Education

As the student enrollment plummeted in some places and surged in others, ‘hold harmless’ has added to the wide inequities that exist in Pennsylvania’s public schools.

The district asserted the teacher “was involved in the electoral college protest that took place at the United States Capitol Building.”

The new plan calls for pre-K through grade 2 students to return on Feb. 22. But there are signs that the city’s teachers union will oppose.

Superintendent Katrina McCombs plans to close four neighborhood schools. Camden Education Association President Keith Benson hopes to appeal.

After five months of in-person instruction in more than 100 private schools in Philadelphia, health officials report nine outbreaks of COVID-19.

Child care providers and advocates are urging Gov. Wolf and other policymakers in Harrisburg to quickly allocate money in a way that avoids closures of child care centers.

Pennsylvania’s school choice community has deep ties to conservative donors and politicians. Will that coalition hold together after the fractures of the Trump era?

Some Philly-area college students returned to in-person class last week amid public health experts’ concerns about spreading COVID on campus.

Parents with disabilities often face extra issues with remote learning. A deaf mom whose first language is ASL is navigating the challenge of monitoring her child's work.

A group of suburban Philadelphia parents has started a political action committee aimed at getting students back into school buildings.

CHOP doctors, pointing to evidence in Rhode Island, said going to school in-person may actually reduce a child’s risk of catching the coronavirus.

The city health department considers nurses the top priority for vaccination of the tens of thousands of school staffers in Philadelphia.

In a letter obtained by WHYY, the union president said it would be “foolish” to reopen schools before all staff are vaccinated.

The new measures would increase testing and PPE access for schools, and create a centralized, national database of school coronavirus cases.

Health Commissioner Thomas Farley recommended Philadelphia teachers who live in the surrounding suburbs try to get the vaccine in their respective areas.