Education

The listening session at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church was the final opportunity for the public to weigh in on Superintendent William Hite’s replacement.

Superintendent William Hite said schools should remain open to provide students with a “sense of community and support services that they need.”

The report includes a series of recommendations to improve the gap among all sports tournaments, going beyond the first set of recommendations.

Those include families without transportation, people with limited income or other financial hardship, people who don’t speak English, and children with special needs.

Delaware State is the first HBCU to join the U.S. Agency for International Development’s effort to fight food insecurity in Africa and elsewhere.

It happened at the Philadelphia Learning Academy - South in the 4300 block of Westminster Avenue.

The state’s three publicly supported schools will issue waivers for all costs not covered by scholarships or financial aid so former foster kids can attend for free.

The state is at its lowest number of bus drivers in five years — with about 42,000.

Some buildings place them in the nurse’s office, or down a locked hallway.

Gov. Phil Murphy remains committed to schools being open for in-person instruction only. New York City has taken the same approach. Philadelphia hasn’t.

Educators, politicians, racial justice organizers, and clergy gathered Wednesday evening to call for a coordinated, citywide strategy to stop the violence.

Hispanic and AAPI enrollment is up.

A bill that would require schools to put curriculum online is moving in the Pa. legislature. Democrats fear it will lead to censorship of how race is taught.

Class is in session at Odessa High in Delaware, where schools are fully open after the previous two years were disrupted by the pandemic.