https://laurafay.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Laura FayenWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdXmt6dCR7d/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Philadelphia police say they've identified dozens of people seen in videos they recovered from the Olney house at the center of a massive investigation. Several missing women, including some who are believed to be dead, are linked to the house, and police say the footage they found inside is disturbing and violent. The house belongs to Eugene Horsch, who is in federal custody on gun and drug charges. His father, Raymond "R.C." Horsch, previously lived in the house and died in 2025. Reporter Joe Holden has the latest on the continuing investigation. See the full story at the link in our bio.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdXmt6dCR7d/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dcoo-5PAGJE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==CBS News Philadelphia reporters know how to hustle. During his live hits on Friday, the tenacious Dan Snyder cycled up the dreaded Manayunk Wall to show viewers just how steep it is ahead of the Philadelphia Cycling Classic this weekend. Stay with CBS News Philadelphia on air and online for continuing coverage throughout the weekend. #philly #manayunkwall #cycling #philadelphiacyclingclassicSat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dcoo-5PAGJE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaY2D29DTaa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==History rolled into South Philadelphia just in time for the Fourth of July. The legendary Big Boy steam locomotive, one of the largest and most powerful steam engines ever built, made a special stop at the Navy Yard as part of its nationwide tour. Crowds braved the heat to see the massive locomotive that weighs more than a million pounds.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaY2D29DTaa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&stkn=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/new-jersey-governor-debate-sherrill-ciattarelli/President Trump loomed large as New Jersey's candidates for governor, Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli, met on the debate stage for the first time Sunday night. Questions from the moderator and audience members ranged from taxes and cost of living in the state to education to artificial intelligence.Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/new-jersey-governor-debate-sherrill-ciattarelli/https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/university-penn-lia-thomas-transgender-athletes/The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from women's sports, the Department of Education said Tuesday, resolving a civil rights case that centered around swimmer Lia Thomas competing for the university's women's teams in 2021 and 2022. Penn agreed to a number of "action items" to resolve what the department calls Title IX violations, the Education Department said in a statement. Those items include restoring "to female athletes all individual UPenn Division I swimming...Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/university-penn-lia-thomas-transgender-athletes/https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/pennsylvania-why-does-it-take-so-long-count-votes-election-2024/All eyes will be on Pennsylvania on Election Day and possibly for days to come because the commonwealth is a key battleground in the race for the White House. The winner of the Keystone State's 19 electoral votes might not be clear on election night, though. State law does not allow Pennsylvania election workers to start opening or counting mail-in ballots until 7 a.m. on Election Day, the same time polls open for in-person voting. More than two million voters in the state requested mail-in ba...Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/pennsylvania-why-does-it-take-so-long-count-votes-election-2024/https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/kamala-harris-rally-philadelphia-tim-walz/PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Vice President Kamala Harris will hold her first campaign rally with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, by her side tonight in Philadelphia. The rally at the Liacouras Center on Temple University's campus starts at 5 p.m. Harris named Walz as her vice presidential pick Tuesday morning, according to CBS News. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who was reportedly among the top two finalists for the job, is scheduled to speak at the rally in Philadelphia before Harris ta...Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/kamala-harris-rally-philadelphia-tim-walz/https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/measles-exposures-philadelphia-delaware-new-jersey-what-you-need-to-know-vaccines/PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Local health departments have reported measles cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and several people were exposed to the disease in Delaware, according to state officials. Although most people are vaccinated against this highly contagious virus, it can spread rapidly among those who are unprotected and can cause dangerous complications for some groups. Measles is caused by a virus. Children younger than 5 and people older than 20 are most likely to experience complicat...Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/measles-exposures-philadelphia-delaware-new-jersey-what-you-need-to-know-vaccines/https://www.the74million.org/article/cicadas-during-covid-a-golden-moment-for-classroom-engagement-at-the-end-of-an-isolating-school-year/For science teachers around the country who live and work in the regions where the periodical cicadas have come out this year, the timing is perfect: After a year of virtual lessons, flagging student engagement and ongoing stress, a real-life science lesson has crawled out of the ground — and started singing.Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/cicadas-during-covid-a-golden-moment-for-classroom-engagement-at-the-end-of-an-isolating-school-year/https://www.the74million.org/article/surviving-the-pandemic-students-families-pay-tribute-to-10-teachers-who-helped-them-get-through-the-last-year/A special education teacher who taught a 14-year-old with Down Syndrome to read. Remotely and during the pandemic. An art teacher who helped a student come to terms with her father’s death. A second grade teacher who moved out of her home so she could educate kids in person.Thu, 06 May 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/surviving-the-pandemic-students-families-pay-tribute-to-10-teachers-who-helped-them-get-through-the-last-year/https://www.the74million.org/this-is-the-reality-i-go-home-to-students-at-virtual-town-hall-urge-educators-to-talk-about-race-and-racism-here-are-some-starting-points-for-teachers/The 2020-21 school year will be unlike any other in history, with many students learning online from home, and with those who are in school wearing masks and taking other precautions against the coronavirus pandemic. After an intense summer of protests for racial justice in response to high-profile incidents of Black people being killed and injured by police, students would like to see another difference at school this year: frank and honest conversations about race and racism.Sun, 30 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/this-is-the-reality-i-go-home-to-students-at-virtual-town-hall-urge-educators-to-talk-about-race-and-racism-here-are-some-starting-points-for-teachers/https://www.the74million.org/article/student-survey-despite-high-numbers-saying-their-schools-were-assigning-work-and-they-were-completing-it-only-half-said-they-were-really-learning-during-pandemic/Students didn’t learn much after their schools shut down for the coronavirus, despite a relatively positive experience with school logistics, like getting access to assignments and being able to complete their work, a new survey of American students shows.Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/student-survey-despite-high-numbers-saying-their-schools-were-assigning-work-and-they-were-completing-it-only-half-said-they-were-really-learning-during-pandemic/https://www.the74million.org/article/as-school-board-members-across-the-country-share-racist-social-media-posts-current-students-and-recent-grads-push-back/When Emily Sullivan saw that a school board member from her district had posted conspiracy theories about George Floyd’s death on Facebook and suggested protesters should be “hosed,” her first thought was, “This is unacceptable,” she said. The rising high school junior in Brewster Central School District in Putnam County, New York, started an online petition June 11 calling on the board member, Krista Berardi, to resign, not expecting many people to pay attention.Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/as-school-board-members-across-the-country-share-racist-social-media-posts-current-students-and-recent-grads-push-back/https://www.the74million.org/article/ambitious-research-project-to-review-how-every-school-in-america-responded-to-covid-19-aims-to-deliver-its-first-findings-in-early-july/A new research effort underway at Tulane University aims to track how every K-12 school in the United States — district, charter and private — responded to the coronavirus pandemic and the abrupt shift to remote learning that came with it. Led by economist and education researcher Douglas Harris, the project is part of REACH, the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice, based at the university in New Orleans.Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/ambitious-research-project-to-review-how-every-school-in-america-responded-to-covid-19-aims-to-deliver-its-first-findings-in-early-july/https://www.the74million.org/article/will-free-college-survive-covid-19-how-the-pandemic-could-devastate-college-promise-programs-and-why-the-november-election-might-be-their-only-hope/Timari Ray, who recently finished her first year at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee, says she probably wouldn’t be able to afford higher education without the Tennessee Promise, which in 2014 made community college free for most students in the state. Thanks to the Promise, she’s planning to transfer to the University of Tennessee after her second year and eventually open her own public relations firm. “I at least would have tried [to go to college without the PromiMon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/will-free-college-survive-covid-19-how-the-pandemic-could-devastate-college-promise-programs-and-why-the-november-election-might-be-their-only-hope/https://www.the74million.org/article/covid-19-left-undocumented-nyc-mom-feeling-like-a-zombie-longing-to-hug-my-son-really-tight/Mercedes wakes up earlier now than she did before the pandemic to help her kids get set up for virtual learning. Then, a few days a week, the 47-year-old mother of three heads out to buy necessities, all while coping with being away from her eldest son and daughter-in-law, both of whom contracted the coronavirus.Sun, 31 May 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/covid-19-left-undocumented-nyc-mom-feeling-like-a-zombie-longing-to-hug-my-son-really-tight/https://www.the74million.org/article/nola-social-worker-finds-herself-supporting-students-all-day-every-day-during-covid-19/For Shawnell Ware, a social worker at McDonogh 35 High School in New Orleans, the work day used to be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Sun, 31 May 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/nola-social-worker-finds-herself-supporting-students-all-day-every-day-during-covid-19/https://www.the74million.org/article/coronavirus-separates-student-teachers-from-their-k-12-and-college-classrooms-forcing-them-to-scramble-and-states-to-change-license-rules/On a Friday afternoon in early April, a group of student teachers joined a Zoom call hosted by Joy Ross, who coordinates student teacher programming in the Cherry Creek School District outside of Denver. After a body scan meditation exercise, the teachers-in-training entered how they were feeling on a scale from 1 to 5 in the chat section of the app. A few share that they’re worried about their students and family members amid the spreading coronavirus pandemic.Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/coronavirus-separates-student-teachers-from-their-k-12-and-college-classrooms-forcing-them-to-scramble-and-states-to-change-license-rules/https://www.the74million.org/how-a-news-site-for-kids-is-providing-comfort-and-free-educational-content-in-a-time-of-uncertainty-and-anxiety/North Carolina teacher Sabrina Spada and her students found comfort in an unlikely place when their school shut down because of coronavirus: Newsela. Logging on to the online education tool, known for providing news articles and short quizzes tailored by grade level, was something familiar her students could do amid all the uncertainty and chaos, said Spada, who teaches fourth grade at Foust Elementary School in Greensboro.Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/how-a-news-site-for-kids-is-providing-comfort-and-free-educational-content-in-a-time-of-uncertainty-and-anxiety/https://www.the74million.org/article/74-interview-colorado-educator-talks-co-creating-a-school-with-his-community-teaching-students-transformative-resistance-how-love-can-help-nyc-design-better-schools/Although his title is executive director, Wisdom Amouzou tends to talk about everyone but himself when he describes launching Empower Community School, a charter high school in Aurora, Colorado, that opened in fall 2019 with 120 ninth-graders.Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.the74million.org/article/74-interview-colorado-educator-talks-co-creating-a-school-with-his-community-teaching-students-transformative-resistance-how-love-can-help-nyc-design-better-schools/https://www.the74million.org/article/after-closely-watched-campaigns-teachers-notch-wins-and-losses-but-for-some-the-fight-isnt-over-yet/Across the country, teachers ran for office this year, inspiring almost as many underdog campaign stories as Texas’s Beto O’Rourke.Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.the74million.org/article/after-closely-watched-campaigns-teachers-notch-wins-and-losses-but-for-some-the-fight-isnt-over-yet/https://www.the74million.org/article/midterm-exam-12-teacher-candidates-reflect-on-the-campaign-trail-and-why-they-ran/After watching a year’s worth of ugly fights over how to keep kids safe, how to value teachers, and how to get schools what they need, hundreds of educators across the country are running for office.Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.the74million.org/article/midterm-exam-12-teacher-candidates-reflect-on-the-campaign-trail-and-why-they-ran/https://www.the74million.org/as-schools-diversify-principals-remain-mostly-white-and-5-other-things-we-learned-this-summer-about-americas-school-leaders/While kids were running through sprinklers and eating popsicles this summer, a handful of education researchers crunched the numbers about their principals. Reports released this summer offer new insight into America’s school principals, from their racial diversity to how turnover affects student achievement.Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/as-schools-diversify-principals-remain-mostly-white-and-5-other-things-we-learned-this-summer-about-americas-school-leaders/https://www.the74million.org/article/74-interview-researcher-gloria-ladson-billings-on-culturally-relevant-teaching-the-role-of-teachers-in-trumps-america-lessons-from-her-two-decades-in-education-research/Gloria Ladson-Billings remembers that there was a difference between the Black and white teachers she had growing up in Philadelphia.Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/74-interview-researcher-gloria-ladson-billings-on-culturally-relevant-teaching-the-role-of-teachers-in-trumps-america-lessons-from-her-two-decades-in-education-research/https://www.the74million.org/article/fueled-by-students-and-female-lawmakers-6-states-add-consent-to-their-sex-ed-standards-part-of-a-growing-movement-new-study-finds/As the #MeToo movement rolls on, parents, students, educators and lawmakers are paying special attention to sex education and the role it can play in preventing sexual violence.Wed, 29 May 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/fueled-by-students-and-female-lawmakers-6-states-add-consent-to-their-sex-ed-standards-part-of-a-growing-movement-new-study-finds/https://www.the74million.org/article/rethinking-sex-ed-for-the-metoo-moment-a-hugely-significant-study-shows-that-strengthening-education-on-relationships-consent-can-change-the-culture/Maeve Sanford-Kelly was in middle school in 2016 when Bill Cosby, Brock Turner and the Access Hollywood tape associated with then-candidate Donald Trump dominated headlines.Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/rethinking-sex-ed-for-the-metoo-moment-a-hugely-significant-study-shows-that-strengthening-education-on-relationships-consent-can-change-the-culture/https://www.the74million.org/article/just-24-states-mandate-sex-education-for-k-12-students-and-only-9-require-any-discussion-of-consent-see-how-your-state-stacks-up/Sex education is getting more attention in the wake of the #MeToo movement, particularly the need to teach students about consent.Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/article/just-24-states-mandate-sex-education-for-k-12-students-and-only-9-require-any-discussion-of-consent-see-how-your-state-stacks-up/https://www.the74million.org/7-surprising-lessons-from-the-2019-measles-outbreak-teens-defying-parents-on-vaccines-affected-children-left-more-susceptible-to-other-illnesses-more/The World Health Organization declared “vaccine hesitancy” one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019.Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.the74million.org/7-surprising-lessons-from-the-2019-measles-outbreak-teens-defying-parents-on-vaccines-affected-children-left-more-susceptible-to-other-illnesses-more/https://www.the74million.org/article/l-a-teachers-are-borrowing-the-redfored-hashtag-and-talking-points-heres-how-their-strike-would-be-different-from-last-years-red-state-walkouts/A series of massive teacher walkouts rocked six states in 2018, drawing national attention to teacher pay and working conditions.Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.the74million.org/article/l-a-teachers-are-borrowing-the-redfored-hashtag-and-talking-points-heres-how-their-strike-would-be-different-from-last-years-red-state-walkouts/https://www.the74million.org/with-north-carolina-teachers-rallying-this-week-a-look-back-at-a-season-of-strikes-what-teachers-asked-for-and-what-they-received/After seeing their counterparts win raises and education spending hikes in West Virginia, Arizona, and elsewhere, teachers in North Carolina are set to rally this week.Mon, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://www.the74million.org/with-north-carolina-teachers-rallying-this-week-a-look-back-at-a-season-of-strikes-what-teachers-asked-for-and-what-they-received/