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More than 50 students at Alfred G. Waters Middle School near Middletown participate in the Girls Who Code club. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Coding club creates tech aspirations at Middletown school

The tiny toy robots look a little like the ghosts from the old PacMan arcade game. But the little devices called Ozobots are helping stud ...

7 years ago

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A lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the NAACP and a citizens group targets Delaware's education funding and governance system that the plaintiffs says leaves Wilmington students —like these kids at Warner Elementary — disenfranchised, without adequate resources. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

ACLU lawsuit: Wilmington students disenfranchised by system

A lawsuit by the ACLU of Delaware charges that that the state’s school funding system deprives poor, disabled and non-English speaking students of an adequate education.

7 years ago

 Philadelphia School District headquarters at Broad and Spring Garden streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Philly schools present new, sunnier budget projections

For the first time since Superintendent William Hite took over, his staff presented a long-term budget with no planned deficits.

7 years ago

Philadelphia students participate in a national school walkout commemorating the one month anniversary of Parkland, Fl. high school shooting
Speak Easy
Education

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
Community

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 20:40
Arshad White, a senior at Girard Academic Music Program
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Girard 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

Hundreds of Padua Academy's students protested Monday outside school, demanding ousted Principal Cindy Mann's reinstatement. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

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

Students fill the courtyard at Philly City Hall during the walkout.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

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

Hundreds of students and parents at Padua Academy protested the principal's sudden ouster Monday. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

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

This year’s College of Physicians Teva interns presenting a poster on gun violence. (Courtesy of Jacqui Bowman)
Education

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

Students Walkout of their school to raise awareness about issues of school safety and the impact of gun violence.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

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

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

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 6:16
Chester Community Charter School.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Report 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. Tom Wolf
Community

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

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)
Politics & Policy

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

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