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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Students at Central Bucks High School South are being dismissed early Tuesday following an earlier lockdown and police activity at the building. (6abc)
Community

Central Bucks High School South students dismissed early amid police activity

School officials say it all began around 8:40 a.m. when information was received about two separate threats made to the school.

5 years ago

Panther Valley High School (Facebook)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

‘75 kindergartners, one toilet’: Witness testimony begins in landmark Pa. school funding trial

Plaintiffs argue the state has so badly underfunded public schools and failed to close spending gaps among districts that it violates its own constitution.

5 years ago

William Hite speaks from a podium
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Superintendent William Hite may have saved Philly schools. Was it enough?

Hite’s decade-long tenure tells us a lot about the evolution of the school reform movement, shifts in Philly politics, and the merits of an above-the-fray leadership style.

5 years ago

Listen 5:39
Sean Hughes (Lower Merion High School)
Education
6abc

Lower Merion mourns loss of beloved high school principal

One person left a note that said "Character Counts," on his window.

5 years ago

Delaware County Courthouse (Google Maps)
Urban Planning

Delco challenges tax-exempt properties, says school districts are shortchanged millions

Each of the properties of concern are owned by municipalities but are said to have for-profit businesses operating on the premises.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania public school students change classes. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. school funding trial kicks off with competing visions of ‘thorough and efficient’

The plaintiffs — six school districts, four parents, and two statewide organizations — argue state funding for schools is inadequate, inequitable, and illegal.

5 years ago

Listen 4:42
Lawn signs are pictured for school board candidates
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Red wave on school issues? Results of PAC-funded board races in Philly suburbs say not this year

A closer look at the 2021 school board results in the vastly influential Philadelphia suburbs challenges any decisive electoral storyline.

5 years ago

Listen 4:57
In this November 2021 photo, students and staff at Odessa High School near Middletown are wearing mandated masks. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Amid declining cases and opposition to masks, Gov. Carney hints at ending Delaware school mandate in February

The school mask requirement was extended until February 8. One foe says they cause “an epidemic of anxiety, depression and fear in our children."

5 years ago

The exterior of the Glen Mills Schools
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Glen Mills Schools wants to reopen with a new name following decades of abuse allegations

Pennsylvania shuttered the nation’s oldest reformatory school in Delaware County after decades of abuse allegations came to light. Now, it appears to be attempting to reopen.

5 years ago

Desks are spaced apart in a classroom
Community
6abc

Central Bucks School Board accused of allowing hate speech during public comment

Silvi Haldipur went to Tuesday night's Central Bucks School District school board meeting to share some positivity, but what she heard horrified her.

5 years ago

Superintendent William Hite, Mayor Jim Kenney, Solis-Cohen principal Michelina Serianni, and school district officials celebrate the new building with a ribbon cutting ceremony. (Emily Rizzo WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Solis-Cohen Elementary celebrates its brighter and greener new home

The building was made with sustainability and clean energy in mind. There’s a new air filtration system, a rooftop garden, and solar panels covering the roofs.

5 years ago

Students working in a classroom
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania court throws out governor’s school mask mandate

Commonwealth Court sided 4-1 with the ranking Republican in the state Senate and others who sued to challenge the masking order that took effect in early September.

5 years ago

The exterior of Philly school district headquarters
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Proposed Philly media policy called a ‘gag order.’ District says it’s ‘standard operating procedure’

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers said the proposed policy constituted “egregious and reprehensible attempts” to limit its members’ ability to speak to the media.

5 years ago

Pre-K students wear face masks
Education
NJ Spotlight

Murphy: Mask mandate goes if parents vaccinate kids

Gov. Phil Murphy said that every student and educator immunized brings the state closer to lifting the mask requirement he put in place last summer.

5 years ago

On Nov. 8, at the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Pennsauken, Jassan Lindsey's paternal grandmother, Alma Lindsey, talks about how much her grandson meant to her at his casket; at right, Jassan's younger brother, Kason Lindsey, 4 — too young to comprehend the loss — holds a flower. (April Saul for WHYY)
Community

14-year-old’s shooting death in Camden sends shockwaves through South Jersey community

Jassan Lindsey was the youngest person to die from gunfire in Camden in five years. Hundreds of people attended his funeral Monday, remembering his "beautiful spirit."

5 years ago

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