Kids
‘We need help’: Students at Dobbins High School walk out over safety concerns
Between 50 and 100 students walked out of Dobbins High School Monday afternoon to protest unsafe conditions at the school.
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‘Tripledemic’: Philly schools looking at data to determine if masks will return after holidays
"One of those measures is that we may consider requiring masking for a time period after returning from extended breaks."
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Pennsylvania officials say school-based health centers are needed to bridge equity gaps
State health officials say there’s clear research that school-based health centers can bridge health equity gaps. But there’s still few in Pennsylvania.
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Applications for New Jersey’s first Youth Council are due soon
The 44-member commission is expected to meet four times per year to help advise the government on issues relevant to young people in the state.
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Thanks to the ‘tripledemic,’ it can be hard to find kids’ fever-reducing medicines
If you stroll the cold and flu medicine aisle these days, you might notice shelves that are bare, or nearly so.
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Pandemic curfew soon to be permanent fixture in Philly
City lawmakers say the goal is to keep young people safe inside at a time when city violence is high.
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School principals say culture wars made last year ‘rough as hell’
A new survey of high school principals reveals that political fights with parents and community members are on the rise and taking a serious toll.
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Bills targeting trans youth are growing more common — and radically reshaping lives
An NPR analysis finds that over the past two years, state lawmakers introduced more than 300 bills targeting trans people.
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Thousands of toddler sippy cups and bottles are recalled over lead poisoning risk
The bottom base of some Green Sprouts products can break off, exposing a solder dot that contains the toxic metal, a federal regulator said.
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Expect a more slimmed down Santa Express train from SEPTA this year
The perennial child pleaser is 31 years old, but will only run on the Broad Street line this year.
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What exactly is drone soccer? Entrepreneur and instructor Shari Williams described it as a STEM program that “gamifies aerospace education” through competition.
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New Jersey health officials are recruiting children under 5 for COVID bivalent vaccine trials
Children under 5 years old are the last remaining group of people who are not yet eligible for COVID-19 bivalent vaccines.
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At an emotional hearing, the Parkland shooter is formally sentenced to life in prison
After a jury recommended the sentence, the judge could not change it. But she did allow victims and families to speak directly to Nikolas Cruz for the first time.
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Screenagers: the digital lives of young people
Some teens admit to being addicted to their screens...but for this generation, phones and tablets are critical to daily life. The authors of a new book, Behind Their Screens.
Air Date: November 1, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:15A friendly World Series wager between the mayors of Philadelphia and Houston spotlights local organizations with social missions.
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