Jennifer Vilcarino

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Jennifer Vilcarino |Brooke Schultz

Philadelphia in recent years has had only two full-time librarians in a school district with 216 schools and 118,000 students. It’s a challenge Debra Kachel, an affiliate faculty member at Antioch University, has been working to solve. Kachel is partnering with the district on a federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to study how other urban school systems rebuilt their school library programs and funded training for a new generation of librarians.

3 weeks ago | edweek.org | Jennifer Vilcarino |Jaclyn Borowski

The Trump administration has expressed concern that social-emotional learning is being used to mask discrimination in schools. While it once enjoyed bipartisan support from the government and was widely accepted by education professionals, SEL faced growing scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic. Critics claimed that SEL brought “divisive” subjects into classrooms and advocated for its removal. More recently, SEL has been associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in schools.

Jan 24, 2025 | thepulseofnh.com | Arthur Jones II |Jennifer Vilcarino |Steven Portnoy |Allison Pecorin

(NEW YORK) -- Latino and immigrant lawmakers are sounding the alarm as their school districts brace for deportations in the second Trump administration. "Think about that -- that nothing is off limits, that raids could go and happen in our public schools," New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez said. "You know, that is the point: cruelty.

Jan 24, 2025 | abcnews.go.com | Arthur Jones II |Jennifer Vilcarino

The immigration debate is finding its way into classrooms nationwide. ByArthur Jones II and Jennifer VilcarinoJanuary 24, 2025, 5:27 PMLatino and immigrant lawmakers are sounding the alarm as their school districts brace for deportations in the second Trump administration. "Think about that -- that nothing is off limits, that raids could go and happen in our public schools," New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez said. "You know, that is the point: cruelty.

Jan 13, 2025 | abcnews.go.com | Jennifer Vilcarino

On her wedding day, Aniyah Gordon wished for nothing more than her late mom's presence. Gordon's mother, Aichia Divine Stanislaus, died in 2021, but the 29-year-old from Northern Virginia found a way to include her in the August 2024 wedding ceremony anyway, playing an old voicemail Stanislaus had left for Gordon years earlier. The touching moment was shared on TikTok in October last year and has since garnered 1.1 million views.