Public Education
Parents outraged after bus company email reveals students’ information
The district’s bus contractor emailed a 900-plus-page document listing every student’s name and bus stop location.
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago
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.
3 years ago
A day before Philly schools reopen, facilities woes take center stage
3 years ago
Masterman teachers and parents at odds with district over asbestos fears
Teachers and parents at the magnet school fear there is harmful asbestos in the school. District leaders say problems have been fixed and school is safe.
3 years ago
Pennsylvania schools making plans to spend pandemic windfall
Since March 2020, the federal government has provided $190 billion in pandemic aid to schools — including nearly $7 billion for Pennsylvania.
3 years ago
Pennridge schools pause diversity initiatives; NAACP calls it ‘slap in the face’
The board’s vice president, who does not believe in systemic racism, was tasked with reinventing the district’s diversity, equity, and inclusion program.
3 years ago
Over Pa. Education Department objections, Nafis Nichols, the City of Chester’s chief financial officer, was named interim receiver.
3 years ago
Philly schools to vote on vaccine mandate next week
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.
3 years ago
North Penn School Board mandates masks for all students, as parents remain divided
A week after a raucous work session featuring altercations among parents, the board in Montco’s largest district voted unanimously to require masking.
3 years ago
Philly gets ready for back-to-school, amid surge in gun violence, with familiar tactics
Grassroots groups that share the goal of keeping students from harm said the city is not tapping them for their input, despite the trust they’ve earned with young people.
3 years ago
Pennsylvania teachers union: Schools should require masks
The Pennsylvania State Education Association cited the threat of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, which is spiking infections and hospitalizations.
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