Education
Delaware officials to testify under oath at state Senate hearing on lead pollution in schools
As Delaware conducts a second round of lead testing in K-12 schools, officials face questions over their botched handling of the first.
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Listen 1:45Lottery results for Philly’s special-admissions schools to come by month end
District officials are still working to review appeals from families concerning their children’s eligibility, which must be completed before the lottery can be held, according
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Pa. high schools could start offering students K-12 education training next school year
Tomás Hanna, of the state Department of Education, said the goal of the program is to expose young people, particularly people of color, to careers in education.
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Listen 1:26Moorestown Fire Department hopes to draw more recruit volunteers with RCBC tuition benefits
New volunteer firefighters could get nearly half of their tuition at Rowan College at Burlington County paid for under a new proposal.
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Listen 1:04The Central Bucks School District passed a contentious policy that bans teachers from “advocacy activities” — a move the community fears will marginalize LGBTQ students.
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Exclusive: New Biden student loan plan unveiled amid agency funding crisis
The Office of Federal Student Aid has a lot on its plate in 2023, including an ambitious new student loan repayment plan. Now it just needs money to pay for it.
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Shapiro taps Lower Merion superintendent to be education secretary
Khalid Mumin, who has been superintendent of the Lower Merion School district in suburban Philadelphia for a little over a year, will be nominated after Shapiro is inaugurated
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Pennridge students share insight on their experience with a policy up for vote in Central Bucks School District that may censor classroom decor and conversations.
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Listen 2:08New Jersey requires the Board of Education to create statewide information literacy standards, teaching students to assess a variety of sources.
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Starting with the class of 2023, Pa. students must graduate through one of five new “pathways,” two of which rely on scores from mandatory end-of-course Keystone exams.
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2 Philly elementary schools tagged with anti-mask graffiti as students return to school
The messages, one of which instructed children not to wear masks, were painted on the sidewalks outside Meredith and Nebinger Elementary Schools in South Philly.
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Still awaiting ruling, Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit stretches into 2023
The lawsuit, which the parties first filed in 2014, argues that the state’s funding of K-12 education is inadequate to the point that it violates the state’s constitution.
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Listen 1:17Philly, Camden schools to temporarily return to mandatory masking
The mask mandates follow rising COVID, flu, and RSV cases across the Delaware Valley.
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Pa. to invest in new equipment for career, tech centers in Philly suburbs
The state will distribute up to $50,000 each to 33 career and technical centers and two school districts that were selected through a competitive grant process.
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West Chester University band earns coveted spot in Rose Parade
Band selection is highly competitive with participants selected more than a year in advance. About 80 bands apply each year for 13 slots.
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