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File - Water fountains at a Philadelphia charter school are turned off because of lead in the plumbing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Government
K-12
Public Health

New bill sets 2025 deadline to give Philly public school students more access to filtered drinking water

The legislation, if passed, aims to speed up the process of installing filtering hydration stations, but doesn’t earmark funds to help pay for them.

2 months ago

In 2005, Philadelphia became the first major city in the United States to require an African American history course as a graduation requirement. (Alexandre da Veiga for Chalkbeat)
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Education
Race & Ethnicity
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia is updating its mandated African American history course

As controversy swirls in the U.S. over how schools teach about race, the district is refocusing the class on "intellectual genealogy."

3 months ago

Jefferson coach Herb Magee speaks with his team during an NCAA college basketball game against USciences, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson University coach Herb Magee has retired after a Hall of Fame career. Magee went 1,144-450 in 54 seasons at Thomas Jefferson University.
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Sports

Shot Doc is out: Magee retires after 1,144 wins in Philly

Thomas Jefferson University coach Herb Magee has retired after a Hall of Fame career. He went 1,144-450 in 54 seasons at the Philadelphia school.

3 months ago

Students wear face masks outside of their school in Philly
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly schools will drop mask mandate on Wednesday

Masks will now be optional for students and staff, except those in pre-K Head Start programs.

3 months ago

A classrooms inside the new Camden High School
K-12
Law
New Jersey
Public Education
Race & Ethnicity

No decision in N.J. school desegregation case

It’s likely that presiding Judge Robert Lougy may provide a written opinion at a later date, given the magnitude of the case.

3 months ago

Cheyney University established itself early on as a training ground for Black teachers who would later teach in Philadelphia
Higher Education
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

America’s oldest HBCU aims to be driving force again in producing teachers

Once heralded as a training ground for educators, Cheyney University is taking steps to increase racial diversity in the teacher workforce.

3 months ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly schools to drop testing requirement for vaccinated staff, keep mask mandate for now

Starting March 14, the district will no longer require vaccinated staff members to get tested. Testing for unvaccinated staff will drop from twice a week to once a week.

3 months ago

A scene from Abbott Elementary's 'Gifted Program' episode
Income Inequality
K-12
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Most Philly public schools don’t have a working library, so educators are asking hit comedy ‘Abbott Elementary’ for help

There are reportedly fewer than 10 librarians across the entire district.

3 months ago

Students sit at their desks while wearing face masks
Delaware
K-12

Masks no longer required in Delaware schools starting Wednesday

Carney originally planned to lift the mandate April 1, but a significant drop in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations changed his mind.

3 months ago

Pennridge School District (6abc)
K-12
Public Education
Religion

‘I don’t trust them’: Free church-based tutoring service recommended on Pennridge school website raises concern

A free tutoring service in Pennridge raises parental concerns because of its use of a 'biblical worldview' approach to teaching biology.

3 months ago

An illustration of a person cutting into a history textbook
NPR
History
K-12
Race & Ethnicity

Lawmakers want to ban discomfort in school. But Black history isn’t always comfortable

Scores of state bills aim to limit what schools can teach about race and American history. For some educators, that's made teaching Black History Month especially fraught.

3 months ago

K-12
Kids
Pennsylvania

Bucks school lunch debt relief set to expire; groups work to keep it going

School lunch debt relief programs that began during the pandemic are set to expire. Many organizations try to keep them going.

3 months ago

Listen 1:35
The exterior of Wister Elementary School
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Education

With teacher departures surging, Philly schools unveil plan to stem tide

So far this school year the School District of Philadelphia has seen an unusual uptick in teachers leaving. And vacancies are going unfilled.

3 months ago

Radnor Elementary School (6abc)
K-12
Public Health

Radnor Township School District votes to make masks optional, other districts switching plans too

"It's time we stop the madness," one Radnor parent said.

3 months ago

Philadelphia Deputy Chief Operating Officer Oz Hill takes questions from parents of Paul Robeson High School students.
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Parents, students, teachers at Philly’s Paul Robeson High protest building conditions

“When do the risks become too great for our children?” asked parent Sherice Workman.

3 months ago

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