Education

The school is also urging students and employees to get vaccinated. Anyone not fully vaccinated by Aug. 9 will be required to undergo virus testing during the fall semester.

A summer literacy program has been expanded to rec centers to help kids learn in person, in their neighborhoods, after a year of virtual school.

A Philadelphia-based group surprised 20 students at home and work with a scholarship and some hope for a better future.

The Delco HBCU said that in light of the hardships students and their families have experienced, it will forgive some unpaid student balances.

Newark Free Library offers its “Library of Things” collection, so residents can borrow things like ukuleles, record players, and even a cornhole set.

Schools in southern Delaware turned to bilingual text messaging apps to keep in contact with Spanish- and Creole-speaking parents.

District leaders urged communities to be vaccinated before the school year starts as evidence emerges about the delta variant’s greater transmissibility.

The district joins others in the region in getting vaccine doses to eligible students ahead of schools reopening for in-person learning.

Survey reveals Black male students have experienced the most challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets of Philly to hear how residents are reacting to the school district’s proposed new bell time.

Central Bucks parents and pediatricians clashed Tuesday night over the school district’s plan not to require students, teachers, and staff to wear masks this fall.

Angela McIver was one of Mayor Jim Kenney’s picks to sit on Philadelphia’s Board of Education after the state-run School Reform Commission dissolved four years ago.

A coalition of Philadelphia educators and politicians are worried that a conservative governor, if elected, could pass anti-critical race theory legislation in Pennsylvania.

Schools that opt into the $15 million initiative won’t have to burden their nursing staff with testing or hire their own outside contractor.

Donna Frisby-Greenwood, who is in her sixth year with The Fund, cited significant growth from when she first re-ignited the organization in 2015 until now.