
Keystone Crossroads Archive
‘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
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
‘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 5:4222 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
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
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 5:03Meet 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 4:42District, 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
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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