Kids
Needy Delaware schools get $1 million in ‘opportunity’ grants’
Nine Delaware school districts and charter schools have received a total of $1 million in so-called "opportunity grants." the governor's office announced Tuesday.
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Philly launches effort to prevent infant sleeping deaths
Each year, 30 infants die sleep-related deaths in Philadelphia, that’s part of why the city’s infant mortality rate is worse ...
8 years ago
Philly defense attorneys’ group: Oversight tightened in wake of whistleblower lawsuit
After learning one of their attorneys was working with a suspended license, the Defender Association of Philadelphia has tightened the rules.
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Opioid use during pregnancy now a concern for health officials
Nationally, the number of babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome is up fivefold since 2000. The syndrome can occur if a woman ...
9 years ago
Feds seek delay of child sex abuse trial of former Dover airman
Federal prosecutors are seeking to postpone the trial of a former Dover Air Force Base airman charged with sexually abusing a teenage run ...
9 years ago
Report: Pennsylvania child abuse workers swamped, underpaid
The county caseworkers who investigate child abuse in Pennsylvania are underpaid, inadequately trained, plagued by high turnover and face ...
9 years ago
Guests: Marlene Schwartz, Justin Gallagher, Wendy Troxel, Amy Norr The Trump administration has said it wants to ...
Air Date: September 13, 2017
Listen 00:49:56On Radio Times: New approach to fighting pediatric leukemia approved by the FDA
There was exciting news in the world of cancer research this week. On Wednesday, the FDA approved the first gene therapy to treat a form ...
9 years ago
ListenOn Radio Times: New approach to fighting pediatric leukemia approved by the FDA
There was exciting news in the world of cancer research this week. On Wednesday, the FDA approved the first gene therapy to treat a form ...
9 years ago
Listen 1:11On ‘Radio Times’: Young immigrants who are used to DACA may face a difficult change
President Trump is expected to announce a decision on whether or not he will continue the five-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arr ...
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ListenPart Four: While Pa. debates merits of Pre-K, Ontario goes all-in
Part four of our Ontario series
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Don’t call it the Badlands: The story of Savannah Zayas
It’s early February, and Savannah Zayas is just four months away from proving the world wrong. When she became pregnant in middl ...
9 years ago
Part Two: Ontario celebrates diversity, but still works to close achievement gaps
Part two of our Ontario series
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Part One: How Ontario’s vision of equity for schools contrasts starkly with Pennsylvania’s
Part One of our Ontario series
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Trump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants
After months of delays, President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon on the fate of young immigrants who were brought into the count ...
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