare you.

7 years ago

Maddie Heeney, a transgender student, has thrived at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington.
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Carney team scraps proposed anti-bias policy for Delaware transgender students

Governor supports schools chief's decision, but says he remains committed to 'protect children from discrimination at school'’ so they can focus on their education.

7 years ago

Listen 2:21
Gov. Tom Wolf (left) and Scott Wagner (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Wolf, Wagner spar over funding formula as education surges to center of Pa. governor’s race

Using the formula to dole out all state education funding would mean a massive redistribution that creates clear winners and losers.

7 years ago

Listen 4:56
Laurel Middle School, which was once slated for possible closure because of poor academic performance, has bucked the trend in Delaware and improved by double digits in the last two years in standardized math and English tests. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Delaware school test scores mostly stagnant; SAT results drop

While scores have ebbed this year, Department of Education officials are stressing that scores in the Smarter Balanced tests have risen since they were first given in 2015.

7 years ago

 Students who earned AP Capstone honors gathered with Superintendent William Hite and other dignitaries at a ceremony on Tuesday. (Dale Mezzacappa/The Notebook)
The Notebook
Education

Philly School District honors first graduates of AP Capstone program

Fourteen students at Northeast High School earned a diploma or certificate in the program.

7 years ago

Students from Charter School of New Castle take arts and crafts along with academic classes and recreational activities. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

With help of federal grant, Delaware camp combines education and recreation

The program is designed to help low-income students prevent 'summer brain drain' by mixing a morning of school work at the library with fun in the afternoon at the YMCA.

7 years ago

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