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Families wait for students outside Rose Avenue Public School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Ian Willms/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Four: While Pa. debates merits of Pre-K, Ontario goes all-in

Part four of our Ontario series

8 years ago

Savannah Zayas and her daughter Layla travel miles from home to find a safe, clean playground. (Jessica Kourkounis/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

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 ...

8 years ago

Fourth grader Sirvat Labiba (center) in class at Crescent Town Elementary School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Ian Willms/For Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part Two: Ontario celebrates diversity, but still works to close achievement gaps

Part two of our Ontario series

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Education

Part One: How Ontario’s vision of equity for schools contrasts starkly with Pennsylvania’s

Part One of our Ontario series

8 years ago

Protesters gather at City Hall in support of undocumented immigrants. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

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 ...

8 years ago

 Kim DiSalvo holds Lorenzo's law after it was signed by Gov. John Carney in his Wilmington office.(Dan Rosenthal/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Lorenzo’s law helps Delaware parents of stillborn children

Delaware mothers who give birth to stillborn babies get a new form of support thanks to “Lorenzo’s law” signed by Gover ...

8 years ago

First
Science

Delaware astronomer hopes solar eclipse inspires young people

A solar eclipse in the 70s inspired Judi Provencal to study the stars. Now, as the resident astronomer at Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observato ...

8 years ago

Community

Local rugby clubs bring summer camp to North Frankford kids

A group of local rugby clubs have spent this summer helping to spread the game to a new generation of kids in Northeast Philadelphia. ...

8 years ago

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 DACA recipients discuss the impact the program has had on their lives at City Hall Tuesday, five years to the day since it was implemented. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

With Obama DACA protections in jeopardy, young immigrants still hold fast to dreams

Five years ago, the Obama administration launched Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program, which temporarily allows yo ...

8 years ago

 Blessing Osazuwa, a 19 year old from Ardmore, put together a rally to 'Stand up for Love' to remind her neighborhood and the country that white supremacy is unacceptable in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va. Representatives from the district and other local figures gave uplifting speeches to the hundreds gathered at Linwood Park in Ardmore, Pa. on August 13th 2017. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks)
Community

Four tips for talking to kids about Charlottesville

After the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, some parents are struggling to explain hate groups such as neo-Nazis or the Ku Klux ...

8 years ago

Listen 2:11
 The author is shown with her son. (Image courtesy of Stefanie Nicolosi)
Speak Easy
Community

Talking to kids about Charlottesville will shape sense of justice, not steal innocence

Parents worry about stealing their children's innocence or shy away from tackling such loaded topics. But their innocence is your greatest tool in shaping them.

8 years ago

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Education

Shorter standardized tests coming to Pa. public schools

The Wolf administration is making changes to standardized testing in Pennsylvania elementary schools. Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday that the ...

8 years ago

 Kevin Dixon, Tre'Cia Gibson, and Jahzaire Sutton work at Rebel Ventures, a youth-centric business that develops healthy snacks served by the School District of Philadelphia and other venues around the city. (Jarrett Stein for NewsWorks)
Speak Easy
Health

On urban food access, don’t forget the voices of youth

We've heard experts, teachers, professors, politicians, and health workers weigh in on food access in Philadelphia, but we shouldn't forget the voices of those most affected.

8 years ago

Trinity Christianson, 13, failed to return to the residence her family was renting, according to a Wildwood Police Department, which released this photo.
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

Teen missing from Wildwood

Police in Wildwood are searching for a teenager who was reported missing early Sunday morning. Trinity Christianson, 13, failed to ...

9 years ago

Alfred Tribble considers filing a lawsuit against the Philadelphia Police Department after his son was injured by an off-duty police officer in Brewerytown. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Family considering lawsuit in Philadelphia’s Brewerytown incident

The fallout stemming from a rock-throwing incident between neighborhood teens and members of a new gym in Brewerytown resulted ...

9 years ago

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