Kids
Permitting concealed guns in Pa. schools would make kids less safe
Legislation recently passed out of the Senate to permit school personnel to carry concealed guns in Pennsylvania's public schools is a dangerous step in the wrong direction.
9 years ago
“How dare you!” – on political outrage
Guests: Angela Nagel, Jillian Jordan, Conor Friedersdorf Political discourse has turned into an outrage machine. ...
Air Date: June 21, 2017
Listen 00:48:59“Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World”
Guest: Mitch Prinstein Most of us have some painful memories from our school days – maybe we were always the la ...
Air Date: June 12, 2017
Listen 00:49:00Let dads father and moms mother
On May 4, 2017, I read an article that I feel devalued and misrepresented the true nature of dads in its title: “ ...
9 years ago
Kids thrive when they swim among peers and mentors with common interests
Learning heroes can come from a wide range of settings in young people’s lives. One unexpectedly appeared in my son’s life when he wa ...
9 years ago
Guests: Doug Fierberg, Gentry McCreary 18 members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Penn State University face c ...
Air Date: May 12, 2017
Listen 00:49:21‘Driving’ to Delaware operating room gets kids revved up for dental surgery
Miniature vehicles are helping a Wilmington, Delaware, clinic ease fear before surgery and cut down on medication. Four-year-old D ...
9 years ago
ListenMartha: Living amidst a culture of fear
“Life, unauthorized” is a series from WHYY that looks at the personal immigration stories of individuals who are living in the Philadelphia region without legal status.
9 years ago
Jeidi: Fearing how to survive if parents are deported
“Life, unauthorized” is a series from WHYY that looks at the per ...
9 years ago
‘Patricia’: Supporting a family in the U.S. and in Guatemala
“Life, unauthorized” is a series from WHYY that looks at the per ...
9 years ago
How to talk about teen suicide
Guests: Guy Diamond, Carolina Hausmann-Stabile, Matthew Wintersteen The controversial Netflix series, 13 Reas ...
Air Date: May 8, 2017
Listen 00:49:28Nature and the environment come together in an art lesson for Wilmington students [video]
A simple project like using colored pencils to draw their favorite animals could turn into a lifelong lesson for 5th graders in Mrs. Morris' art class.
9 years ago
Innovation and inspiration for kids at Philadelphia Science Festival
When you are young, the science bug might bite you at any time. For a young boy named Sonny Viscelli, it happened during a visit to the T ...
9 years ago
Kensington school program has kids rocking toward a musical future
Over the last four years, siblings Alexus Arthur, 16, and Eugene Arthur, 13, have made meteoric strides in the ...
9 years ago
It takes a ‘learning hero’ to break out of the education pipeline
Who is your learning hero? Who would you say has been an inspirational person in your life who has unlocked new ideas and pushed you to learn?
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