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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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Residents gathered together at the new Haverford Township Building for a town hall meeting to address racism and racial bias in the Haverford Township school district. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Education

Report on racism roils Main Line school district

Haverford residents react after a report from an activist group alleges racism in township schools.

8 years ago

After 10 years of delay and deliberation, Pennsylvania lawmakers have finally revamped the requirements for high school graduation. Gov. Tom Wolf intends to sign the measure. (Shutterstock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

After decade of debate, Pa. passes new graduation requirements

The new requirements aren't as tough as originally intended. But many advocates approve of the reduced emphasis on standardized tests.

8 years ago

A player running the ball during the Kennard-Dale homecoming football game. (Dani Fresh for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

A dozen voices on education in the heart of Wolf, Wagner country

Pennsylvanians say education is one of the most important issues this election. We talked with people in York County about the education issues that matter to them.

8 years ago

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(Bigstock photo)
Radio Times
Education

Rethinking sex education

Guest: Al Vernacchio Sex education curricula vary hugely across the country. ...

Air Date: October 11, 2018 10:00 am

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Mike Matthews has resigned as president of the Delaware State Education Association amid a firestorm of criticism over sexist, racist blog posts he wrote between 2004 and 2006. (Courtesy of DSEA/waybackmachine.org)
Education

Delaware teachers union president resigns after sexist, racist blog posts unearthed

The president of the Delaware teachers union resigned Wednesday night, just hours after WHYY reported about sexist, racist, and other inflammatory remarks on his former blog.

8 years ago

Listen 1:06
Governor Tom Wolf listens to a question from a student at a forum at the School District of Philadelphia's headquarters (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Wolf, Wagner field education questions from students at Philly forum

No, it wasn’t a debate. But the two men vying to win Penn ...

8 years ago

School children in classroom. (via ShutterStock)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Skyrocketing special ed. costs falling heavily on Pa. school districts, taxpayers

Special education costs are rising much faster in Pennsylvania than state aid — causing local taxpayers ...

8 years ago

Listen 4:00
A mural of the Neshaminy High School mascot. (Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
Education

Controversial school mascot could disappear from Bucks County school district

The Neshaminy School District may be forced to give up its Redskins mascot after a hearing by the Pennsylvania Human Relation Commission

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. auditor general cracks down on school districts in recent reports

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has targeted two school districts in recent weeks for mis ...

8 years ago

Republican Scott Wagner (left) has vowed to stomp on the face of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, in the increasingly vitriolic Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign. A Wagner campaign spokesman says the threat was metaphorical. (AP file photos)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

A month before the election, Wolf, Wagner continue trading barbs over education

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidates Tom Wolf and Scott Wagner have continued to trade barbs over educat ...

8 years ago

(WITF, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Bill freeing Pa. students from standardized test graduation requirement advances in Statehouse

A new bill would scrap the idea that high school students in Pennsylvania need to score proficient on sta ...

8 years ago

Students embrace a day after learning their charter school is closing. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Education

Delaware charter abruptly closes, students forced to transfer

A month into the school year, upset and angry teenagers and parents filled a school auditorium in Delaware Wednesday, unsure where their ...

8 years ago

Listen 1:47
Photomicrograph of a sputum sample containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB can be seen in red. (photo via CDC Public Health Image Library)
Health

Dozens possibly exposed to tuberculosis at Delaware school

Public health officials say dozens of people have been have been exposed to active tuberculosis at an elementary school in southern Delaw ...

8 years ago

Education

Early evidence of a ‘Trump effect’ on bullying in schools

Preliminary study results show that a community's preference for Trump is associated with higher rates of teasing and bullying in Virginia middle schools.

8 years ago

Lower Merion schools Superintendent Robert Copeland defends the district's budgeting practices during a 2016 school board meeting after a judge ruled that the district misled taxpayers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

After another twist, Pa. Supreme Court to hear Lower Merion tax case

In 2016, an aviation attorney and Lower Merion resident sued his school district claiming it misrepresented its finances to secure a tax increase without voter approval.

8 years ago

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