Education

The Independent Fiscal Office’s finding that “there is little or no correlation” between spending on public schools and test scores raised eyebrows among Pa. legislators.

Fueled by the national reckoning with racial injustice, opponents say they are gaining momentum in the battle over the contentious policy of legacy preferences.

Masks will be optional for students and staff at Catholic schools in Bucks, Chesco, Delco, and Montco. Philly schools will still follow city guidance.

The Democratic governor’s proposed final budget includes a historic increase in education spending.

The Camden City School District says students, staff, and visitors will still be required to wear masks after the statewide order lifts. Other districts are still deciding.

Some parents cautiously welcomed the news, while others were concerned that kids will be put at risk. Another group will press on in a legal fight.

Witnesses include a Christian private school leader and the executive director of the House Appropriations Committee.

The district says cloth masks are no longer considered effective, and will be distributing KN95s to school staff.

Twenty one percent of qualified candidates have leadership experience in the School District of Philadelphia.

Hite will continue to lead the School District of Philadelphia through the end of the academic year.

The district will enter into a memorandum of agreement with Penn, which will direct about $800,000 per year to the K-8 school in West Philadelphia.

A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman.

One lawsuit out of Montgomery County says axing mask policies forces parents of medically fragile school children to pull their children out of in-person learning.

Out of 500 Pennsylvania districts, Philadelphia ranks near the bottom — 473rd — in the amount of money it spends per “weighted” student, Monson said.

The local Afghan community, centered in Northeast Philadelphia, has nearly doubled with the influx of evacuees, who worry for family and friends left behind.