Avi Wolfman-Arent | WHYY
Avi Wolfman-Arent is an education reporter for Keystone Crossroads and on-air host at WHYY. He joined the station in December 2014. Avi graduated from Haverford College and grew up in the D.C. area. Despite the latter he’s a lifelong Philadelphia sports fan, devoting an unhealthy portion of his conscious thought to the Sixers, Phillies, and Eagles. He lives in South Philadelphia.
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As budget season approaches in Pennsylvania, Democrat legislators are throwing their weight behind a massive school funding proposal. WHYY Keystone Crossroads Avi Wolfman-Arent has the details. -
A key witness took the stand Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s landmark school funding trial. WHYY Keystone Crossroads’ Avi Wolfman-Arent tells us that the state’s secretary of education is in a precarious position. -
Pennsylvania officials say the widespread return to full time in-person schooling has been a success. WHYY’s Avi Wolfman-Arent reports COVID rates have been stable.
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Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court has thrown out the state’s masking order for schools and childcare centers. WHYY Keystone Crossroads’ Avi Wolfman-Arent tells us the judges didn’t rule on the science of masking, but instead how Governor Tom Wolf’s administration enacted the measure. -
It is a trial seven years in the making, with decades of history behind it. On Friday, a group of education advocates in Pennsylvania got their long-awaited day in court; they’re suing the state over how it funds public schools. -
This may be finally be the year for Philadelphia Eagles fans. But after a decades long drought, they're cautiously optimistic that their team can win the Super Bowl and bring home the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
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In a world of fake news and junk science, how do science teachers help their students distinguish fact from fiction?
