Education

The sponsor is a retired teacher who was shocked that Ronnie Williams could remain on the Colonial school board after being charged with raping two boys.

The revised COVID-19 recommendations represent a turn away from the 6-foot standard that has forced some schools to remove desks and stagger scheduling.

The new funds will enable K-12 schools to ramp up screening testing, which can "identify asymptomatic disease and prevent clusters before they start."

In this edition of Schooled, we are telling the stories of three students who were killed in the past year during the nation’s other public health crisis: gun violence.

Mayfair Elementary will close Thursday until April 1 due to “multiple positive COVID-19 cases,” according to a letter sent by the school principal.

A year ago, Tiffani Szabara was managing a restaurant and living a stable life with her four kids in a middle-class suburb. Then COVID struck.

Children in pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade will come back for two days of in-person instruction a week, joining young children at 102 other schools.

The DA’s Office, County Council, and educators put together a Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools initiative to break the school-to-prison pipeline.

For the students who came on Thursday, all in kindergarten, it was their first day ever of in-person school, and the only normal they know.

Billions will flow into districts across Pennsylvania, and they’ll have to spend it quickly. That creates critical questions for school leaders.

The boards of governors and trustees approved a plan to stop any new fossil fuel investments and pull out of index funds and private investments tied to the industry.

Willingboro Public Schools Superintendent Neely Hackett was among the panelists who discussed the highs and lows of virtual learning and what’s next for the district.

“Although the pandemic is far from over, beginning to welcome our students back … is a little bit of a light at the end of the tunnel,” said Superintendent William Hite.

The School District of Philadelphia is reopening for about 2,600 pre-K through second graders — the first time students are back in classrooms since last March.

Harry C. Sharp Elementary, Cramer Elementary, and Ulysses Wiggins schools will be shuttered come fall. A fourth school, Yorkship Family, will be repaired.