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Nicole Miller is a teacher at the William Penn school district in Delaware County, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Education

‘Difficult to split yourself’: Philly area educators on the pros and cons of hybrid learning

While the health implications of restarting classroom learning has been the subject of intense debate, the effectiveness of hybrid education has garnered less attention.

5 days ago

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Benjamin Franklin High School located on North Broad Street. The school was forced to close in 2019 due to exposed asbestos. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
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Pa. Dems push for school infrastructure to be priority in next federal stimulus

They say schools need an influx to remediate asbestos and lead, make electric and plumbing repairs and do other needed maintenance work.

1 week ago

An empty classroom in Philadelphia.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly schools delay reopening amid stalled dispute with teachers union

The decision comes amid a dispute with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, which opposes returning to buildings until all inoculated against COVID-19.

2 weeks ago

A COVID-19 vaccination site is set up at the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philadelphia partners with CHOP to vaccinate educators at pop-up clinics

The announcement comes as the Philadelphia teachers union has staged a citywide protest against the school district for its attempt to bring some teachers back into buildings.

3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf answers questions from the press. (Governor Wolf/flickr)
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Politics & Policy

Wolf budget gives huge boost to schools in Philly, Allentown, Reading and other cities

The biggest winners in terms of per-pupil funding would be York City, Allentown, Reading, Pottstown, Scranton, and Norristown.

4 weeks ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
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Politics & Policy

Wolf pitches massive attempt to fix Pa. school funding inequities with income tax hike

Wolf’s fiscal plan is winning him plaudits from education advocates but few friends in the GOP-controlled legislature, who see a tax increase as a “non-starter.”

4 weeks ago

School hallway
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Advocates highlight how Pa.’s outdated school funding policy causes deep inequities

As the student enrollment plummeted in some places and surged in others, ‘hold harmless’ has added to the wide inequities that exist in Pennsylvania’s public schools.

1 month ago

President Donald Trump leaves the podium after a briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos watch, (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Education

As the Trump era ends, the school choice movement reckons with its conservative ties

Pennsylvania’s school choice community has deep ties to conservative donors and politicians. Will that coalition hold together after the fractures of the Trump era?

1 month ago

Lisa Salley, Cecelia Thompson, and Reginald Streater.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Kenney taps parent advocate, lawyer, nuclear engineer to fill Philly school board

Each nominee is Black and has an intimate connection to Philadelphia’s school district. But their biographies are starkly different.

2 months ago

Fresh crayons and markers await preschool students.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa.’s free pre-K program provides a meaningful math and language boost, says new study

Those results were consistent across the state, in urban and rural areas alike. And they remained evident in the second half of kindergarten.

2 months ago

Classroom in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

The COVID vaccine is here — what does that mean for Pa. schools?

Here’s what we know and don’t know about vaccine distribution and Pennsylvania’s schools.

3 months ago

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Mastery Charter School (Courtesy of Jasmine Alston photography)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘The cutting edge of safety’: Philly area schools plan widespread coronavirus testing

The move comes as a surge of coronavirus cases have forced schools in the region to stay virtual or suspend in-person learning.

3 months ago

A student attends school virtually in North Philly
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Early data shows hopeful signs for pandemic learning in Philly, but huge questions remain

There are a lot of caveats, though. And it’s possible signs of regression will begin to show up later this year.

3 months ago

(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, file)
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Education

New Pa. data shows how the pandemic gave a big boost to cyber charter schools

As expected, cyber charter schools saw a massive enrollment spike. But that wasn’t the only finding embedded in the new data.

3 months ago

The exterior of Quakertown Community High School on Nov. 25, 2020, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
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Education

Philly-area school district’s commitment to in-person classes put to the test by COVID surge

Elsewhere in the region, with case counts surging, schools are going (or staying) all virtual. Quakertown is doing the opposite.

3 months ago

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