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In two weeks, Philadelphia has seen four of its schools shut down due to COVID outbreak. (Di’Amond Moore/Detroit Free Press via Chalkbeat Philadelphia)
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Philadelphia
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Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Another Philadelphia school temporarily shut due to COVID cases

In the two weeks since schools opened, Richmond Elementary School is the second district school and the fourth school in the city to shut down over an outbreak.

4 years ago

School buses
Keystone Crossroads
Employment
K-12

Philly schools consider bringing in National Guard to help with bus driver shortage

Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. says he’s reached out to Gov. Tom Wolf to ask for assistance with the district’s transportation crisis.

4 years ago

E.W. Rhodes 6th grade students London Wesley (left) and Saminh Wheeler (right) are new friends who bonded over their love of cats. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

New friends, missing students, and lingering tests: Inside a reopened North Philly school

A North Philadelphia school tries to welcome students back, sort through confusion, and steady itself for an unprecedented year.

4 years ago

Listen 4:43
The new hub will be inside the university's Science Center. (Cheyney)
Higher Education
Innovation
The Philadelphia Tribune

Cheyney University launches life sciences and technology hub

The news comes as the enrollment for students majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has been growing at the nation’s first HBCU.

4 years ago

K-12
New Jersey
Public Health

Returning to school amid a delta surge: Willingboro teens speak out

WHYY and BoroTV present The Delta Variant and Back to School, a short docu-film featuring Willingboro teenagers and their thoughts on vaccines, masks, and virtual learning.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia School District students at Samuel Powel Elementary School and Science Leadership Academy Middle School returned to in-person learning on August 31, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Employment
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly schools outline vaccine mandate for staff

The district laid out consequences for staff who don’t get vaccinated by the end of the month, taking away a special time-off program for COVID quaratines.

4 years ago

Lewis Elkin Elementary School with piles of garbage in its parking lot on Monday morning. (Emily Rizzo / WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Environment
K-12
Public Spaces

Philly schools’ trash problems linger as vendor blames staff shortage

The district has yet to respond to a request for how or if it would penalize its vendor for underperformance on a $4 million annual contract.

4 years ago

Students protest at school
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Protests
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

PA students protest school board’s ban on anti-racist teaching materials

The list of books, articles and movies was conceived to create awareness about racism and Black history

4 years ago

NPR
History
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

Listen 1:13
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

Listen 1:26
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

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