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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.

7 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.

7 years ago

Rosy does dishes. Getting the 2-year-old involved in chores did lead to the kitchen being flooded and dishes being broken. But now she is still eager to help. (Michaeleen Doucleff/NPR)
NPR
Lifestyle

How to get kids to do chores: Does the Maya method work?

Researchers have documented that kids in Mexico with ties to indigenous communities tend to be more helpful.

7 years ago

(ShutterStock)
Education

N.J. gov embraces idea of school alarms linked to police, wants funding change

Gov. Phil Murphy has conditionally vetoed a bill requiring all New Jersey public school buildings to be equipped with a panic alarm syste ...

7 years ago

(Illustration by Steve Teare)
The Pulse
Health

Times have changed. Is sex ed ready?

The LGBTQ and #MeToo movements are shifting our cultural attitudes. Is what we teach in the classroom shifting, too?

7 years ago

Listen 7:46
Science Leadership Academy students Khalid Abogourin (left), 17, and Horace Ryan III, 16, created a handbook for first year teachers that is being used in teacher orientations throughout the school district.
Education

With glossary of city slang, Philly students create jawn for new teachers

The handbook contains sections with student perspectives on classroom situations, reminiscences of inspiring teachers, and a listing of the latest slang.

7 years ago

(Image via Advocates for Children of New Jersey)
Health

New Jersey kids better off than most in U.S., but poverty rates vary widely by county

About 15 percent of kids in the Garden State live in poverty, while the national average is 21 percent.

7 years ago

Back school backpack and supplies. (Photo Courtesy/BigStock)
Philly Parenting
Education

5 ways to ease back into your school schedule

That time of summer is here…when the stores are filled with school supplies, bus schedules and teacher assignments are announced and ki ...

7 years ago

Berks County Representative Mark Rozzi is pushing a bill that would extend Pennsylvania's statute of limitations and open a window for retroactive lawsuits. It has stalled several times. (WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

In wake of clergy abuse report, a likely legislative fight brews in Pa.

Early responses indicate some of the most significant reforms will still face roadblocks.

7 years ago

Families gather in the Great Stair Hall at the Philadelphia Museum of Art for ArtSplash.
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment
PlanPhilly

Art Museum summer program caters to young Modernists

The second floor east balcony of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which arguably has the best view of the Parkway in the city, will be a cardboard cityscape.

7 years ago

Marletha Muhammad helps her daughter, Khanila, spell her name with chalk at a June playgroup meeting in Rocky Mount, North Carolina The purpose of the meetings is to encourage healthy interactions between parents and their young children. (Liz Bell/The Hechinger Report)
Community

Playgroups offer rural families a head start on school

The meetings are a way for families to meet other families, get connected with resources and prepare children for kindergarten.

7 years ago

Jane Lyons, with both her Young Hero Award around her neck, and holding her Spark Award, acknowledging her work helping incarcerated youth. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Delaware teen honored for assisting juvenile offenders

The National Liberty Museum 'Young Hero' award was given to 14 youths for their service projects, including a Delaware anti-recidivism fund.

7 years ago

Listen 2:27
Construction is under way at the 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington, which the developer says will also serve as a training center for elite youth athletes and offer athletic, educational and leadership programs for poor city children. (Cris Barrish/WHYY. Inset courtesy of Buccini/Pollin Group)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

As Sixers break ground on new Wilmington fieldhouse, developer makes promises to the neighborhood

The arena for the 76ers minor league team will also be a training center for elite youth athletes and offer programs for low-income city kids, developer Rob Buccini says.

7 years ago

Listen 3:09
Fred Rogers as Mr. Rogers from the PBS show Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

How learning science is catching up to Mr. Rogers

What makes Morgan Neville's biographical documentary so necessary, is that it shows Rogers was exactly what he appeared to be.

7 years ago

Mother Daniele Santos holds her baby Juan Pedro, who has microcephaly, on May 30, 2016 in Recife, Brazil. Researchers are now learning that Zika's effects can appear up to a year after birth.
(Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Babies who seem fine at birth may have Zika-related problems later, study finds

Since Zika emerged as a threat to babies, it's been a mystery exactly how much of a danger the mosquito-borne virus poses to children.

7 years ago

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