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Taryn Canty-Reed, 20, (front), says young people in her generation have experienced abandonment and have also abandoned themselves. Now it’s time for them to chase opportunities, said the YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School student attending a press conference in City Hall Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (Jane M. Von Bergen/The Notebook)
The Notebook
Education

Philly to spend $6M to connect disadvantaged youths to jobs

The program will use state money to provide workforce training to 1,000 who already receive some form of government support.

8 years ago

Waliyyuddin Abdullah drops off daughter Florrie, a first grader, at Powel School in West Philadelphia. Abdullah chose Powel over his neighborhood school in North Philadelphia.
Education

The Philly school choice system no one is talking about

Every year, thousands of Philadelphia families choose a traditional public school outside their neighborhood. So is that a good thing, a bad thing or something else?

8 years ago

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A Delaware high school suspended a 10th grader for wearing a kufi to school, but the American Civil Liberties Union intervened and the school rescinded its action. (Bigstock Photo)
Education

ACLU gets school to rescind Muslim student’s suspension for wearing kufi

The American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware recently intervened to have a school overturn the suspension of a 10th grade Muslim student.

8 years ago

Smyrna High School teacher Joshua Rutheford is accused of trying to meet what he thought was a teenage girl for sex at a Dover park. (photo courtesy Del. DOJ)
Courts & Law

Ex-teacher to plead guilty to child sex charges in Delaware

A former Delaware teacher facing child sex charges has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors.

8 years ago

Spring Garden School is one of several schools whose outdated heating system would cost more to repair than to replace.
Education

Heating problems in Philly schools rise as temperatures plunge

Philadelphia School District facilities workers have been on the job since Christmas to fix faulty heating units. It's a $70M problem.

8 years ago

A six-year-old Chinese immersion program in Delaware elementary schools now has more than 1,000 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Next year the initiative will expand to middle school. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Education

Mandarin magic in Delaware K-5 classrooms

Foreign language has been a staple of high school education for years, but in Delaware, more than 1,000 Delaware elementary students spend half their day learning in Chinese.

8 years ago

Listen 5:09
Parent Eva Sanchez talks about her strategies for getting her kids up and out to school every morning. Sanchez is a participant in the #AttendanceHero social media campaign to improve attendance at Philadelphia schools.
Education

Philly schools looking for an #AttendanceHero

The School District of Philadelphia wants to know how you get your kids up and out in the morning.

8 years ago

Farmland on the outskirts of the Titusville School District (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Rural Pa. public schools look to break cycle of struggle, welfare, and addiction in the Northwest

Titusville’s story is echoed across many towns in Pennsylvania, where a solid middle-class workforce was once sustained by no more than a high school degree.

8 years ago

Young man with hands clasped together praying
Education

Mercer County, N.J., school officials set meeting on rising teen suicide rate

Seven suicides among teens in Mercer County, New Jersey, have the county’s school superintendents calling for action.

8 years ago

Middle school students change classes (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

New federal tax ‘loophole’ could stoke interest in private school donations in Pa.

A new analysis found wealthy individuals and high-profit businesses in Pennsylvania and nine other states may make money when they donate to private school scholarships.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, December 21, 2017

After nearly 20 years, Congressman Bob Brady might finally have competition for re-election. In New Jersey, why is it easy for teachers ...

Air Date: December 21, 2017

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A student raises his hand at Isaac Sheppard School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Keystone Crossroads
Education

New raft of data sets stage for debate over school property tax elimination in Pa.

These new reports — heavy with charts and computations — will likely inform arguments made for and against property tax abolition.

8 years ago

Keilina Collazo (left) and Elima Patterson, students at Edison High School, offer their homemade coquito for sale. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY).
Education

Teenage ingenuity on display at Philly school holiday fair

Eclectic doesn’t begin to describe Kensington High School’s stand at Philadelphia’s annual CTE Holiday County Fair.

8 years ago

The School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to revoke the charter of one school and against renewal of two other charter schools, including the John B. Stetson Middle School. (WHYY file photo)
Education

SRC votes to ax three Philly charter schools

The SRC had delayed action on two of the schools for nearly two years, but eventually marshaled enough votes for a clear decision.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Senator swap in education committee likely to impact school choice vote in Pa.

The state Senate Education Committee is making a mid-session personnel change — switching out one Republican senator for another.

8 years ago

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