Education

The School District of Philadelphia school board will hold a vote on whether or not to mandate all staff members be vaccinated against COVID-19.

A week after a raucous work session featuring altercations among parents, the board in Montco’s largest district voted unanimously to require masking.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced that over 323,000 borrowers who have significant and permanent disabilities will qualify for the relief from student loan debt.

The Pennsylvania State Education Association cited the threat of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, which is spiking infections and hospitalizations.

A group of school nurses urges parents to model good mask-wearing behavior, as required for Delaware students, teachers, and staff this fall.

Despite Gov. Phil Murphy’s ‘unequivocal’ decision that school be in-person with no virtual option, a group of N.J. parents are asking him to change his mind.

Parents have criticized the district’s “lack of transparency,” and many have filed Right-to-Know requests to obtain information on building hazards.

School districts will have to opt in, and parents must give consent to the weekly classroom testing.

With school scheduled to open in two weeks, the local teachers union’s president Jerry Jordan called the delay “simply absurd.”

Emails from Bucks County’s health commissioner have been shared widely on social media over the last week, fueling an already heated debate over COVID safety plans in schools.

Canceling student debt, many advocates argue, is one of the fastest ways to close the Black-white wealth gap.

Philadelphia announced Friday that students and staff of city colleges will need to be vaccinated by October 15.

A fast-growing school district in Middletown, Delaware reflects the nationwide lack of school bus drivers.

With 87% of students learning remotely or in a hybrid mix of online and in-person, it’s difficult to compare newly released test scores with prior years.

New funding requirements will help Delaware students younger than third grade get the extra help they need to start their school careers.