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KYW's Dr. Marciene Mattleman
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Brain Research
Chronic stress from growing up poor—households with job loss, delinquent bills, moving often--appears to have impact on the brain.
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Tracking Students
The tracking of students on academic performance creates controversy because it tends to break down classes along socioeconomic and racial lines.
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Education Reform in Philadelphia
Science Leadership Academy, SLA, one of Philadelphia's newer high schools has garnered national attention.
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Women in Science
Why do more girls go into the humanities fields even though they test on par with boys when it comes to math and science?
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More Effective Teachers
Studies indicate that recruiting more effective teachers, like those in Teach for America, is the key to student achievement.
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Drastic Measures to Improve School Attendance
Cracking down on parents of truant students has made a difference in attendance in San Francisco's public schools.
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Teachers at $125,000 a Year
The Equity Project is a new school in New York where top notch teachers are paid top dollar to inspire low income kids to learn.
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Harvard's Woes
Harvard, the nation's richest university lost $8 billion of its endowment last year. While there is still plenty of money to be spent, some cuts have been made.
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Mom Corps: A Non-Traditional Headhunter
'Mom Corps' is a national staffing company that matches professional women with flexible work opportunities.
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Dark Themes in Young Adult Fiction
In recent years, young adult fiction has changed from clothes and crushes to books that are dark and life-threatening.
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A New Degree and Exam: Doctor Nurses
'Doctor Nurses' may fill the gap where primary care physicians are scarce.
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Loan Forgiveness
Since financing loan forgiveness depends on state budgets, programs are being sharply cut and even eliminated.
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Using Stimulus Money
According to the Associated Press, the nation's schools will get about $100 billion over the life of the new stimulus law - how should it be spent?
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PrisonMail.org
Prisonmail.org converts emails into letters and sends them to prisoners.
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Finding Jobs
Times are tough but graduates struggling to find jobs should keep in mind government, teaching and healthcare have great opportunities.
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Early Warnings of Later Failure
The Early Warning Indicators Project found that struggling middle grade students show signs of distress as early as 6th grade.
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Bad Times for College Baseball
Both Northern Iowa and Vermont Universities have announced that they're eliminating their programs next year and other schools may follow suit.
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Teaching English Language Learners
School districts throughout the nation are facings shortages of teachers for English language learners.
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School Success at No Extra Cost
Jay Mathews, a well-respected education reporter, suggests some ideas for school success without spending a dime.
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Afghan Girls Attend Classes in Danger
According to a report on NPR, public education is among the many casualties of the war in Afghanistan.
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Summer Reading
Research shows that kids who don't read from June through September tend to lose 2-3 months in skills.
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Career Changes
In March of this year, New Jersey lawmakers approved a pilot program called Traders to Teachers, and many are making the switch.
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Teachinig Civility
The Allentown, Pa. school district was recently awarded the Compass Award in recognition of its successful school violence prevention project.
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Older Americans
It's estimated that 50 million people, 17% of our population, will be older than 65 by 2020 - but not too old to earn.
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Chinese Applicants to College
Ten years ago, the University of Virginia had only 17 Chinese applicants. This year, there are more than 800.
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Finding Non-profit Career Opportunities
Many non-profit opportunities will be expanded by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, passed on March 31st.
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Women's Wellness Health Kiosks
The Women's Wellness Kiosk is a free-standing touch screen unit that educates people on health and other isssues in Spanish or English.
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School Sports
Athletics play an important role in our society and most athletes start their careers in middle and high school.
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Beyond the Final Four
Despite controversy, the NCAA defends making money off 'March Madness' and the college athletes involved.
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Nanotechnology Moving into High School Curriculum
Even though it's is hard to define, Nanotechnology is a growing field that we all should learn more about and try to understand.
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Public Education in Pennsylvania
The 175th anniversary of public education in Pennsylvania is being recognized by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association.
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A Four Day School Week
School administrators argue that eliminating a day of classes through extending the school day would save money without sacrificing education.
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Poetry 180
April is National Poetry Month, a good time for teachers to start sharing the pleasures of poetry with their students.
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Baby Boomers Ending Teacher Shortage
More than 50% of the nation’s teachers and principals are baby boomers and they're planning to retire, maybe.
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Strategizing the Job Market
Those graduating from college next month will be facing the worst job market in decades but a new book could help.
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Encouraging Older Adults for Community and National Service
If you're 55 and over a new bill passed by Congress will expand your opportunities for community and national service.
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A Part of Our History - Pullman Porters
For almost 100 years, trains offering overnight service, were staffed by Pullman porters -- black men who delivered immaculate service.
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Technology Links Ill Kids to Their Classrooms
Even though she has not been in school for a while, a 7-year-old girl with leukemia joins her class every morning by video hookup.
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Assessing Reading Skills
Since it's been shown by research that the key to comprehension is familiarity and context, reform in test material seems indicated.
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More Hours to Learn
With high numbers of low achievers, educators are looking for extra time to teach and there are reportedly hundreds of new initiatives.
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Reading Fiction is Up
Data from the National Endowment for the Arts indicates that, for the first time in 25 years, fiction reading is on the rise.
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Making Teaching Relevant
It's no longer the 3 R's only that help kids learn but another ingredient is relevance in teaching. Here are two examples.
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News for Women's History
Congress declared March as Women’s History Month in 1987. We've come a long way and the newly announced White House Council on Women and Girls promises more equity to come.
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Motivating Kids to Wear Seatbelts
Approximately 80% of kids are immunized against contagious diseases, but less than 10% are properly restrained while riding in a car.
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Adult Literacy Needs
Twenty-two percent of Philadelphia's adult population is considered illiterate, meaning they can't read or write well enough to complete a job application.
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School Districts Deal with Shortfalls
With the worst economic outlook in decades, the Boston Globe reports on ways some school districts are being creative.
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Writing: No Longer Pen and Paper
A recent report suggest that writing is no longer pen and paper but e-mails, Facebook entries, text messages, blogs and the like.
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Saving Lives
While we think of the Red Cross primarily as providing disaster relief and blood, education is a vital part of its mission.
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Problems of Graduate Students
Research indicates that graduate school is not a happy time for many students.
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Teacher Tenure
When letter grades were given to states with regard to dealing with ineffective - albeit tenured - teachers, most states received D- on average.
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Banning Sex Discrimination in Sports
The Obama administration is likely to revise the compliance criteria for Title IX.
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First Charter High School for Foster Kids
There's no question that those in foster care need more consistency and educational structure. A new school could help.
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Mastering Weight Loss
Americans are consumed with the economy; but they're also consumed with trying to fulfill their New Year's resolutions to lose weight.
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Children's Vision in Philadelphia
Seventy to eighty percent of what kids learn is through their eyes. But most Phila. students who have vision problems don't get help.
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One Book, One Philadelphia
One Book, One Philadelphia is in its seventh and most successful year. Perhaps because the book resonates with people in at least two different ways.
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Enticing Females to Careers in Science
There is a unique program in Miami designed to expose girls from low income families to careers in science and engineering.
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Helping Kids Stay in College and Beyond
Nationwide slightly more than half of those enrolled in college finish in 6 years but a high school in Indianapolis is making a difference.
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A Pivotal Moment in Black History
This year, coinciding with the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, in Black History Month, we are experiencing the critical first 100 days of our first black President.
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Helping the Environment: Biking
Biking is a healthy environment-friendly form of transportation-- reducing air pollution and traffic congestion.
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Fast Track Medical Schools
A growing number of med schools are offering combined undergrad and graduate degrees, shaving 3 years off the traditional 8 to become a doctor.
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The "Obama Affect" on Achievement
There is reportedly already a positive effect in test-taking among blacks following Barack Obama's successful candidancy for President.
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Segregated Schools
A newly released study finds that black and Latino students are more segregated from white students today than any time since the Civil Rights movement.
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KIPP -- A Program to Watch
An educational program started by two 'twentysomethings' has grown to 66 schools in 19 states - and it's working!
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Ranking Online Colleges
There's been an increased interest recently in online education. How to determine the quality of online colleges can be problematic.
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Using Cell Phones for Teaching and Learning
While cell phones are banned in most schools because of cheating and disrupting classes,at least one teacher suggests they're an underused tool.
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Success in Baltimore's Schools
The recent report notes that the greater number of qualified teachers within a school, the better achievement, especially with economically disadvantaged students.
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Marching at the Inauguration
One of the most touching stories from Obama's inauguration was the inclusion of 16 drummer, who have marched to a different beat.
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Inaugural Poetry
The inaugural poet selected by Barack Obama is an award-winning writer who, much like the President, talks of social progress and transformation.
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Inaugural Speeches
The Constitution doesn't specify that a president make an inaugural address, but George Washington started a tradition 220 years ago that continues today.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy
How amazed Dr. King would be today to witness the inauguration of a black president; yet in many respects he would still be disappointed.
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Listening En Route
Next stop - success. A young entrepreneur is getting somewhere selling 'audio ads' that run on transit lines in Dayton, Ohio.
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12 Students, A Million Trees
Cities nationwide are experiencing financial crises and innovative ways are being tried to deal with services.
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Colo. School District Eliminates Grade Levels
In a standards-based system, when a student demonstrates proficiency, he or she moves on - there are no grade levels.
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More Sleep May Mean Fewer Teen Accidents
When Lexington, Kentucky, pushed back the start of the school day by an hour, students reported getting more sleep and teen traffic accidents went down.
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What's Behind the Achievement Gap?
An article in the Public School Notebook discusses the racial and socioeconomic gap that often comes to light when kids take standardized tests.
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The Vocabulary of Success
The Vocabulary of Success, 403 words smart people should know, sells itself with the phrase, “When jobs get scarce the tough get learning."
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What's Ahead in Education
As we move into 2009, we have reason to be optimistic about education with federal leadership in the hands of Arne Duncan.
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Holidays - Times for Talk
Discussion builds vocabulary, concepts and opinions. With the change in national leadership, there is much to talk and read about during the holidays.
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The Past Year in Education
During the past year there've been some significant changes and issues in education including an increase in charter and cyber schools.
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Young Philanthropists
It's not just adults who are giving this year; it's the kids. And State Farm entrusting kids with $5 million to give away.
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Reversing Effects of Poverty on Children
A recent study adds further evidence of how poverty affects children's brains through malnutrition, stress, illiteracy and toxic environments.
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Buying Holiday Books
What to buy kids for the holidays can be a problem. To me, books are always safe - but first know the kids' interests.
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Shoe Leather as a Recruiting Tool for Colleges
The greatest expense for many college admissions counselors is gas, spending 23% of their budgets on the road meeting with applicants.
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Children's Obesity Not to Be Taken Lightly
Recent studies suggest about a third of American children are overweight and one-fifth are obese. It is a growing problem and cause for concern.
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Study: College Grads and Elected Officials Civically Illiterate
According to a new study, most college graduates are civically illiterate and elected officials know even less about history, gov't and economics.
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Co-op Program Problems
In this economy-- co-op students may be more likely to get laid off. Four students in Drexel's program recently have lost their jobs.
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Youth Bloggers
Findings published in School News should help those parents who worry that their kids spend too much time on computers.
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Working Moms
After searching without success for a satisfying book about why mothers work, one working mom decided to write a book herself.
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The City as a Classroom
The 'Creative Spirit' course is one of the 30 new courses at Temple University that take students beyond the classroom for real-life lessons.
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The New G.I. Bill
The new G.I Bill is generous, covering veterans and those in the armed forces with benefits for 4 academic years.
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Student-Run Banking
Capital One has opened a student-run bank in a former classroom at West Side High School in Newark.
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Giving Back
"Giving back" as a volunteer has become an important role in our society. That concept is gaining momentum is schools.
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Sports in the Cities
A recent study found serious gender gaps between boys' and girls' participation in sports in urban areas.
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Principal of the Year
The selection of Mark Wilson, from Madison, Georgia, as high school principal of the year offers a recipe for what makes a school work.
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Teaching Democracy Firsthand
A sixth grade teacher in Reno, Nevada, taught her students about democracy and, at the same time, earned herself a seat in Congress.
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Are Today's College Students Activists?
A recent article by a college president who himself was a product of the 60s, notes today's students are protesting less but volunteering more.
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From Little Rock to Barack
The election of Barack Obama as seen through the eyes of those who pushed through racial barriers years ago in the deep south.
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Learning English
A 2006 census survey found that 1 in 5 city households now have members that speak a language other than English at home.
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Colleges That Change Lives
Here's another consideration for high school seniors who plan to go to college next fall and are looking at choices.
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Teaching Those with Dementia
Cameron Camp, an experimental psychologist, points out that it's a misconception to think that 80-year-olds with dementia can't learn.
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Electing a President
Learning about history is educational, but given the recent campaign for President, we are living through historic times.
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Political Moments in History
In the days before an election, there's little else to think about or talk about. There is some perspective gained in looking back.
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Women as Voters
Research shows that women play a large role in elections.
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Responding to National Crises
For those who are concerned about losing their jobs or who are already without jobs, teaching is a good bet and Temple U. is responding accordingly.
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Animal Studies
Eleven institutions have signed a pledge not to subject animals to severe and unrelieved pain in the name of research.
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Girls and Math
A recent article suggests Americans make fun of girls who are good at math, and in doing so drive them away from a resource our country needs.
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Presidential Debates
In 1960 JFK faced off against Nixon in the first TV debate but they weren't the first candidates to get widespread messages to the public.
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Training More Engineers
While numbers of engineering students at four year colleges are going down, two year programs at community colleges are rapidly growing.
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Help with Starting a Business
With the market in turmoil and the loss of jobs, many people might find it a good time to start a business. But how does one begin?
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Higher Education for Immigrants
Federal law binds states to provide K-12 education to all kids regardless of legal status. Higher education is another matter.
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Raising Champions
Parents with smaller families, and greater amounts of time, money and psychic energy are into raising exceptional children.
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Learning English
With growing numbers of immigrant children and an economy that requires good language skills, education leaders must find programs that work.
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Getting Dropouts to Return
While students can by law leave school at 16, at least one superintendent won't let them go without a fight.
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School Superintendent's Tenure
According to the Council of Great City Schools, the average tenure for an urban superintendent is 3.1 years. It's easy to understand why.
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Paying Parents for School Involvement
An education activist in Des Moines, Iowa, decided that if parents were paid to attend school meetings, they'd respond. She was right.
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Remedial Classes for College Freshman
One third of American college students have to take remedial courses. So, higher education has begun to think about aligning standards.
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Funding Universal Preschool Education
Research indicates universal preschool could mean less school failure and probably increased graduation rates and greater college attendance.
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SMART, Strategic Memory and Reasoning Training
SMART, Strategic Memory and Reasoning Training, teaches how to think critically and use information you've learned; initial studies have been favorable.
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Chicago Students Boycott First Day of School
Hundreds of kids from the Chicago public schools skipped the first day of school - but not to play hooky.
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Translation Station
An innovative program has been developed at the Free Library of Philadelphia to help the more than 150,000 immigrants it serves.
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'Gee's Bend' - An Inspiring Story
Gee's Bend opens next month at the Arden Theatre. It tells the extraordinary story behind the exhibit of quilts now at the Phila. Museum of Art.
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Stern Message to Kids
The Prince George's County Board of Ed. is dealing sternly with its most serious problem: the 6,000 students who regularly skip classes.
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Second Generation Immigrants
A recent discussion on National Public Radio focused on how second generation immigrants are faring.
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Kent State, Making News Again
The same university that made headlines after four war protesters were shot and killed in 1970 is now making news in a positive way.
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Record Number of Children in Poverty
In the US, the world's richest country, 13.3.million children live in poverty and 5.8 million in extreme poverty.
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SAT: Predictor of College Success
Most high school students know that SAT scores, along with their grades, are deciding factors in college admission and predictors of college success.
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Cash for Achievement
In an experimental venture set to begin in October, some Washington DC students will be able to get cash for scholastic achievements.
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An Invisible Population - Deaf People
There is an invisible population in the Greater Philadelphia region-- 400,000 deaf people, 90% of them surrounded by hearing families.
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Bumpy Economy is Affecting Schools
When kids return to school this week, there will be many changes - changes due to the economy.
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The Labor Market Has Changed
With the labor market demanding a higher education, there is a move on to help first-in-family college students stay in school.
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Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has provided $60 million in grants to more than 200 colleges promoting entrepreneurship.
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Encouraging Children's Interest in Skilled Trades
As many of the nation's skilled workers are headed for retirement, the shortage of welders, pipe fitters and masons is expected to get worse.
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Women in the Olympics
Now we take women's participation for granted; but that hasn't always been so and there's still a good deal of inequity in womens' sports compared to mens'.
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All That Jazz
When most of us think of the world of jazz, we think of New York or Chicago. But jazz musicians will tell you that the University of North Texas is a jazz mecca.
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Getting Boys to Read
To get more boys to read, publishers are printing gross and gory books for the elusive boys market.
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Uneasiness for Undocumented College Students
Illegal immigrants can get a K-12 education in the states but access to college is not guaranteed and no education status changes their citizenship status.
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Philadelphia's Civil War Museum
The Civil War Museum in Philadelphia is temporarily closed but it houses a collection of memorabilia and the personal belongings of many soldiers who saw battle.
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Helping the Working Poor
There is consideration being given to a change in national policy that would require all working Americans to receive paid sick days.
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Sharing College Exams on the Web
There are a number of websites that post old college exams for students to reference. Is this cheating? It depends on whom you ask.
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Tapping America's Soccer Talent
The US has four million registered youth soccer players and European teams looking for talent have established formal ties with some US clubs.
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An Unorthodox Approach to Becoming a Lawyer
An unorthodox program at Franklin Pearce Law Center in New Hampshire prepares future lawyers with a non-traditional, hands on approach.
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Hedy Lamarr - More Than Just a Pretty Face
Hedy Lamarr was not only a notorious beauty and movie queen, she was a 'scientific American' as well.
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Rise in Teen Pregnancy
The National Institutes for Health have just issued data reporting that for the first time in 15 years, there's been a rise in teen pregnancies.
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Teaching Kids Independence
More than 100 years after opening the Casa dei Bambini, the Children's House in Rome, Maria Montessori's methods of educating children still have currency.
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Redefining Retirement
Research indicates that 50% of those between 50 and 70 want to work. They want to be trained for encore careers and they want some income.
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How to Encourage Girls to Take Math and Science
While boys take physics, girls elect advanced placement Spanish. One educator says girls must be taught differently.
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The High Costs of College Texts
Kids in college these days who have to deal with high tuition and other big expenses are being hit with yet another financial burden.
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Calling All Women
A campaign by the PA Commission for Women is aimed at engaging women voters by telling them that their ballots can stimulate widespread change.
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Can Small Colleges Afford Large Athletic Facilities?
Presidents who have built their schools' reputations on scholarship worry whether their new multi-million dollar athletic facilities will detract from academics.
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Different Formats for Books
Some parents worry when their kids read only comics but for emerging readers, the graphic format makes sense. Some adults enjoy 'comics' too.
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Performance Based Graduation Assessment
This spring, all Rhode Island's high school graduates became the first in the nation to face mandated performance-based assessments as a requirement for earning a diploma.
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Pain at the Pump for School Buses
As school administrators finalize their budgets for next year, they're projecting rising costs for diesel, which fuels the buses and that means less money elsewhere.
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Americans Still Concerned About Education
While the cost of gas and job losses are what Americans are most upset about, a new survey suggests they still care about education.
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Toning Down Middle School Graduation Ceremonies
In an effort to discourage dropouts, administrators want kids not to think of 'finality' when 'graduating' from middle school, but rather the transition to high school.
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Book Censorship
As long as the written word has existed, it has been a target for censorship. Despite protests by those defending freedom of speech, challenges continue about books deemed inappropriate for young readers.
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Success Centers
Success Centers -- the name spells the purpose -- are places that motivate kids to prepare for their futures. Twelve Success Centers began last year in some of Philadelphia’s poorest high schools with the greatest need for academic and social assistance.
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Equity for Women Leaders
It’s March -- Women’s History Month -- and the history of women administrators in our public schools is not a good one. Think about it: of the schools that you’ve attended have there been many women at the helm?
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