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Simon Gratz High School Mastery Charter principal Le'Yondo Dunn spoke along with other Philadelphia principals about the impact of gun violence on students in the district at a press conference demanding more support from the city to combat gun violence around district schools on Oct. 20, 2021, a few days after a student was seriously wounded at Lincoln High School
Keystone Crossroads
Gun Violence
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly principals demand more robust response to gun violence near schools

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

4 years ago

Charles Library on Temple University's main campus in North Philadelphia. (Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Temple University student diversity is increasing, but the proportion of Black undergraduates is down 40% since 2002

Hispanic and AAPI enrollment is up.

4 years ago

A student raises his hand at Isaac Sheppard School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Politics

GOP sees ‘curriculum transparency’; Dems see censorship of how race is taught

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.

4 years ago

Students, wearing masks, walk into school
Delaware
K-12
Public Health

More than a month in, Delaware students say mandated masks are worth the inconvenience

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

4 years ago

Listen 5:19
Dr. Moskowitz was featured on the cover of an education magazine. (Courtesy of Mindy Zacharasz)
Higher Education
History
Billy Penn

Remembering Temple education prof Trudy Moskowitz, who pioneered interactive learning

Over her 35-year career, the teacher of teachers helped shape education in Philadelphia and beyond.

4 years ago

Philadelphia school board member Lisa Salley, right, works with district volunteers in front of Overbrook Elementary School on Thursday to get input from parents in the search for a new superintendent. Standing from left, Kristyn Aldrich, Walter Dixon, Marcia Hall and Deanna Scott. (Johann Calhoun / Chalkbeat)
K-12
Philadelphia
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

What’s next in search to find Philly’s new schools superintendent

The search to replace Hite started this week with 17 in-person and virtual listening sessions planned, along with a survey, to seek the public’s input.

4 years ago

Maria Mirkovic works with some of her third graders in her classroom
K-12
New Jersey
Public Safety

Some N.J. school districts granted ‘limited’ flexibility on COVID test requirements due to vendor issue

Citing an issue with the vendor, N.J. officials have granted "limited and targeted flexibility" for COVID testing requirements for school district employees.

4 years ago

Tamanend Middle School in Warrington, Pa., Bucks County (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Government
K-12
Pennsylvania

Pa. school boards leave national group after it asks Biden for help with violence threats

The decision comes after the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden asking for federal assistance responding to threats against school officials.

4 years ago

Brandywine School District special education teacher Jahsha Tabron was named Delaware's teacher of year during a ceremony in Dover Monday night
Delaware
K-12
Kids

‘Love and learning have no limits.’ Special education teacher honored as Delaware’s top of the class

Brandywine School District special education teacher Jahsha Tabron credits her success to collaboration and willingness to change.

4 years ago

A student walks on the Lock Haven University campus in Lock Haven, Pa, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania state-owned university enrollment drops

New data shows the total enrollment at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities has declined to the lowest level in decades.

4 years ago

Danielle Carter and her son Vance Carter outside their Camden home
Changing Communities
K-12
New Jersey

A rocky transition for students, staff at the new Camden High

One month into the first school year at the new multi-million dollar Camden High “campus,” crowding, safety issues mix with nostalgia and enthusiasm for new opportunities.

4 years ago

The exterior of Benjamin Franklin High School
Keystone Crossroads
Infrastructure
K-12
Philadelphia

Amid debate over Biden’s spending plan, leaders highlight potential boon for Philly schools

Rep. Dwight Evans (PA-03) has a plan that would allow districts to qualify for tax credits when revamping buildings over 50 years old, with half of Philly schools eligible.

4 years ago

Photo of the entrance to the School District of Philadelphia headquarters.
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia

Philly to hold public hearings on search for district’s next school superintendent

City Council will hold hearings on the search and hiring process for the School District of Philadelphia’s next superintendent.

4 years ago

School nurse Denise Corrigan, left, tests a student for COVID-19 at the E.N. White School in Holyoke, Mass., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Health Care
K-12
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

School nurses: We’re now the ‘de facto health department’

‘We’re on our knees begging,’ says one school nurse

4 years ago

Physically distanced, and with protective partitions, students work on an art project during class
NPR
K-12
Public Health

Kids are losing school days to quarantines. Here’s a way to keep them in classrooms

Test-to-stay policies could help keep students in in-person school. But amid a national shortage, rapid tests can be hard to come by, and the practice isn't common.

4 years ago

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