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Education

Kevin Bethel, a retired Philadelphia Police officer and the District’s Chief of School Safety (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly School District expands mentorship program pairing police officers with students

The district said the program is meant to build intergenerational relationships between police and Black and Latino students, but any student can volunteer.

5 years ago

Delaware Technical Community College Wilmington
Delaware
Higher Education
Politics

Delaware SEED scholarship expansion could help hundreds more students

Legislation to expand SEED scholarship availability could help more Delaware students earn degrees at community colleges.

5 years ago

Local attorney Reginald Streater was picked by Mayor Jim Kenney to sit on Philadelphia’s Board of Education in December. Courtesy of Reginald Streater
K-12
Philadelphia
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

New school board member talks goals for Philadelphia students, lawsuit by former affiliate group ACLU

Reginald Streater was picked by Mayor Jim Kenney to sit on Philadelphia’s Board of Education, one of three new board members to join in December.

5 years ago

ChristianaCare employee Kathleen Bonis gets the COVID vaccine in December 2020. (State of Delaware)
Delaware
Public Health

70 fully vaccinated Delawareans have contracted COVID-19, and one death

Delaware’s public health director stressed a small percentage of post-shot infections should be expected because the vaccine isn’t 100% effective.

5 years ago

Members of both the Glee Club and the Penn Sirens.
Higher Education
Music
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

After 159 years, the UPenn Glee Club goes co-ed

The all-male singing group is considered an unofficial ambassador of the Ivy League school, even as it excluded women’s voices.

5 years ago

Listen 2:10
Student listens to a presentation in Health class at Windsor Locks High School
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly district opens in-person learning to middle schoolers; most high schoolers will not return

The announcement comes as the district invites students in grades 6-9 back for in-person classes a few days a week starting May 10.

5 years ago

An illustration of a person wearing a face mask walking on a combination of a syringe and a pencil.
NPR
Higher Education
National
Public Health

Should colleges require COVID-19 vaccines for fall? More campuses are saying yes

As vaccines become more widely available, it's likely that many more colleges will add their own mandates.

5 years ago

Philadelphia School District headquarters
K-12
Public Health
The Philadelphia Tribune

School District of Philadelphia launches COVID-19 dashboard

The dashboard has information on the number of tests performed, positive cases in schools, as well as cases confirmed off-site that have been reported to the district.

5 years ago

Tara Matise teaches her prekindergarten students virtually in her classroom
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly district offers universal summer school to fight academic ‘regression’

District officials say the summer classes will help students “narrow achievement gaps” after almost 15 months of virtual learning.

5 years ago

Ebele Azikiwe, 12, poses for a photograph
K-12
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

N.J. students lead U.S. push for fuller Black history education

In the months since Floyd's killing in Minneapolis, educators say they've heard a demand from students for fuller Black history lessons beyond what was already offered.

5 years ago

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited Philadelphia on April 6, 2021. (Johann Calhoun/Chalkbeat Philadelphia)
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

In Philadelphia, education secretary says schools can open safely

The visit came on the heels of Superintendent William Hite’s announcement Monday that schools would open for third to fifth graders who elect to return starting on April 26.

5 years ago

Close-up of a standardized test.
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly plans to give standardized tests to students who return in person this spring

As a result, a significant number of remaining, in-person school days could be dedicated to testing — which is required by the federal government.

5 years ago

Delaware State University campus.
Delaware
Higher Education
Public Health

Delaware State University wants a fully vaccinated campus by the fall

Delaware State University students must be vaccinated before returning to campus. An in-person graduation ceremony is planned this spring.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilwoman-at-large Helen Gym worked on the federal civil rights case to stop the harassment of Asian American students following the 2009 assaults at South Philadelphia High School. (Courtesy of Philadelphia City Council)
K-12
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Anti-Asian attacks at a Philadelphia school led to landmark ruling over a decade ago. Did anything change?

The reckoning at Southern is being revisited in the wake of the killings last month in Atlanta of six Asian women and two others in what is being investigated as a hate crime.

5 years ago

Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite calls for equitable school funding during a press conference at Martin Luther King High School. He was joined by District Attorney Larry Krasner, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, State Senator Vincent Hughes and other officials calling for the adoption of Gov. Tom Wolf's proposed fair school funding formula. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Government
K-12

Krasner, Philly Dems rally for Pa. school funding boost as way to curb gun violence

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner says Gov. Wolf’s latest education funding proposal amounts to “the kind of anti-crime legislation that works.”

5 years ago

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