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Schooled gives the insider's story of America's public schools, through the eyes of students, parents, and educators.

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No excuses

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 recent court ruling that says Pennsylvania's school funding system is unconstitutional. And, how underfunded schools are taking matters into their own hands while they wait for help.

Ring the bell

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. Read and listen to the first episode. Find "Schooled" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

A tale of two schools

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 meet the people who have dedicated their lives to solving the state's school funding problem.

Season 6 Trailer: 'Is this our moment?'

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.

From COVID to censorship: How a right-wing book ban took hold in Bucks County

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

From COVID to censorship: How a right-wing book ban took hold in Bucks County

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After the spotlight: How a book ban fight changed one Pa. community

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

Red tape: The untold stories of Philadelphia's 1950s teacher purge

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.

Prodigal son: The making of a Black male teacher

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. So why is he on the verge of being pushed out of public education after a long, winding fight to get in? The answer lies in his past — and the barriers faced by many Black men in America.

Live: Lessons of the COVID school year

COVID-19 upended the American education system and the impacts of the pandemic on schools will likely take decades to fully understand. There are big questions about learning loss. Attendance rates are down. Failure rates are up. And many students missed out on a year of normal social development. The isolation of virtual school has also been set against a backdrop of family members getting sick, dying, or losing jobs due to covid — all while there has been a spike in deadly gun violence in cities across the country. In this episode, we unpacking how the COVID year of schooling has affected students, parents and educators. Our conversation was recorded during a live event with a panel of first-hand experts who spoke intimately about how their lives were affected.

School, shootings

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. For loved ones, the pain of these losses has been exacerbated by the isolation of the pandemic. And without in-person school, classmates and teachers have tried to navigate their grief from a distance. This is the story of our other public health crisis, gun violence, told through the lives of three Philadelphia teenagers whose time was cut short.

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