Maddie Hanna is a Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. She covers K-12 education, focusing on suburban schools, charter schools, and education funding, with a keen interest in educational policy, school governance, and special education advocacy. Her work has been featured in various publications, including Finger Lakes Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Disability Scoop.
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Maddie Hanna's reporting primarily focuses on local government, particularly within the education sector, with a heavy emphasis on legal policy and regulation. She covers topics including school boards, discrimination issues in schools, and educational funding in Pennsylvania.
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By: Maddie Hanna
Radnor drew criticism after a so-called deepfake incident last year that targeted freshman girls. Schools have been forced to grapple with inappropriate deepfakes as students use generative AI.
By: Maddie Hanna
Galvanized by a surge of national attention to the issue and parental campaigns in neighboring districts, including Lower Merion, parents are pushing back against Chromebooks and iPads in schools.
By: Maddie Hanna
The school district is moving forward with a new technology policy that officials said could impose specific limits on the amount of time students spend on screens in classrooms.
By: Maddie Hanna
The William Penn School District is making gains in math faster than similar districts, according to a new national Education Scorecard.
By: Maddie Hanna, Kristen A. Graham
The school district requires enrollment caps and for charter schools to shut down if performance targets aren't met. Philadelphia Charters for Excellence is suing the district over those requirements.
By: Maddie Hanna
An increasingly organized parent group against screen time in schools, called Pencils over Pixels, has even hired a PR firm to help with their messaging and to reach more parents.
By: Maddie Hanna
The board, which previously moved to oust its superintendent over test scores, said school leaders will be held accountable for reducing racial disparities. Critics are skeptical.
By: Maddie Hanna
In a decision Tuesday, Pennsylvania Education Secretary Carrie Rowe found that Heineman's failure to report alleged abuse at Jamison Elementary constituted “willful neglect of his duties."
By: Maddie Hanna
Superintendent Brian Scriven said investigations into a locker-room assault last season that was witnessed by about 20 students need to "run their course."
By: Maddie Hanna
A Central Bucks teacher has stepped into a national debate over AI’s role in the classroom playing out in statehouses and universities, and down to local school boards.
