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Daaiyah Boone hands out bagged meals to students at Tilden Middle School during the coronavirus shutdown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Philadelphia

Philly schools struggle with coronavirus closures

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.

Air Date: March 23, 2020

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University of Pennsylvania students were ordered to leave campus by Tuesday, March 17. But for the college's vulnerable and low-income students, that may mean going home to unstable living conditions. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Higher Education
Housing
Public Health
Broke in Philly

Penn ‘left us stranded on the streets’: Vulnerable students are desperate as coronavirus shuts down Philly colleges

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

5 years ago

Class underway at the first women's medical school in the world. (History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine)
Gender
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

When Philly abolitionists opened the first women’s medical school in the world

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

5 years ago

Mastery Gratz High School (Courtesy of The Notebook)
K-12
Philadelphia
The Notebook

Mastery Charter ramps up plans to deal with coronavirus

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

5 years ago

Daaiyah Boone hands out bagged meals to students at Tilden Middle School during the coronavirus shutdown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Philadelphia
Public Health
Broke in Philly

City revises its plan for Philly kids in need of meals during school shutdown

Starting Monday, the city will provide families packages of three breakfasts and three lunches per student at 50 schools throughout Philadelphia.

5 years ago

(Pat Wellenbach/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Technology

Schools across Pa. are wary of offering online instruction during coronavirus closures

Some schools are running into a major legal hurdle in their attempts to offer online instruction during the current closures.

5 years ago

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

Pa. cancels standardized testing because of coronavirus

There are clear indications that Pa. might cancel standardized tests this year for students. What kind of impact could that have?

5 years ago

(Bigstock)
K-12
TV

Social distancing with the kids? WHYY offering expanded educational programming on PBS

WHYY has expanded its TV and online educational programming as the coronavirus pandemic keeps more and more families indoors.

5 years ago

A group of children walk with their caregivers on Vine Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
K-12
Philadelphia
The Notebook

Child care sector facing ‘potential collapse’ without new policies, advocate says

Providers also need more cash to stay afloat during crisis. They held a conference call to discuss the issue.

5 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly schools forbid graded ‘remote instruction’ during shutdown for equity concerns

Because the district cannot ensure equal access to technology among students, it’s barring individual schools from providing mandated, graded instruction.

5 years ago

Parent Jaime Longo with her learning packet at Houston elementary school. (Dale Mezzacappa/The Notebook)
K-12
Philadelphia
The Notebook

District distributes packets of schoolwork, but how much teaching and learning will go on?

For the most part, families are on their own when it comes to schoolwork. There are no requirements on teachers.

5 years ago

Al Madinah Learning Center in South Philadelphia is closed amid coronavirus shutdowns. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Kids
Pennsylvania

After mixed messages, Pa. and Philly agree to shutter day care centers for coronavirus

Parents and day care providers in Philadelphia described receiving mixed messages Monday on whether day care providers could remain open during the shutdown.

5 years ago

(TeroVesalainen/BigStock)
Higher Education
Public Health
Technology

Online-only college classes pose some distinct challenges for instructors

Teachers around the country had a short window to move to a different way of presenting course material. Internet access is just part of the struggle.

5 years ago

Daaiyah Boone hands out bagged meals to students at Tilden Middle School during the coronavirus shutdown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Food & Drink
K-12
Public Health

Where Philly kids can find free meals during coronavirus school closures

The School District of Philadelphia and many others are distributing free meals during the coronavirus outbreak. Learn more here.

5 years ago

Swarthmore College. (Swarthmore.edu)
Higher Education
Public Health

Opinion – Student: colleges should rethink abrupt shutdowns

Many low-income and international students are left stranded -- and perhaps less safe.

5 years ago

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