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June 26, 2024 | 9:08 AM

College Students and Professor reflect on COVID

By Asia Tabb

May 10, 2023 | 9:54 AM

To improve kids’ mental health, some schools start later

By Brooke Schultz/ The Associated Press/Report for America

March 22, 2023 | 7:37 PM

Camp Hill and Hershey students represent Pennsylvania in International STEM competition

Anshi Paul, Isaiah Houssou, and Timothy Ritter, CASEF board member and former fair director, joined us to discuss the students’ projects, stories and preparation for their upcoming international competition.

By Aniya Faulcon

July 21, 2022 | 3:00 PM

One school district that banned student cell phones experiences

The middle school in the Penn Hills School District in Allegheny County banned cell phone this year.

By Scott LaMar/WITF

June 25, 2022 | 8:35 AM

Congress approves free student meal extension through summer

Congress has passed a bill that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all students this summer.

By Lisa Rathke/AP

December 29, 2020 | 8:19 AM

A quiet and ‘unsettling’ pandemic toll: Students who’ve fallen off the grid

Many kids haven't set foot in their schools since March, when most in-person schooling shut down across the country. Teachers are working tirelessly to educate their students online, but they are growing increasingly anxious about the kids who aren't showing up at all.

By Lauren Hodges/NPR

December 18, 2020 | 7:33 AM

Pa.’s free pre-K program provides a meaningful math and language boost, says new study

A new evaluation of Pennsylvania’s state-funded pre-K program finds it consistently gives kids a meaningful boost in some core skills — but has seemingly no effect on others.

By Miles Bryan/Keystone Crossroads

December 17, 2020 | 7:42 AM

As the gap between students and teachers of color widens in Pa., Black families demand change

According to an analysis of Pennsylvania student and teacher demographics by Keystone Crossroads and Research for Action, more than one-fifth of the state’s 500 school districts haven’t had a single teacher of color in at least seven years.

By Sojourner Ahebee/Keystone Crossroads

September 15, 2020 | 5:36 AM

Pa. coronavirus recovery: College kids drive uptick in COVID-19 cases

Health officials said Monday there are now more cases in young people than there are in the 50-64 and 65-and-over age groups.

By Laura Benshoff/WHYY

August 6, 2020 | 7:16 AM

Most teachers concerned about in-person school; 2 in 3 want to start the year online

By Anya Kamenetz, Laura Isensee/NPR

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