Public 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.
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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.
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Philly teachers protest return to classroom plan as officials wait for mediator decision
District officials had been demanding some teachers return to school buildings Monday, ahead of a planned return of up to 9,000 young children on Feb. 22.
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Philly teachers defy demands to return to buildings, plan Monday protests
The city’s teachers union has told teachers not to return to classrooms on Monday. The district says teachers could face discipline.
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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.
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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.”
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Advocates highlight how Pa.’s outdated school funding policy causes deep inequities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.
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Philly plans to offer in-person K-2 classes in February — making third attempt at reopening
The new plan calls for pre-K through grade 2 students to return on Feb. 22. But there are signs that the city’s teachers union will oppose.
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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?
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Want kids back in school? There’s a PAC for that
A group of suburban Philadelphia parents has started a political action committee aimed at getting students back into school buildings.
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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.
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Long ignored, private online schools see golden opportunity in pandemic
Cyber charters get the most attention, but there’s a niche world of private online academies. Could they be having a moment?
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Listen 5:03Pa.’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.
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As the gap between students and teachers of color widens in Pa., Black families demand change
More than a fifth of Pa.’s 500 school districts haven’t had a single teacher of color in at least seven years. Pa.'s student/teacher disparity is among the widest in the U.S.
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Listen 4:49Hite added that a return to in-person learning is not contingent on teachers getting vaccinated.
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