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Upper Dublin High School in Montgomery County. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Public Health

Montco judge rejects lawsuit over remote learning, county schools to go virtual Monday

Montgomery County students are heading for at least two weeks of all-virtual school after a judge denied a legal challenge to the county’s remote-learning order.

5 years ago

John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls’ High School on 19th Street in Philadelphia.
K-12
Philadelphia
Religion

With Hallahan closure, Philly loses historic institution and alum lose cherished school

Hallahan holds a special place in Philly’s educational history — and a special place in the hearts of many alum.

5 years ago

Faith Allen, 10, reads at her desk in Vogt access center gymnasium. (Emily Rizzo/WHYY)
The Why
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Not all remote learning is created equal

With COVID numbers rising, more schools are going all remote But what your child has access to depends on what you have time for and how much is in your wallet.

Air Date: November 19, 2020

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Cheltenham High School
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Montco residents raise $10,000 to sue the county over virtual school order

Three Montgomery County residents are suing to stop county officials from forcing all schools there to move entirely online for two weeks.

5 years ago

Betsy DeVos, U.S. education secretary under President Trump.
NPR
Government Accountability
K-12

How Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will be remembered

Whatever view you take of Secretary DeVos, here's a look back at the facts of her achievements and how likely they are to survive the next secretary.

5 years ago

The exterior of John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls’ High School
K-12
Philadelphia
Religion

Archdiocese of Philadelphia to close two high schools in 2021

John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School in Philadelphia and Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote will shutter due to declining enrollment.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks Monday in Wilmington, Del.
NPR
Economy
Higher Education

Biden wants to help pay some student loans, but there’s pressure to go further

The president-elect called for immediate action to help borrowers who are "having to make choices between paying their student loan and paying the rent."

5 years ago

Red Bank Middle School. The school opened with a hybrid model of instruction on Sept. 14. (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)
Income Inequality
K-12
New Jersey

School funding in New Jersey back at 1994 levels

A nonpartisan think tank says state funding of New Jersey schools has failed to recover from the Great Recession of 2008 and actually receded to levels seen in the mid-1990s.

5 years ago

The exterior of Philadelphia School District headquarters
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Penn pledges $100 million to help fix Philly’s schools

Penn, which doesn’t pay property taxes, had been under growing pressure to support Philly’s public schools.

5 years ago

(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Health Care
K-12
Kids
Public Health
Sports

Regional Roundup – 11/16/20

Contract tracing in Philadelphia, School Superintendent William Hite on revamping reopening plans amidst city COVID spikes, and the Eagles in the NFC East.

Air Date: November 16, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:42
(Sarah Gonzales for NPR)
NPR
Higher Education
Home & Family

A college student is coming home. Should the whole family wear masks?

College students are preparing to come home for Thanksgiving, but COVID-19 is making things complicated. Epidemiologists say there are things families can to do reduce risk.

5 years ago

Upper Dublin High School in Montgomery County. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Public Health

Montgomery County votes for all schools to go virtual as COVID-19 rises

The order was passed unanimously by the county’s Board of Health Friday, despite hundreds of parents and residents speaking out against the move online.

5 years ago

Red Bank Middle School. The school opened with a hybrid model of instruction on Sept. 14. (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)
K-12
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

Despite COVID-19 rise, N.J. sticks with plan to allow schools to decide instruction plans locally

Currently, roughly one in five districts is providing remote lessons only in New Jersey and relatively few outbreaks have been tied directly to schools.

5 years ago

File photo: Lower Merion High School (Image via Benofmerion/Wikimedia Commons)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Public Health

Montco punts decision on virtual school after backlash from angry parents

After hours of public testimony — virtually all of it against a proposed shutdown — the Board of Health abruptly postponed a vote scheduled for Thursday.

5 years ago

Founders Hall at Haverford College (Wikimedia Common s)
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Haverford College students end two-week strike after administrators’ ‘insensitive’ email

Many students boycotted classes after college leaders sent out an email discouraging involvement in Philly protests of Walter Wallace Jr.’s death.

5 years ago

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