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Middle school students change classes (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY, file)
Education

Delaware schools win $9M grant to improve mental health services

The program will prevent young students from falling through the cracks.

8 years ago

Education

Early evidence of a ‘Trump effect’ on bullying in schools

Preliminary study results show that a community's preference for Trump is associated with higher rates of teasing and bullying in Virginia middle schools.

8 years ago

Linwood Bellamy (right) hands his son, Kareem Bellamy, 20, his lunch bag as he loads into the taxi that will take him to school. An increasing number of Philadelphia students are relying on cabs to transport them to and from school. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly’s $40,000 cab ride, and what it says about modern, urban education

In spite of high costs and sketchy results, taxicabs are ferrying more and more Philadelphia students to school each year.

8 years ago

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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

How to talk to young people about the Kavanaugh story

In the age of #MeToo, experts say parents are the primary educators about consent, and the current debate offers a teachable moment.

8 years ago

A grand jury report on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania has proved to be especially difficult reading for parishioners of St. Therese’s Church outside Wilkes-Barre. Now Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses say they are willing to set up a victims compensation fund as they face the prospect that state lawmakers will give victims of decades-old child sexual abuse another chance to sue the church. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania dioceses consider victims compensation fund

Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses said late Friday they are willing to set up a victims compensation fund as they face the pro ...

8 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

New Jersey boosts preschool funding for 31 districts

Districts that were recently awarded this new round of funding include:

8 years ago

Online schooling (Photo Courtesy/BigStock)
Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

Why we chose online school for our teen

Anyone who’s ever heard me stumble through trying to explain the identifiable traits of a mammal, watched me do 5th grade math, or list ...

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks,  says creating compensation funds is a step in the right direction, but retroactive lawsuits should be an option too. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. House likely to rally behind abuse protection bill; Senate still at-odds

One of the first things on the agenda when lawmakers return to Harrisburg this month will be a bill that makes it easier for people who w ...

8 years ago

Students play dress-up and draw on a whiteboard in a Christopher House preschool class. (Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report)
Education

Making the preschool magic last as children get older

How one school’s efforts to support parents and families has led to success.

8 years ago

This undated file photo provided by HHS' Administration for Children and Families shows the shelter used to house unaccompanied foreign children in Tornillo, Texas. The U.S. government says the West Texas tent shelter will remain open through the end of the year. A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, that the facility will be expanded to 3,800 beds from its initial capacity of 360 beds. (HHS' Administration for Children and Families via AP, File)
Politics & Policy

Government to expand, extend Texas tent shelter for children

The U.S. government will expand its tent shelter for immigrant minors crossing the southwest border to 3,800 beds and keep it open through the end of this year.

8 years ago

Gymnast Jessica Howard, who was sexually abused by USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, speaks on behalf of the victims of Catholic priests, urging Pennsylvania to adopt a law that would suspend the statute of limitations in claims of child sexual abuse. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Survivors of child sex abuse again push Pa. to suspend statute of limitations

Lawmakers are also urged to provide a two-year window for past victims to file civil charges retroactively.

8 years ago

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Children's vomiting reaction is easily triggered and sometimes all parents can do is hold back their hair and wait it out.
(Image Source/Getty Images/Image Source)
NPR
Health

The queasy truth about why kids are so prone to vomiting

The mechanism of vomiting, or emesis, is the same in kids and adults.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

How to fix youth sports

Guests: Beth Devine, Travis Dorsch, Tom Farrey Participation in youth sports is declining, particularly among low ...

Air Date: September 10, 2018 10:00 am

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April Ellis weighs some bananas at the Island Avenue Shoprite in Southwest Philadelphia while shopping with her grandchildren,  Kalanni and Shareef. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Turning chores into classrooms: New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

If you’re grocery shopping in Philadelphia over the next year you might run into a cherubic cartoon character named A.J.

8 years ago

 A Carlisle Historical Society exhibit depicts the 'assimilation' process that students at the Carlisle school underwent. The children pictured are not the three Arapaho boys. (Carlisle Historical Society)
Community

Carlisle Indian school legacy presents a conflicted point-of-view

For Native Americans, the school has become a symbol of intergenerational trauma, but also a testament to the strength, spirit and resilience of their cultures.

8 years ago

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