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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.
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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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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?

8 years ago

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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.

8 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.

8 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 ...

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 years ago

Books in the Harry Potter series. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Education

Why I use Harry Potter to teach a college course on child development

In an effort to find a more engaging way to present child development to psychology students, I decided to use a book about an orphan boy who later discovers he is a wizard.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

Masculinity & raising boys

Guests: Michael C. Reichert, Michael A. Lindsey  “Man up.” “Boys don’t cry.” Our culture starts teachi ...

Air Date: August 6, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:03
Squash Smarts has eight courts at the Lenfest Center in North Philadelphia and about 100 active students. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

SquashSmarts helps Philly kids learn life skills on the way to graduation

Program helps students stay in shape and stay in school

8 years ago

Laurel Middle School, which was once slated for possible closure because of poor academic performance, has bucked the trend in Delaware and improved by double digits in the last two years in standardized math and English tests. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Delaware school test scores mostly stagnant; SAT results drop

While scores have ebbed this year, Department of Education officials are stressing that scores in the Smarter Balanced tests have risen since they were first given in 2015.

8 years ago

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