
Education
Delaware battling teacher shortages as students prepare to return to classroom this fall
HB315 will open up $2 million in grant funding to help staff low-income districts considered to have a “high need” for substitutes.
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Local authors fear Central Bucks School District’s new book policies will censor LGBTQ content.
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Listen 6:03New Jersey schools must develop threat assessment teams by next summer
While many school districts already have “zero tolerance” policies in place, the new law is designed to provide mental health resources to help resolve students' issues.
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Students will no longer be required to complete a writing assessment and the district will resume using PSSA results for its criteria-based middle and high schools.
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A Philly area nonprofit is filling free backpacks with school supplies for students in need
Foster Angels on Earth hopes to help alleviate some of the stress foster kids face ahead of the school year.
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The Central Bucks policy “effectively bans human development and sex education in the schools,” one expert said.
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Philly schools could go mask-optional after the first 10 days of class
School District of Philadelphia officials said the district will take a “multi-layered” safety approach this school year.
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Temple makes masks optional for fall semester, but not everyone is happy about it
The decision has been met with mixed reactions, but ultimately Temple University says they are following what the city is doing.
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Philly public schools push to hire more support staff before first day of school
While Philadelphia schools are mostly staffed with teachers and counselors, they are working to fill hundreds of support roles.
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‘Tough couple of years’: Delaware students’ academic proficiency far below pre-pandemic levels
For public school students in grades 3 through 8, 42% are proficient in English and 30% in math. One education advocate says the scores reflect a system “in crisis.”
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New school year, no mask rules for most of U.S.
“The framework has flipped.” This year, districts requiring masks are few and far between. Philadelphia and Newark are outliers, for now.
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Camden schools kick off enrollment fairs ahead of academic year
Families are invited to enroll and re-register pre-K through 12th-grade students at a series of free events ahead of the 2022-2023 academic year.
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The Pennridge school board is considering a policy that would limit the “nonschool materials” students can share in school and online.
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The policy aims to keep books that a yet-to-be-determined group might deem “inappropriate” for unspecified “sexualized content” out of school libraries.
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What kind of education does Pa. owe its public school students? A judge will now decide
For eight years, parents, school districts, and advocates have been trying to prove Pa. funds its schools unfairly. Now it’s up to a Commonwealth Court judge to decide.
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