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Haverford College freshman, Rasaaq Shittu (right) and Bella Merchant (Bryn Mawr ‘21) at a 3D-prosthetics charity workshop at Haverford's Maker Space before coronavirus pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Rasaaq Shittu)
Keystone Crossroads
Higher Education
Public Health

‘Strapped for finances’: Pa. college students scramble for resources amid coronavirus closures

As colleges and universities across the country have been forced to pivot to a virtual, deep inequities of opportunity can leave students falling through the cracks.

6 years ago

April Hall, a busy magazine editor, has added “homeschool teacher” to her workload. The results have been mixed. (Courtesy of April Hall)
Kids
Public Health

Essay: Homeschooling reminds me why I didn’t go into teaching

April Hall, a busy magazine editor, has added “homeschool teacher” to her workload. The results have been mixed.

6 years ago

The rural Milton Area School District has been distributing technology to families that need it. (Courtesy of Milton Area School District)
Keystone Crossroads
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus shutdown reveals inequity of student internet access across Pa.

Forced to shift learning online due to school closures, districts in rural Pennsylvania have to get creative to get students connected.

6 years ago

Listen 3:56
Filmmaker Ken Burns (WHYY, file)
Community Events
Innovation
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Ken Burns joins Constitution Center for online education

The PBS documentary filmmaker will join an online home-school series to discuss Constitutional history.

6 years ago

Listen 1:38
Northeast High School teacher Keziah Ridgeway teaching her online course. (Courtesy of Keziah Ridgeway)
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health
The Notebook

District guidance says teaching of new material will not begin until May 4

Teachers and counselors asked to hold daily "office hours."

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf. (Spotlight PA)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. schools closed indefinitely due to coronavirus

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

6 years ago

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K-12
Public Health

Jeopardizing health? Philly principals, teachers leery of plan to distribute 50k laptops

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.

6 years ago

The Notebook is collecting online learning resources that teachers and parents may not know about. We plan to update the list as we become aware of more worthwhile resources – with your help. (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
Kids
Public Health
Technology
The Notebook

Online learning resources you may have missed

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

6 years ago

The Liacouras Center on North Broad Street FACEBOOK / LIACOURAS CENTER
Higher Education
Public Health
Billy Penn

Temple’s Liacouras Center, set to be Philly’s coronavirus overflow site, almost didn’t get built

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

6 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
K-12
Public Health
The Notebook

Board of Education approves $11 million for Chromebooks, gives Hite emergency powers

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

6 years ago

The Rev. Charles
Higher Education
Public Health

UPenn chaplain discusses the decision to cancel classes, and the difficulties in returning to normal during coronavirus

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

6 years ago

Listen 3:59
Northeast High School teacher Keziah Ridgeway teaching her online course. (Courtesy of Keziah Ridgeway)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

‘Academics are the least of it’: How teachers and students stay connected in a pandemic

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

6 years ago

Listen 4:38
PCCY has started the social media campaign, #Teachourkids. (Courtesy of PCCY)
K-12
Philadelphia
The Notebook

Pa. districts told to make a ‘good faith effort’ to provide remote instruction

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

6 years ago

(Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Technology

Cyber charters in Pa. keep teaching amid confusion in coronavirus shutdown order

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

6 years ago

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Philly to buy laptops for needy students for virtual classes during shutdown

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

6 years ago

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