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Archives: Segments

A Syrian woman holds her baby after their arrival on a small boat from the Turkish coast on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos Monday
NewsWorks Tonight

Christie can’t prevent ‘secondary migration’

Governor Chris Christie today declared that New Jersey will no longer accept Syrian refugees in the wake of Friday night’s attacks ...

11 years ago

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During two Saturdays in October
The Pulse

A healthier drive-thru that serves flu shots, not burgers

It’s that time of year when doctors and nurses start pushing the flu shot, and some patients start pushing back. “I’ll get i ...

11 years ago

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Students at Colorado State University care for plants in a greenhouse on campus in Fort Collins
The Pulse

Agriculture jobs may be plentiful, but new grads are scarce

Close to 60,000 jobs are set to open up in agriculture, food and natural resource sectors each year for the next five years, according to ...

11 years ago

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Democrats Hillary Clinton
NewsWorks Tonight

Democratic presidential candidates prepare to get back in the ring

Democrats running for president will square off once again this Saturday night at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.  NewsWorks T ...

11 years ago

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Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Fishtown: Art and Industry on Frankford Avenue

Produced by Michael O’Reilly At the corner of Girard Ave and Frankford Ave., if ...

11 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

How Strong is the House that Nutter Built?

Philadelphia’s 99th mayor, Jim Kenney, will be inaugurated into office on Monday, January 4.  In advance of that transition, N ...

11 years ago

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If teachers are assigning homework to teach kids new concepts
The Pulse

How much homework should your kids be doing?

Ten minutes per grade, per night, says one expert.  “Kindergartners should not be having homework,” exclaims Step ...

11 years ago

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The Pulse

How to encourage kids to find a healthy identity online

Last year, Will Haskell’s high school classmates shut down their school with the power of words. This wasn’t an act of free i ...

11 years ago

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A screenshot of Yik Yak
The Pulse

Yik Yak and cyberbullying brought this high school to a halt

Bullying is as old as the one-room schoolhouse, but technology has changed the frequency and intensity of teasing. The posterchild for th ...

11 years ago

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Young chefs Henry McDaniel and Ellie Kuhnle won  $10
NewsWorks Tonight

Going beyond pizza and hamburgers with two young Food Network champs

It’s tough to stray from traditional recipes when it comes to Thanksgiving, but if you need some help kicking the tried and true to the ...

11 years ago

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When trying to teach students about climate change
The Pulse

Public debate muddies the waters in climate change education

The public debate over climate change has worked its way into science classrooms, where scientists say it has no place.  The ...

11 years ago

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Ilene and Ed Steinberg treat lice cases throughout the Philadelphia region. (Maiken Scott/WHYY)
The Pulse

‘Super lice’ are outliving normal treatments, but don’t panic

Head lice have upped their game — recent research confirms that many of them have become resistant to most of the potions we use to kil ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Eagles are halfway there. Do they have a prayer?

At midpoint in the season, the 4-4 Eagles have shown flashes of brilliance, but their only consistent feature of the team has been its IN ...

11 years ago

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This was what shop classes looked like back in 1892 at the Dwight School in Boston. Teaching young people to use tools readied them for a modernizing economy. Today some school administrators are rethinking the shop class and opting to convert them into digital labs to train kids on the tools of the next economy. 
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The Pulse

A new, digital spin on your old school shop class

Goodbye lathes, hello 3D printers. Across the country, a handful of schools are giving their old shop classrooms a major makeover, ...

11 years ago

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(Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse

Let them sleep: Doctors say to start the school day at a ‘healthy’ time

Teens need about eight and a half to nine and a half hours of sleep every night, but at lots of schools the morning bell rings around 7:2 ...

11 years ago

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