Andrew Lewis
Freelance Environmental Journalist at Freelance
Journalist and author covering the natural world and its discontents. Wrote a book called The Drowning of Money Island. Thalassophile.
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1 month ago |
bradfordera.com | Andrew Lewis
According to the Nation’s Report Card, nearly 70% of Pennsylvania’s eighth-graders can’t read or do math at grade level. Results are worse in Philadelphia, where 95% of Black eighth-graders aren’t proficient at math, and 89% can't read at grade level. Moreover, 90% of Hispanic eighth-graders aren’t meeting achievement levels. Gov. Josh Shapiro has abandoned these kids.
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1 month ago |
triblive.com | Andrew Lewis
Forget better schools. Apparently, Pennsylvania students need fewer schools, even if that means hurting the kids who need the most help. That’s effectively the message that two of our state’s leaders have sent in the past few weeks. First, Gov. Josh Shapiro demanded cutting funding for cyber charter schools by more than 40% per student. Second, state Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued a misleading report that’s fueling assaults on cyber charters for supposedly wasting taxpayer money.
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2 months ago |
nationalobserver.com | Andrew Lewis
This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaborationFor decades on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast, recreational anglers have braved the cold temperatures of late October and November to chase one of the region’s most iconic fish species, the striped bass. This season, just offshore of New Jersey and New York, the fall run was especially strong.
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Nov 21, 2024 |
bradfordera.com | Andrew Lewis
The Keystone State was expected to be the bellwether on Nov. 5, and it didn’t disappoint. Not only did Donald Trump carry Pennsylvania by two points — a better showing than his razor-thin victory in 2016 — but the state also flipped a U.S. Senate seat and two House seats for Republicans. Yet now Pennsylvania will arguably play an even bigger bellwether role: showing whether Democrats will learn from this drubbing and deliver policies that make voters’ lives better.
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Jan 29, 2024 |
delawarecurrents.org | Cloey Callahan |Andrew Lewis |Delaware Currents |Octavia Feliciano
If supporters of the Lackawaxen River, a jewel of the Upper Delaware River watershed, get their way, the river will join 226 others in the country in gaining a special congressionally designated recognition. Activists hope to get the Lackawaxen, which is in Wayne and Pike Counties in Pennsylvania, named as a Wild and Scenic River.
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