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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Health

Citywide Camden event offers fun and vaccines before new school year

To prepare families for the new school year, the Camden City School District sponsored a community fun day that also offers COVID vaccines.

5 years ago

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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Wolf asks Republican leaders to return to Harrisburg and pass school mask mandate

Few school districts are requiring masks inside classrooms, something the Democratic governor said it needed to ensure safety.

5 years ago

Eric Mendez receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot
Education

Camden schools to host free COVID-19 vaccine clinics for students, families, and residents

Hosted by the Camden City School District, the clinics are open to all district students and their families, plus city residents and workers.

5 years ago

Johnson County High School teacher Michael Caneege teaches anatomy to his students online, Friday, Aug., 20, 2021, in Wrightsville, Ga. A few weeks into the new school year, growing numbers of U.S. districts have halted in-person learning or switched to hybrid models because of rapidly mounting coronavirus infections. With 40% of students in quarantine or isolation, the Johnson County district shifted last week to online instruction until Sept. 13. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
Education

U.S. outbreaks force early reversals on in-person learning

More than 80 school districts or charter networks have closed or delayed in-person classes for at least one entire school in more than a dozen states.

5 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Hall.
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Most City Council members back Philly teachers union’s call for wider student COVID testing

Nine members of the City Council have joined the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers in calling for the school district to continue testing for asymptomatic students.

5 years ago

Students settle in at their desks
Education

All New Jersey school and state employees must be fully vaccinated by October

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has announced a vaccine mandate that not only covers all pre-K-12 school employees, but state workers as well.

5 years ago

A parent hold their kids hand on their way to school.
NPR
Education

Breakthrough COVID infections add even more chaos to school’s start in 2021

Some kids are getting sick, or passing the coronavirus to vaccinated family and friends. It's all unnerving to many parents. "It felt like a terrible head cold," one dad says.

5 years ago

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Education

Un verano para ponerse al día: cómo los estudiantes de Delaware están recuperando el tiempo perdido por COVID-19

Algunos estudiantes del condado de Sussex han trabajado durante el verano para ponerse al día con el tiempo perdido debido a la pandemia.

5 years ago

Students read a book inside a Delaware classroom
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A summer of catch-up: How Delaware students are making up for time lost to COVID-19

Some students in Sussex County have worked through the summer to catch up on time lost due to the pandemic.

5 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Education

No education experience: Chester Upland residents baffled by judge’s choice for new school district receiver

Over Pa. Education Department objections, Nafis Nichols, the City of Chester’s chief financial officer, was named interim receiver.

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Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly schools to vote on vaccine mandate next week

The School District of Philadelphia school board will hold a vote on whether or not to mandate all staff members be vaccinated against COVID-19.

5 years ago

Two parents held signs outside the North Penn school district board meeting against mask mandates in the classrooms
Keystone Crossroads
Education

North Penn School Board mandates masks for all students, as parents remain divided

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5 years ago

File photo: A group of kids from the Southwest Philadelphia Healthnastics program, ages 3-18, held signs at a protest demanding the Kenney administration do more to address gun violence in the city on Aug. 4, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Philly gets ready for back-to-school, amid surge in gun violence, with familiar tactics

Grassroots groups that share the goal of keeping students from harm said the city is not tapping them for their input, despite the trust they’ve earned with young people.

5 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pennsylvania teachers union: Schools should require masks

The Pennsylvania State Education Association cited the threat of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, which is spiking infections and hospitalizations.

5 years ago

A group of Delaware school nurses answered questions from parents about how they can help make sure their students stay healthy as they return to school this fall.
Education

School nurses offer COVID-19 advice for Delaware parents as back-to-school time nears

A group of school nurses urges parents to model good mask-wearing behavior, as required for Delaware students, teachers, and staff this fall.

5 years ago

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