Education

Prior to Monday’s announcement, Pennsylvania’s school-closure order extended through Monday, April 6.

Philly wants principals and staff to volunteer as part of a plan to hand out thousands of Chromebooks. Some say the plan jeopardizes their health.

With your help, we plan to update the list as we become aware of additional worthwhile resources.

The 11,000-seat arena will be retrofitted to hold 250 beds for COVID-19 patients.

Board members read (and sang) all the written testimony submitted and allowed real-time public input.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Chaz Howard about being away from the groups of students with whom he usually engages on campus.

When schools shuttered suddenly, teachers faced a question: What do I do now? Many of them got creative to stay in-sync with students.

Superintendent Hite will ask for Board of Education approval to buy 50,000 devices for Philly families that lack computers.

School districts in Pa. fear drastic damage to their budgets if parents decide en masse to move children to cyber options amid coronavirus uncertainty.

Philly says it’s moving toward online education as fast as it can — buying thousands of devices for students who need them.

We talk to Philadelphia School District Superintendent William Hite about how the district is supporting students and get tips for parents on coping during this trying time.

Closing Philly schools during the coronavirus pandemic has raised complicated questions from how to feed kids who eat at school to whether to provide remote learning.

As school resources shut down, vulnerable low-income students are being left behind.

The college would go on to graduate the first Black and Native American women doctors.

Each family will be mailed printed academic packets to make sure everyone is reached. The most vulnerable students are getting daily calls.