Education

The board’s vice president, who does not believe in systemic racism, was tasked with reinventing the district’s diversity, equity, and inclusion program.

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.

Hosted by the Camden City School District, the clinics are open to all district students and their families, plus city residents and workers.

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.

Adults learning English as a second language take classes in libraries, schools, and churches, but when the pandemic hit, all those places closed.

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.

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.

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.

Algunos estudiantes del condado de Sussex han trabajado durante el verano para ponerse al día con el tiempo perdido debido a la pandemia.

Some students in Sussex County have worked through the summer to catch up on time lost due to the pandemic.

Over Pa. Education Department objections, Nafis Nichols, the City of Chester’s chief financial officer, was named interim receiver.

The School District of Philadelphia school board will hold a vote on whether or not to mandate all staff members be vaccinated against COVID-19.

A week after a raucous work session featuring altercations among parents, the board in Montco’s largest district voted unanimously to require masking.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced that over 323,000 borrowers who have significant and permanent disabilities will qualify for the relief from student loan debt.

The Pennsylvania State Education Association cited the threat of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, which is spiking infections and hospitalizations.