Schooled

<p>In this episode, a look at how New Jersey responded to its own school funding lawsuit decades ago — and what Pennsylvania could learn. Then, a visit to the state capitol to see how legislators are responding to the...

<p>This episode is the second in this season of “Schooled”, a podcast production from WHYY that gives the insider’s story of public schools, through the eyes of students, parents, and educators. </p> <p>Read and listen...

<p>Two neighboring public high schools show the inequity of Pennsylvania’s school funding system. We learn about the forces at play and how a lack of resources affects everyday life for students and teachers. Then, we...

<p>Public education in America is still divided between the haves and have-nots, and the problem doesn’t get much worse than in Pennsylvania. But change could be coming.</p>

<p>In exactly one year, a relatively large and diverse school district went from debating masks to targeting LGBTQ books. Here’s how it happened.</p>

<p>A book ban put the Central York School in the national spotlight. Meet the people who defeated it — and discover how it changed them.</p>

<p>New tapes shed light on an old story: the suspension of 32 Philly teachers during the 1950s. We explore what happened, and what it tells us about ourselves.</p>

<p>School leaders across the U.S. are looking for the next Shakoor Henderson: a promising Black, male educator in a field that sorely lacks diversity.</p> <p>So why is he on the verge of being pushed out of public...

<p>COVID-19 upended the American education system and the impacts of the pandemic on schools will likely take decades to fully understand.</p> <p>There are big questions about learning loss. Attendance rates are down...

<p>Dozens of school-aged children in Philadelphia were murdered since January 2020 — a spike that tracks with a surge in homicides in cities across the country.</p> <p>For loved ones, the pain of these losses has been...

<p>The high school class of 2020 is bound for the history books.</p> <p>They were born in the wake of 9-11. Entered kindergarten during the Great Recession. Had their senior years interrupted by a global pandemic. And...

<p>A portrait of summer at a recreation center in a Philadelphia neighborhood where the threat of violent crime is never far off. Starting on the last day of school, we meet students — many living in nearby public...

<p>KIPP Philadelphia started a middle school in 2003 that promised to change students’ lives. It was one of the city’s first “no excuses” charter schools, where administrators implemented a militaristic discipline...

<p>We continue following Joshua Martinez and his classmates as they fight to graduate. But a teacher at El Centro raises serious questions about the rigor of the school that leads to bigger questions: For students who...

<p>Joshua Martinez grew up in poverty in a neighborhood where selling drugs is a way of life. At 16, he quit school, but soon feared he had put himself on a dead-end path. Seeking a better life, he enrolled in an...