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A classrooms inside the new Camden High School
K-12
Law
New Jersey
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.

4 years 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.

4 years 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.

4 years 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.

4 years 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.

4 years ago

Pennridge School District (6abc)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
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.

4 years 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.

4 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
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.

4 years ago

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The exterior of Wister Elementary School
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

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.

4 years ago

Radnor Elementary School (6abc)
Keystone Crossroads
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.

4 years 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.

4 years ago

The Douglass Student Center on the Cook-Douglass Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. (Wikimedia commons)
Higher Education
Income Inequality
New Jersey

Rutgers-New Brunswick to offer free or reduced tuition

Under the Scarlet Guarantee, tuition is free for undergraduate students making less than $65,000 a year.

4 years ago

An Upper Darby School District bus. (6abc)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Upper Darby School District changes mask policy: Masks recommended but not required

Dr. Daniel McGarry, the superintendent of Pennsylvania’s ninth-largest school district, sent out a message to the school district regarding the change on Sunday.

4 years ago

Close up of the sculpture; the face of Octavius Catto seen from the side, looking left
Higher Education
History
Race & Ethnicity

First-time Philly college students honor the legacy of Octavius Catto

First-time students at Community College of Philadelphia honor civil rights activist Octavius Catto using a scholarship in his name to get an education.

4 years ago

An illustration of hands holding up a diploma and money, with a phone cord wrapped around their arms
NPR
Higher Education
National

Student loan scams are on the rise as the pause on payments is due to expire

With the pause on student loan payments now set to expire at the beginning of May, people are anxious and scammers are swooping in.

4 years ago

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