Education

For the students who came on Thursday, all in kindergarten, it was their first day ever of in-person school, and the only normal they know.

Billions will flow into districts across Pennsylvania, and they’ll have to spend it quickly. That creates critical questions for school leaders.

The boards of governors and trustees approved a plan to stop any new fossil fuel investments and pull out of index funds and private investments tied to the industry.

Willingboro Public Schools Superintendent Neely Hackett was among the panelists who discussed the highs and lows of virtual learning and what’s next for the district.

“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.

The School District of Philadelphia is reopening for about 2,600 pre-K through second graders — the first time students are back in classrooms since last March.

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.