K-12
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.
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
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.
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
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.
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
Kensington school program has kids rocking toward a musical future
Over the last four years, siblings Alexus Arthur, 16, and Eugene Arthur, 13, have made meteoric strides in the ...
9 years ago
It takes a ‘learning hero’ to break out of the education pipeline
Who is your learning hero? Who would you say has been an inspirational person in your life who has unlocked new ideas and pushed you to learn?
9 years ago
Delaware students band together to play Carnegie Hall
In the beginning, nearly a decade ago, Brandywine School District orchestra director Anita Pisano migrated from building to building, hel ...
9 years ago
Del. high school dropout rate at three-decade low
Dropout rates for Delaware high school students fell to their lowest level in more than three decades in 2016 while graduation rates incr ...
9 years ago
Creating the next generation of innovators by understanding how young people use media
Helping kids be creative is the best way to make them innovators. Minecraft, social media, and connected learning tools can build social skills, and drive civic engagement.
9 years ago