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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

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, March 14, 2018

We visit several of the schools in our region that participated in the national student walkout to protest gun violence. Movita Johnson-H ...

Air Date: March 14, 2018

Listen 17:13
Students at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Dover said they were disappointed in a town hall meeting about gun violence. (WHYY/Zoe Read)
Education

‘We do not feel safe:’ Delaware students tell lawmakers at post-walkout town hall

Following the walkout, students at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Del. attended a town hall forum that was dominated by state lawmakers.

8 years ago

Students at Charter School of Wilmington and Cab Calloway School of the Arts, in Wilmington, Delaware
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Thousands of Philly-area students walk out of school over gun violence

Students from more than 50 schools in the region left their classrooms this morning for today’s National School Walkout.

8 years ago

Listen 5:13
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, March 13, 2018

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy lays out his first bud ...

Air Date: March 13, 2018

Listen 22:37
Assembly Education Committee considers the panic alarm bill. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey considers mandating silent alarms for schools

The silent alarm would be activated during a shooting or other school emergency. Former Gov. Chris Christie vetoed similar legislation three times over five years.

8 years ago

(Nick Shepherd/Getty Images/Ikon Images)
NPR
Education

How school walkouts test student rights and school responsibilities

"It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate."

8 years ago

Ethan Block, 16, of Pennington, New Jersey, makes a sign with the slogan
Community

Voices behind the walkout — New Jersey

Students weigh in on gun violence and the upcoming National School Walkout.

8 years ago

Caesar Rodney School District's public information officer recently removed comments critical of the superintendent's opposition to the upcoming student walkout. The ACLU cried foul, and the district has relented. (Caesar Rodney School District)
Education

ACLU to school district: Stop censoring student Facebook criticisms over gun violence walkout

After Caesar Rodney Schools chief prohibited students and teachers from taking part in the Wednesday walkout over gun violence, the district deleted online complaints.

8 years ago

(Rob Tornoe/for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Despite some perceptions, Delaware students aren’t lazy millennials

Students at about 20 schools throughout Delaware will walk out of their school simultaneously on Wednesday to protest gun violence at schools around the country.

8 years ago

Maria Ramirez, left, and Eunice Millán, both freshmen at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, New Jersey, are taking physics this year as part of a “Physics First” initiative to prepare more students for STEM careers. (Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report)
Education

One reason students aren’t prepared for STEM careers? No physics in high school.

A shortage of physics teachers limits physics-taking, which limits the number of physics teachers

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Auditor General to take deep dive into school safety issues

Eugene DePasquale says his office will take a deep dive on the security procedures at all of the commonwealth's public schools.

8 years ago

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

GOP lawmakers seek to stop Pa. education funding lawsuit at preliminary hearing

The lawsuit challenging Pa.’s school-funding scheme continued its slow climb through the legal system with oral arguments before the Commonwealth Court in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

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