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Chad Lassiter, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission executive director, testifies at a public hearing in Bucks County about the Neshaminy School District mascot in January 2019. (Kimberly Paynter)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘We can no longer make excuses’: Pa. Democrats gather feedback on racism in schools

Meeting organizers documented racist incidents and hoped to find concrete solutions on how schools can become more racially just spaces.

4 years ago

Physically distanced, and with protective partitions, students work on an art project during class
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly schools to welcome more students back to classrooms in late April

Between April 6 and April 13, qualifying families can select the in-person option for their children or choose to remain fully virtual.

4 years ago

A Fresh Grocer employee in Upper Darby threw away thousands of flood-damaged food items due to a flood in August 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Be a better listener’: Philly business owners share their pandemic lessons

The pandemic forced business owners that have had the same routines for years to reexamine their values and priorities.

4 years ago

Listen 5:42
Desks are spaced apart ahead of planned in-person learning at Nebinger Elementary School
Keystone Crossroads
Education

22 more Philly elementary schools to re-open next month

Children in pre-K through second grade will be welcomed back to classrooms for two days a week, joining students at 133 other schools that have reopened since March.

4 years ago

Kids at Today’s Child day care
Keystone Crossroads
Money

What the new child tax credit means for you

One of the biggest changes in the new stimulus is an expanded tax credit for families with kids. Here’s what it would mean for you.

4 years ago

Catherine Fortune De Sormeaux is a certified nursing assistant who had her hours cut during the pandemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Essential, unemployed, overstretched: How the COVID economy crashed on women

Some call it the “triple whammy.” In Pennsylvania, as in the rest of the country, working women have faced unique hardship due to the pandemic.

4 years ago

Listen 5:03
People walk by the Pennsylvania Judicial Center Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Meet the candidates: Race for Pa. Supreme Court kicks off with virtual forum

Four judges — three Republicans and a Democrat — are vying for the state’s high court and will be on the primary ballot in May.

4 years ago

Phyllis Jones-Carter outside A Part of Me Boutique
Keystone Crossroads
Community

More Black-owned businesses survived Philly’s lockdown than researchers expected

Forty-five of the 594 Black-owned Philly businesses listed in a local directory in 2020 have since closed, either temporarily or permanently — a decline of about 8%.

4 years ago

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during a press conference in Lancaster on March 10, 2021. (Gov. Tom Wolf/Flickr)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Wolf pessimistic about his stimulus spending hopes for Pa.

Gov. Tom Wolf is already resigned to the GOP-controlled legislature blocking his plan for $7 billion in federal stimulus money.

4 years ago

A parent holds their child's hand as they walk to school
Keystone Crossroads
Education

As students return to classrooms, Philly officials announce new list of school openings

“Although the pandemic is far from over, beginning to welcome our students back … is a little bit of a light at the end of the tunnel,” said Superintendent William Hite.

4 years ago

A doctor extracts COVID-19 vaccine out of a vial
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly on course for educators to be fully vaccinated by early April

In roughly a week, all educators who signed up for a vaccine will have received at least one dose.

4 years ago

Students return to John Wister Elementary School
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Nearly a year later, students return to classrooms at Mastery, Philly’s largest charter

“While we aren’t necessarily able to physically touch each other yet, the presence of another has truly just been phenomenal.”

4 years ago

Janice Roundtree has had difficulties with Pennsylvania's Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. (Photo by Liani Roundtree-Crawley)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Glitches in Pa. unemployment program ‘a disaster’ for vulnerable residents

Amid surging job loss due to COVID-19, a no-bid contract led to bungled unemployment payments to people who weren’t given timely information about errors.

4 years ago

Listen 4:42
AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg speaks at a podium beside Mayor Jim Kenney, with Superintendent William Hite in the background
Keystone Crossroads
Education

District, teachers union reach deal to reopen some Philly school buildings

The deal, announced Monday, calls for pre-K through grade 2 students at about 50 elementary schools to attend classes in-person twice a week, if they choose.

4 years ago

Close-up of a standardized test.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. says it will allow public schools to postpone standardized tests until fall

After the federal government said states have to give tests, Pa. said it will comply, but give districts the option to test students early next school year.

4 years ago

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