Education

As public school educators in the region get ready for another school year, we talk about learning loss, funding disparities, keeping students safe, and hopes for this year.

HB315 will open up $2 million in grant funding to help staff low-income districts considered to have a “high need” for substitutes.

Local authors fear Central Bucks School District’s new book policies will censor LGBTQ content.

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.

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.

Foster Angels on Earth hopes to help alleviate some of the stress foster kids face ahead of the school year.

Requirements to test and mask and be vaccinated are becoming less common as colleges shift away from treating COVID-19 as an emergency.

Some historically Black colleges and universities have seen increases in application and enrollment numbers after years of decline.

The Central Bucks policy “effectively bans human development and sex education in the schools,” one expert said.

School District of Philadelphia officials said the district will take a “multi-layered” safety approach this school year.

The decision has been met with mixed reactions, but ultimately Temple University says they are following what the city is doing.

While Philadelphia schools are mostly staffed with teachers and counselors, they are working to fill hundreds of support roles.

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.”

“The framework has flipped.” This year, districts requiring masks are few and far between. Philadelphia and Newark are outliers, for now.

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.