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Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school funding lawsuit inches forward, though roadblocks remain

A lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s education funding system inched forward Monday, delivering a incremental victory to the plaintiffs ...

8 years ago

Investigative journalist  Thomas Huchon writes five questions that can be used to evaluate the veracity of a news story. (Pete Kiehart for NPR)
NPR
Education

A conspiracy video teaches kids a lesson about fake news

Widespread concerns about the inability of many people in France to tell a real news story from a fake one have led this French journalist to visit 81 schools since 2016.

9 years ago

Delaware Campaign for Achievement Now has created a website that educates the public about school board candidates and aims to boost what WHYY found has been absymal turnout for board elections in recent years. (Courtesy of Delaware Campaign for Achievement Now)
Education

Website aims to increase abysmal school board election turnout in Del.

There are 25 seats up for grabs on Delaware's school boards on Tuesday. But if history is any guide, fewer than 2 percent of the eligible voters will cast ballots.

9 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, May 2, 2018

We talk with Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Paul Mango. As school districts in the Philadelphia suburbs try to catch non-residents ...

Air Date: May 2, 2018

Listen 21:46
Philadelphia High School seniors take photos with Michelle Obama, Rebel Wilson, Robert De Niro, and Bradley Cooper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

Michelle Obama, cavalcade of stars urge Philly students toward college

College Signing Day turned North Philadelphia into West Hollywood, all in the service of spurring more Philly students to college.

9 years ago

The timeline of federal K-12 education law. (Pa. Department of Education)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Under ESSA, the newest federal K-12 education law, parents will get more information about their kids’ schools

The Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind, the controversial plan that caused upheaval in some schools.

9 years ago

Dominique London weeps as she calls out the names of students killed by gun violence during an assembly at Mastery Shoemaker charter school.
Education

Packed crowd in West Philly presses mayor and police on gun violence

Mastery Charter Schools hosted its first ever “action assembly” in West Philadelphia Monday night to engage public officials about how to make their neighborhoods safer.

9 years ago

Will Knight, Smyrna's humble football superstar, has battled hardship in becoming one of Delaware's all-time great high school football players. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Smyrna's Will Knight, humble football superstar, triumphs over hardship

Fate continues to haunt Knight and his family. But he has worked tirelessly to overcome hardship and heartbreak as a good son, brother, student, teammate.

9 years ago

Listen 5:47
Dakota Johnson, 8, who survived a fire at her dad's apartment. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

As awareness of childhood trauma rises, new free therapy program launches for Philly students

The fire that destroyed her dad’s third-floor apartment is the scariest thing that’s ever happened to 8-year-old Dakota Johnson. It w ...

9 years ago

Listen 5:12
When Gov. John Carney recently signed the alternate diploma bill into law, parents, educators, advocates and students were delighted. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Education

Disabled students can now check ‘diploma’ box on job applications

Delaware's alternate diploma will give students a major boost when it comes to job prospects in grocery stores, clerical work and so much more, advocates say.

9 years ago

Jovan Weaver
Education

New season of WHYY’s ‘Schooled’ podcast explores student trauma, charter school debate

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Kevin McCorry, host of the WHYY podcast 'Schooled.' The second season of began this week.

9 years ago

Listen 4:09
Philadelphia school board members (from left) Maria McColgan, Angela McIver, Wayne Walker, and Joyce Wilkerson, attend the first in a series of community meetings to introduce the public to the newly reconstituted board.
Education

New Philly school board members listen, but reveal little at first public appearance

Four of Philadelphia's nine new school board members appeared at their first public event Wednesday. Those hoping to learn more about their positions likely left disappointed.

9 years ago

Radio Times
Education

Schooled: Philadelphia’s Wister Elementary seeks solutions

Guests: Kevin McCorry, Jovan Weaver Across the country, public schools have struggled to meet the needs of childr ...

Air Date: April 26, 2018

Listen 49:45
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, April 25, 2018

As Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and the First Judicial District look at parole issues, a new report shows Pennsylvania has the highest r ...

Air Date: April 25, 2018

Listen 20:00
Jovan Weaver, principal of Wister Elementary School. (Jessica Kourkounis/WHYY)
Schooled
Education

You shouldn't be here: The story of Jovan Weaver and Wister Elementary School — part one

Principal Jovan Weaver knows well the trauma that many of his students experience. We hear his struggle to overcome a tumultuous childhood.

Air Date: April 25, 2018

Listen 37:45
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