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Parents at Kenderton Elementary in North Philadelphia regularly meet there to discuss their frustrations and hopes for the school. (Jessica Kourkounis/for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
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Part Five: As its neediest schools struggle, what can Pa. learn from Ontario’s success?

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Erica Brunato is a second year master of teaching student at the University of Toronto. (Ian Willms/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
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Part Three: A system of support, how Ontario sets its teachers up to succeed

Part Three of our Ontario series

9 years ago

Fourth grader Sirvat Labiba (center) in class at Crescent Town Elementary School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Ian Willms/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
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Part Two: Ontario celebrates diversity, but still works to close achievement gaps

Part two of our Ontario series

9 years ago

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Part One: How Ontario’s vision of equity for schools contrasts starkly with Pennsylvania’s

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9 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
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Part Three: How one Berlin school integrated by segregating

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9 years ago

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Part Two: The rise and fall of Berlin’s plan to integrate schools

Part Two of our Berlin series

9 years ago

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Part One: Even with progressive education funding, ‘fairness’ eludes Berlin schools

Part One of our Berlin series

9 years ago

Students testify in support of the Boyertown Area School District's policy of allowing transgender students to use locker rooms and restrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Four students sued the district, saying their privacy was violated when a transgender boy was allowed to use the same locker room. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Effort to block Boyertown school district’s transgender policy fails

Just in time for the first day of school, a federal judge denied a conservative ...

9 years ago

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Education

In Philly, an academic approach to school repairs

The majority of the Allen M. Stearne School in Frankford, built in 1966, looks every bit it's age.

9 years ago

 Matthew Jansen (second from the left) officially resigned as Spring Grove Area School District director. (Emily Previti/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Controversial school director quits board in south-central Pennsylvania

Spring Grove Area School District Director Matt Jansen has officially resigned more than a year after protests first erupted over his pub ...

9 years ago

Health

Philadelphia students get dirt under their nails producing fresh fruit for their neighborhoods

In a city where far too many lack access to fresh fruits and vegetables, opportunities for communities to create their own sources of hea ...

9 years ago

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Education

Wilmington student uses science to empower her peers

The new school year is fast approaching and a local student is determined to get her peers excited about heading back to the classroom. ...

9 years ago

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Education

Special education advocate to look at anti-bullying efforts in N.J. schools

An advocate for special education children is conducting an investigation into schools’ compliance with New Jersey’s anti-bul ...

9 years ago

Education

Delaware preschoolers have fun learning about safety

For 33 years, kids in New Castle County have learned things like how to dial 911 and stop, drop and roll through a beloved program called ...

9 years ago

 Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announces a program that will put trained social workers in public schools to help students deal with trauma. He is joined by Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health David T. Jones (left) and Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia rolls out plan to put social workers in city schools

When some kids in the School District of Philadelphia return to school next month, they may notice some new faces. A pilot program ...

9 years ago

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