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K-12

How to talk about 9/11 with a new generation of kids

With the 20th anniversary of the attacks this weekend, time has brought a new challenge: Students today have no memories of that day.

4 years ago

Students wear face masks outside of their school in Philly
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Loophole allows some Pennsylvania students to avoid masking

The order requiring masks to be worn inside K-12 school and child care facilities includes an exemption for students who claim it would cause or worsen a medical condition.

4 years ago

Carnell students and parents entering the schoolyard on Thursday.
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

‘They don’t care enough about my kid’: Philly parents disgusted by rampant schoolyard trash

The School District of Philadelphia welcomed children back to in-person school last week, in some cases, to heaps of overflowing schoolyard garbage.

4 years ago

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Tony Allen stands behind a chair in his office
Delaware
Higher Education
National
Race & Ethnicity

Biden taps Delaware State’s Tony Allen to run HBCU Initiative

Allen, who is president of Delaware State University, will lead Biden’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaking about the importance of mask mandates in schools, in Norristown, Pa. on September 8, 2021. (Office of Gov. Wolf)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Public Health

Wolf stumps for school mask mandate in Norristown visit, downplays critics

Wolf says he’s seen mostly compliance with the mask mandate from districts and parents across the state. Some GOP lawmakers are suing.

4 years ago

A young student attends virtual school from his home
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Delta pushed most Philly-area school districts to keep virtual option; a few fear slippery slope

New Jersey forbade districts from offering virtual learning. But in Pennsylvania, it’s allowed — and many districts are taking advantage.

4 years ago

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A closeup of of a school bus
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania

Parents outraged after bus company email reveals students’ information

The district’s bus contractor emailed a 900-plus-page document listing every student’s name and bus stop location.

4 years ago

In this June 11, 2021, file photo, a healthcare worker administrates a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a student during a vaccination clinic
Delaware
K-12
Public Health

COVID-19 vaccine not required in Delaware schools, but many holding voluntary clinics

The in-school efforts come as the 12-17 age group has the lowest rate of fully inoculated people in the state.

4 years ago

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

Back to school and the Pa. mask mandate

With students back in classrooms, we look at how to keep kids safe from COVID and discuss Pennsylvania Governor Wolf's new mask mandate for schools.

Air Date: September 2, 2021 10:00 am

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Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf in Wilkes-Barre on May 19, 2021. (Gov. Tom Wolf/Flickr)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Public Health

Wolf’s mask mandate supported, criticized as COVID continues to divide school communities

As cases of COVID-19 have risen through the summer, parents and school boards have remained divided over mitigation strategies, culminating in heated meetings and threats.

4 years ago

Jerry Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, spoke of education woes like toxic school buildings and overcrowding at a vigil for George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his death outside Philadelphia’s City Hall on May 25, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly teachers poised to ink new ‘on time’ deal with 3% raises

Union leaders say a voice vote Wednesday indicated that members will ratify a new contract, which was negotiated just ahead of the old deal expiring.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan. (Greg Windle)
K-12
Philadelphia
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia district, teachers union reach tentative agreement

That agreement included a safety plan to regulate conditions for a return to in-person learning, which district leaders at the time forecast would begin on Nov. 30.

4 years ago

State School District Superintendent Katrina McCombs and Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen hold the scissors to cut the ribbon on the new Camden High School. Both McCombs and Carstarphen are alumni of the school. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Infrastructure
K-12
New Jersey

Camden officials cut the ribbon on ‘The New High’

The ceremony was part all-class reunion, part celebration of the new $133 million campus, which will house four separate high schools.

4 years ago

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

Philly schools are back, but strife looms over COVID, labor, and building problems

Nervous excitement greeted the opening of schools Tuesday morning. But labor contract troubles and concerns about COVID linger.

4 years ago

Kindergarten students at Powel Elementary school line up to enter their schoo
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Kids
Public Health

Reversing course, Wolf imposes mask mandate for Pa. schools, childcare facilities

Students and staff will be required to wear masks regardless of vaccination starting on September 7. The order applies to public and private schools.

4 years ago

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