Public Education

The Philadelphia Board of Education approved funding for contract nurses and transportation vendors to help solve some of the district’s challenges.

Philadelphia health officials have lowered the thresholds for when school buildings close because of positive COVID-19 cases. Here’s what you need to know.

A vaccine for children ages 5-11 could be ready next month. Experts say it will be important to roll it out quickly — especially in the Philly region.

The awards honor schools that have achieved academic excellence or made substantial strides in closing the achievement gap.

The rest of the day would be dedicated to teacher professional development. Some parents worry they’ll be left scrambling to find aftercare.

The hearings will focus on a remediation and modernization plan to address troubling facilities issues at hundreds of Philadelphia public schools.

Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. says he’s reached out to Gov. Tom Wolf to ask for assistance with the district’s transportation crisis.

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

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

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.

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.