Education
Trepidation, excitement, and masks for everyone as Delaware schools reopen for in-person learning
After 18 months of shutdowns and mostly virtual or hybrid learning, students will be piling into schools across the state this week.
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Listen 1:38N.J. coronavirus update: Mask mandates ‘not a polite suggestion,’ Murphy tells schools
New Jersey officials are trying to give any skeptical school administrators few excuses for avoiding the state’s mask and vaccine mandates.
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Cherry Hill P.D. sends officer to ’20th grade’ in Facebook post about online safety
It’s a visual aid on how to protect the identity of children while sharing those pictures of the first day of school.
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Some Philadelphia teachers stand firm on teaching about race
About 100 expected to participate in rally against anti-critical race theory legislation near President’s House in Center City Friday
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Masterman teachers and parents at odds with district over asbestos fears
Teachers and parents at the magnet school fear there is harmful asbestos in the school. District leaders say problems have been fixed and school is safe.
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Pennsylvania schools making plans to spend pandemic windfall
Since March 2020, the federal government has provided $190 billion in pandemic aid to schools — including nearly $7 billion for Pennsylvania.
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Pennridge schools pause diversity initiatives; NAACP calls it ‘slap in the face’
The board’s vice president, who does not believe in systemic racism, was tasked with reinventing the district’s diversity, equity, and inclusion program.
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Philly school board mandates COVID vaccine for all staff by unanimous vote
The board of education passed the resolution unanimously. Leaders have yet to set a date for when staff will have to submit proof of vaccination.
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Camden schools to host free COVID-19 vaccine clinics for students, families, and residents
Hosted by the Camden City School District, the clinics are open to all district students and their families, plus city residents and workers.
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U.S. outbreaks force early reversals on in-person learning
More than 80 school districts or charter networks have closed or delayed in-person classes for at least one entire school in more than a dozen states.
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They saw ESL classes as a key to the American dream. Here’s how they adapted through COVID
Adults learning English as a second language take classes in libraries, schools, and churches, but when the pandemic hit, all those places closed.
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Most City Council members back Philly teachers union’s call for wider student COVID testing
Nine members of the City Council have joined the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers in calling for the school district to continue testing for asymptomatic students.
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All New Jersey school and state employees must be fully vaccinated by October
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has announced a vaccine mandate that not only covers all pre-K-12 school employees, but state workers as well.
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Breakthrough COVID infections add even more chaos to school’s start in 2021
Some kids are getting sick, or passing the coronavirus to vaccinated family and friends. It's all unnerving to many parents. "It felt like a terrible head cold," one dad says.
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Algunos estudiantes del condado de Sussex han trabajado durante el verano para ponerse al día con el tiempo perdido debido a la pandemia.
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