Education

Harry C. Sharp Elementary, Cramer Elementary, and Ulysses Wiggins schools will be shuttered come fall. A fourth school, Yorkship Family, will be repaired.

The Philadelphia Board of Education has not approved a new charter school since taking over its governance when the district was returned to local control in 2018.

Pa. plans to operate nearly 30 COVID-19 vaccination clinics to inoculate school teachers and support staff, including bus drivers and cafeteria workers.

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

A spokesperson for Villanova University said they immediately launched an investigation and the male student is no longer on campus.

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

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.

A new report shows that since 1999, Camden teachers have gone from majority Black to majority White. WHYY explores the reasons for this trend.

In a disconnected world, principals find themselves fighting harder to keep their tenuous ties to families on the fringe.

The weeks-long conflict between the School District of Philadelphia and its teachers union is said to be nearing a conclusion.

Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. William Hite joins to discuss the plans to reopen Philadelphia public schools.

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.

While the health implications of restarting classroom learning has been the subject of intense debate, the effectiveness of hybrid education has garnered less attention.

Observers blame aging buildings and a history of distrust.

Philly’s public and parochial school systems have run parallel paths for many decades. But only one has been open during the pandemic.