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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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Alissa Parker, whose daughter Emilie died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, talks about ways to improve school safety during a conference in Drexel Hill. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Education

At Delco ‘Safe Schools’ event, lessons from Sandy Hook shooting

A woman who lost her daughter in the Connecticut elementary school massacre still steels herself to tell the story. She does so to help others prepare for the next tragedy.

8 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Education

GOP pushes Wolf to distribute Pa. education tax credits

Days after negotiations to balance Pennsylvania's late budget collapsed completely, lawmakers, the governor, and their staffers are still trading barbs.

8 years ago

Old Main, an administrative building and landmark of Penn State campus, State College, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
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State-related universities fearful of becoming casualties of Pa.’s ongoing budget impasse

Pa. budget impasse has put funding for Pennsylvania’s state-related universities in jeopardy. Without it, in-state students will likely see a tuition spike.

8 years ago

A racial slur using the N-word and saying they
Education

Delaware high school suspends 2 students who posted racial slur using mascot

Two students at a Delaware high school face expulsion for using the school's mascot, historic figure Caesar Rodney, to spread racial slurs on social media.

8 years ago

Three female high-schoolers working in a test kitchen, baking equipment, rolling pin on counter
Education

Eying expansion, Philly charter school creates incubator for start-ups

Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School formally unveiled Particle, a co-working space that now houses six startup companies.

8 years ago

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First Person: Louise Ballard

The wife of fallen Delaware state police trooper Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard is honoring the memory of her husband with a reading program.

8 years ago

Smyrna High fans and cheerleaders gush with enthusiasm as the two-time defending state champion Eagles get ready to play their first home  game in 2017.  (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Education

Rise of a Delaware town — unified by its high school football team

Population growth in ever-growing Smyrna fuels a school district's growth and a football titan that has galvanized this Delaware town.

8 years ago

Eagles player Malcolm Jenkins (center left) speaks about financial literacy to students at Bodine High School in Philadelphia (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Education

Competition is on the money in enhancing financial literacy for Philly students

Sophia Santiago wants to be an astronomer — with an average salary of $110,000 ...

8 years ago

Close-up of a standardized test.
Education

Philly’s youngest learners show reading growth, but math scores flat

Philadelphia's youngest public school students made notable gains in reading last year, according to state test scores released Wednesday.

8 years ago

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Education

Delaware softens ‘zero-tolerance’ policy for weapons at school

Students caught with weapons other than a gun at Delaware schools won’t automatically face being expelled under a bill signed into law Friday afternoon.

8 years ago

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and his wife, Aileen (center), listen as Hackett School third-grader Madison Boudreaux reads. Through their foundation, the Robertses donated $450,000 to put books in Philadelphia public school classrooms. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Comcast’s Brian and Aileen Roberts give $450,000 for Philly school books

Roberts' gift completed a $3.5 million campaign to put "leveled" books in every one of the district's K-3 classrooms, capping the drive a year earlier than expected.

8 years ago

Jameira Miller pictured with her mother, Jamella, and brother Bryant at their Landsdowne home was featured in a new documentary on the National Geographic Channel about educational divides. The Millers are named along with other families and area school districts in a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Education over the quality of public education in the state (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks, file)
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Education

Those challenging fairness of Pa. school funding will have day in court

In a decision that could eventually shake Pennsylvania’s educational landscape, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lawsu ...

8 years ago

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Education

3 Delaware elementary schools National Blue Ribbon winners

Three Delaware elementary schools -- two in Sussex County and one in New Castle county -- are among the 342 across America named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2017.

8 years ago

Cheltenham High School
Education

The promise and peril of Cheltenham: Race and education in a changing suburban school district

Cheltenham has long been at the forefront of racial integration. After a fight at the local high school, the trailblazing community is grappling with big questions.

8 years ago

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Elbert-Palmer Elementary School in Wilmington's Southbridge neighborhood has been selected for a $106,832 state
Education

Needy Delaware schools get $1 million in ‘opportunity’ grants’

Nine Delaware school districts and charter schools have received a total of $1 million in so-called "opportunity grants." the governor's office announced Tuesday.

8 years ago

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