Education news: Philly schools, colleges & policies

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

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In this June 11, 2021, file photo, a healthcare worker administrates a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a student during a vaccination clinic

Delaware

K-12

Public Health

COVID-19 vaccine not required in Delaware schools, but many holding voluntary clinics

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

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Students wear face masks outside of their school in Philly

Radio Times

K-12

Public Health

Back to school and the Pa. mask mandate

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.

Air Date: September 2, 2021 10:00 am

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Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf in Wilkes-Barre on May 19, 2021. (Gov. Tom Wolf/Flickr)

Keystone Crossroads

K-12

Public Health

Wolf’s mask mandate supported, criticized as COVID continues to divide school communities

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.

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Jerry Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, spoke of education woes like toxic school buildings and overcrowding at a vigil for George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his death outside Philadelphia’s City Hall on May 25, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Keystone Crossroads

K-12

Philadelphia

Philly teachers poised to ink new ‘on time’ deal with 3% raises

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.

5 years ago

K-12

Philadelphia

Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia district, teachers union reach tentative agreement

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.

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State School District Superintendent Katrina McCombs and Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen hold the scissors to cut the ribbon on the new Camden High School. Both McCombs and Carstarphen are alumni of the school. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)

Infrastructure

K-12

New Jersey

Camden officials cut the ribbon on ‘The New High’

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

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Philly schools are back, but strife looms over COVID, labor, and building problems

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

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Kindergarten students at Powel Elementary school line up to enter their schoo

Reversing course, Wolf imposes mask mandate for Pa. schools, childcare facilities

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

5 years ago

K-12

Philadelphia

Public Health

Billy Penn

North Philly high school mandates COVID vaccine for all students

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

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Pediatric infectious disease physician Anusha Visnawathan calls upon the Central Bucks school board to require protective masks when schools open this fall to protect against the spread of COVID-19. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Central Bucks at center of school mask debate, amid lawsuit and another board vote Tuesday

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.

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