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Education
Billy Penn

New drone soccer league lets Philly students ram quadcopters into one other while learning key STEM skills

What exactly is drone soccer? Entrepreneur and instructor Shari Williams described it as a STEM program that “gamifies aerospace education” through competition.

4 years ago

Ellen Fraint holds her daughter, 7-month-old Jojo, as she receives the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Health

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.

4 years ago

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz enters the courtroom for a sentencing hearing Tuesday at the Broward County Courthouse. (Amy Beth Bennett/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

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.

4 years ago

Teenagers are spending hours every day on social media apps like Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat.
Radio Times
Lifestyle

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

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Community

If the Phillies win, so do the Mighty Writers. Mayor Kenney’s bet could pay off for the after-school writing program

A friendly World Series wager between the mayors of Philadelphia and Houston spotlights local organizations with social missions.

4 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment
6abc

‘He’s ruthless’: 5-year-old Phillies fan becomes viral sensation for taunting Astros fan

"...I gave it back to him. I screamed in his face like he did to me," 5-year-old Carson said.

4 years ago

A group of softball players pose on a softball field
Community
Billy Penn

Phillies postseason magic creates surge in interest for youth and adult amateur leagues

The Phillies’ first World Series appearance in over a decade has fueled interest and engagement for many amateur Philadelphia baseball leagues and programs.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2018, file photo, a lead pipe, left, is seen in a hole the kitchen ceiling in the home of Desmond Odom, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Health

North and West Philly continue to see higher concentration of lead exposures, despite citywide decline

Despite an overall decline in cases, higher lead exposures continue to be concentrated in neighborhoods such as Strawberry Mansion, Brewerytown, Germantown, and Cobbs Creek.

4 years ago

The exterior of a school is visible on a sunny day.
Education

How one Delaware school district provides medical, behavioral care for K-5 students

Eisenberg Elementary opened the state’s first such wellness center for K-5 kids in 2017. Though still a rarity in Delaware, more are coming.

4 years ago

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Two children are seated on a horse.
Community
Billy Penn

City kids get a taste of horse riding fun at Fletcher Street’s annual fall festival

“For a while I wanted to do something like this,” said riding club founder Ellis Ferrell.

4 years ago

Members of Autistic Inclusive Meets (AIM), an autistic-led organization based in London that fights for the rights of autistic people. AIM strongly opposes the use of ABA. (Emma Dalmayne/AIM)
The Pulse
Health

How a therapy once seen as a victory for autistic kids has come under fire as abuse

The first generation of kids to receive intensive ABA has grown up — and many have criticized it as harmful and even abusive.

4 years ago

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A close-up of Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. speaking.
Education

Philly superintendent promises to end ineffective programs as part of strategic plan

Superintendent Tony Watlington said under his leadership, the district will practice “strategic abandonment” by rigorously assessing the success of individual programs.

4 years ago

One of the new ''naloxboxes,'' an emergency kit with multiple doses of naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication, at Highland Regional High School in Blackwood, NJ. (Nicole Leonard/WHYY)
Health

Camden County schools to install 250 emergency naloxone kits to prevent overdose deaths

Emergency kits will be installed at schools by the end of October. Each kit contains several doses of naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication.

4 years ago

Parents, students and teachers rallied ahead of the Central Bucks School District’s vote to remove books perceived to have sexualized content from their libraries outside the district’s headquarters in Doylestown on July 26, 2022.
Courts & Law

Central Bucks asks ACLU to reveal the LGBTQ students behind its federal complaint. ACLU says they fear retaliation

Central Bucks says the anonymity of the ACLU complaint makes it impossible to “intervene.” ACLU says the district has ignored and disrespected those students.

4 years ago

Plaintiff William Sherlach, left, hugs attorney Josh Koskoff while plaintiff Nicole Hockley hugs attorney Chris Mattei following the jury verdict and reading of monetary damages in the Alex Jones defamation trial at Superior Court, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in Waterbury, Conn. (Brian A. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
Courts & Law

Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies

The verdict is the second big judgment against the Infowars host for claiming the massacre was staged. It came in a lawsuit filed by the relatives of eight victims.

4 years ago

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