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 Harold Pritchett teaches his class in social and emotional learning at Warner Elementary School. Warner is one of six high-poverty schools in Wilmington that are struggling to improve after being targeted for possible closure in 2014 by then-Gov. Jack Markell. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

At Wilmington elementary school, improvement is hard but a priority [video]

Low-performing, high-poverty Warner Elementary School was one of six in Wilmington to receive an ultimatum in 2014: improve or face closure.

8 years ago

Debbie Supplee, librarian at Dickinson High School,
Education

Delaware’s endangered education species — the school librarian

Fewer and fewer Delaware schools have certified librarian as principals look to put more educators in the classroom. Every morning ...

8 years ago

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 Southwark School, one of nine designated as community schools in Philadelphia, is in an area of the city that is gentrifying. (Wikipedia.org)
Education

One year in, Philadelphia’s community schools turn to tangible improvements

It's been an explosive start for community schools, Mayor Jim Kenney's signature K-12 education initiative.

8 years ago

 Artist Jim Nuttle captured Leah Buechley's Learning Innovation presentation on May 23.
Speak Easy
Education

Does technology exacerbate educational inequality?

Designer, engineer, and educator Leah Buechley has spent her career encouraging kids, particularly girls, to experiment creatively with t ...

8 years ago

 Daguerreotype of Jonah Thompson, c. 1847 (Library Company of Philadelphia)
Speak Easy
Education

The unfulfilled dream of the School District of Philadelphia

When the School District of Philadelphia has a major problem, poor old Jonah Thompson is surely fidgeting in his grave. And the district ...

8 years ago

A man displays his concealed handgun in this 2013 file photo. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
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Courts & Law

Permitting concealed guns in Pa. schools would make kids less safe

Legislation recently passed out of the Senate to permit school personnel to carry concealed guns in Pennsylvania's public schools is a dangerous step in the wrong direction.

8 years ago

 A member of the Philadelphia teachers union hands in a ballot in 2017 at Temple University's Liacouras Center as the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers voted on a contract proposal. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Education

Philly teachers overwhelmingly approve new contract

Philadelphia teachers ratified a new labor deal Monday night, all but assuring city educators of their first valid contract since the old ...

8 years ago

Philadelphia School District headquarters at Broad and Spring Garden streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Education

Philly schools must prioritize trauma-informed learning

Powerful and surprisingly prevalent horrors are blocking access to education and ravaging children’s lives. Sadly, they remai ...

8 years ago

Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Rowing has been a path toward leadership, overcoming fear

My morning path to school is the same every day. The streets are lined with trash, broken glass, and aged needles as a reminder of the chaos from the night before.

8 years ago

 Tiernan Alexander of the Creative Vision Factory works with a student at Stubbs on the tile mosaic mural that will be installed in the lobby this summer. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Wilmington students create glittering tile mural for elementary school lobby

A yearlong arts project at Stubbs Elementary School on Wilmington’s East Side is creating a lasting and glittering ceramic til ...

8 years ago

 Tadpoles (<a href='https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-123682742/stock-photo-wood-frog-tadpoles-%28rana-sylvatica%29-a-group-of-tadpoles-%28or-pollywogs%29-is-called-an-army-%0D%0A%2A%2A-note%3A-visible-grain-at-100%25%2C-best-at-smaller-sizes'>Steve Byland</a>/Big Stock Photo)
Speak Easy
Education

Kids thrive when they swim among peers and mentors with common interests

Learning heroes can come from a wide range of settings in young people’s lives. One unexpectedly appeared in my son’s life when he wa ...

8 years ago

 Christina School District, the largest in Delaware, had 1.1 percent and 1.2 percent turnout, respectively, for its two contested school board races Tuesday. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Tuesday’s school board voter turnout in Delaware only 1.5 percent

Turnout in Delaware’s school board vote continued to be abysmal Tuesday, with just 1.5 percent of registered voters showing up to c ...

8 years ago

 (<a href='https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-2864623/stock-photo-school-desks'>rob@enteravalon</a>/Big Stock Photo)
Speak Easy
Education

The negative effects of implicit bias in schools

Last week at Colgate University in central New York, reports of a black male carrying a gun — which in reality was a Colgate student ca ...

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Nature and the environment come together in an art lesson for Wilmington students [video]

A simple project like using colored pencils to draw their favorite animals could turn into a lifelong lesson for 5th graders in Mrs. Morris' art class.

8 years ago

 Makayla Grant gets busy on her first day of preschool at SPIN-Parkwood on Jan. 4, 2017. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Speak Easy
Education

Soda tax benefits all, even its biggest critic

The Philadelphia Beverage Tax benefits Philadelphians. To say otherwise ignores the big picture. Criticism of the tax merely focuses on i ...

8 years ago

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