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Education

A young student attends virtual school from his home
K-12
Mental Health
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Gauging the toll remote instruction has taken on N.J. students

There’s little disagreement that the state needs to determine how much "learning loss" has occurred. The argument is over the best way to collect data.

2 months ago

Temple University campus
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Public Education

Temple fined $700K in settlement over rankings scandal

The scandal “wrongly increased Temple’s enrollment and revenue, deceived consumers, and unfairly harmed competitors," the U.S. Department of Education alleged.

2 months ago

A fair funding protest outside Philadelphia City Hall in 2019. (Harvey Finkle/The Notebook)
Pennsylvania
Public Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Pennsylvania has left soaring special education costs to districts, report says

Between the 2008-09 school year and the 2018-19 school year, special education costs grew by $2 billion, while state special education aid grew by only $110 million.

2 months ago

A sign at the Access Center set up inside Vogt Rec Center (Emily Rizzo / WHYY)
K-12
Public Health
Billy Penn

With over 10% of Philly’s student Access Centers closed by COVID, staff raises safety concerns

Several of the remote learning sites are located in old buildings without good ventilation.

2 months ago

An illustration of a student weighing college choices
NPR
Economy
National

Enrollment by international students in US colleges plummets

The pandemic is a major reason, but the number of international students has been falling for years.

2 months ago

Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health
Chalkbeat

‘It’s hurting us’: Students at one Philadelphia school demand less screen time

Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School students have started a petition demanding an alternate schedule, arguing that long hours in front of screens is unhealthy.

2 months ago

A mother works from home while her son attends school remotely
NPR
K-12
National

Virtual charter schools are booming, despite a checkered reputation

For-profit virtual charter schools have been dogged by complaints of low student performance, fraud and waste. Still, many are seeing a pandemic-induced enrollment surge.

2 months ago

The exterior of Quakertown Community High School on Nov. 25, 2020, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Public Education
Public Health

Philly-area school district’s commitment to in-person classes put to the test by COVID surge

Elsewhere in the region, with case counts surging, schools are going (or staying) all virtual. Quakertown is doing the opposite.

2 months ago

Listen 4:40
In this Nov. 12, 2020, photo, University of Vermont students walk through a tent leading to a COVID-testing site on campus in Burlington, Vt. As coronavirus cases are surging around the U.S., some colleges and universities are rethinking some of their plans for next semester. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Higher Education
Public Health

U.S. colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return

The coronavirus presented huge challenges for the fall semester for U.S. colleges that opened the academic year with in-person learning.

2 months ago

Education commissioner-elect Angelica Allen-McMillan and Gov. Phil Murphy (NJ Spotlight)
K-12
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

Will COVID-19 cancel N.J.’s statewide student evaluations this spring?

New education commissioner says stay the course, even as parents worry their kids are falling behind.

2 months ago

Susannah Remillard teaches her sixth-grade students at Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in East Harwich, Mass. In a growing number of U.S. schools, students are now learning a more complex Thanksgiving story that involves conflict, injustice and a new focus on the native people who lived in New England for centuries before European settlers arrived. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Thanksgiving lessons jettison Pilgrim hats, welcome truth

Instead of making Pilgrim hats, students are hearing what scholars call “hard history” — the more shameful aspects of the past.

2 months ago

Students at Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School are shown in 2013. Boys' Latin is one of 21 charter schools in the city that joined the coalition. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly’s Black-led charter schools band together for ‘Black Schools Matter’ campaign

The African American Charter School Coalition includes 21 schools that serve more than 13,000 children and families across the city.

2 months ago

Gina Dukes, a Penn alumna and a Philadelphia school district teacher, speaks at a rally to demand UPenn make PILOT payments. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Public Education

Penn’s $100 million pledge has a backstory

Activists have called for UPenn to support city schools for years. So why is Penn giving now — and what does it mean for the future?

Air Date: November 24, 2020

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Jennifer Singer with her children, protesting Montgomery County's two-week shutdown
K-12
Mental Health
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Montco parents worry two-week move to virtual learning will harm students’ mental health

On Monday, Montgomery County schools will temporarily move to virtual learning to limit COVID-19's spread. Parents worry how the move will affect students' mental health.

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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