Education

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

With the 20th anniversary of the attacks this weekend, time has brought a new challenge: Students today have no memories of that day.

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.

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.