Education
As school starts, teachers add a mental-health check-in to their lesson plans
After the disruption and trauma of the pandemic, teachers are expecting kids to still need added support. They're adapting their lesson plans to start with a mental check-in.
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Philadelphia’s Board of Education voted in April not to renew Daroff and its neighboring sister school Bluford’s charter agreements.
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Delaware district uses locked bags to implement new middle school cell phone policy
Middle school students in the Colonial district can now use a locked YONDR bag to help them keep their phones out of sight during the day.
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Full-time tutors are coming to Philly schools to make reading more fun — and less like a chore
By the time kids reach the fourth grade, the function of reading shifts, and young students in Philadelphia are behind. A new nonprofit aims to bridge the gap.
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Listen 2:05West Philadelphia parents facing eviction worry about children changing schools
Families who are set to be forced out of a West Philadelphia affordable housing complex are worried about how their children will get to their schools, or find new ones.
2 years ago
Upcoming dates and info you need to know for student loan forgiveness
Can you get a refund on payments you made during the pandemic? How do you know if you made too much money to qualify? Answers to these questions and more.
2 years ago
After school programs seek to improve academic outcomes for kids in Philadelphia
The city is partnering with the School District of Philadelphia and public safety partners to enhance after school programs.
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A Bucks County school district just canceled over $20,000 of student lunch debt
Bristol Borough School District canceled student lunch debt after a local group brought the issue to its attention in February.
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118 Philly schools will close early Tuesday and Wednesday due to high heat
The district’s extreme heat protocol calls on leaders to consider closures when they expect temperatures inside school buildings to reach 90 degrees or higher.
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Philadelphia public schools roll out the ‘red carpet’ for first day of school
Officials rang in the school year with bells, and students, clutching new backpacks and lunchboxes, entered buildings after walking the “red carpet.”
2 years ago
New Jersey school staff shortage is making teacher vacancies worse
A shortage of support staff is exacerbating a continual teacher shortage in the Garden State.
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Days before school starts, Philly district reaches deal to avert possible strike
The union representing bus drivers and building cleaners was poised to strike, but instead secured “historic” pay increases.
2 years ago
West Philly charter school to close immediately: ‘A failure of children by adults’
Daroff Charter School, a K-8 school, will close immediately, as part of an agreement signed with Philadelphia’s school board Friday morning.
2 years ago
Delaware school districts work to address bus driver shortage
School districts in Delaware appear to be better managing the nationwide school bus driver shortage that plagued lots of schools last year.
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2 Philly charter schools delay start of classes, 1 could close before then
The schools did not give parents a reason for the delay, but School District of Philadelphia administrators have expressed concerns about facility conditions and staffing leve
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