Education

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

“It’s like any other vaccine that kids have to get to go to school,” said one relieved parent.

A board vote Tuesday comes amid a lawsuit filed by a group of parents upset with the district’s intent to start the school year without mandatory masking.