Shapiro taps Lower Merion superintendent to be education secretary
Khalid Mumin, who has been superintendent of the Lower Merion School district in suburban Philadelphia for a little over a year, will be nominated after Shapiro is inaugurated
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Pennridge students share insight on their experience with a policy up for vote in Central Bucks School District that may censor classroom decor and conversations.
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Listen 2:08Starting with the class of 2023, Pa. students must graduate through one of five new “pathways,” two of which rely on scores from mandatory end-of-course Keystone exams.
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2 Philly elementary schools tagged with anti-mask graffiti as students return to school
The messages, one of which instructed children not to wear masks, were painted on the sidewalks outside Meredith and Nebinger Elementary Schools in South Philly.
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Still awaiting ruling, Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit stretches into 2023
The lawsuit, which the parties first filed in 2014, argues that the state’s funding of K-12 education is inadequate to the point that it violates the state’s constitution.
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Listen 1:17Philly, Camden schools to temporarily return to mandatory masking
The mask mandates follow rising COVID, flu, and RSV cases across the Delaware Valley.
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Pa. to invest in new equipment for career, tech centers in Philly suburbs
The state will distribute up to $50,000 each to 33 career and technical centers and two school districts that were selected through a competitive grant process.
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Philly students will learn online only Friday due to predicted bad weather
Philly public schools won’t open Friday due to predicted bad weather and learning will happen online only, district officials said.
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Philly superintendent restructures district leadership in pursuit of academic gains
Superintendent Tony Watlington announced six new sub-offices in the district’s central office and several new hires, including a new chief financial officer.
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Philly school board elects ‘new generation of leaders’
Philadelphia school board members Reginald Streater and Mallory Fix-Lopez were elected Thursday night to serve one-year terms as president and vice president of the board.
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New initiative challenges Philly third graders to read 20 books in 20 weeks
Less than 30% of third graders in Philly public schools scored proficient or higher in reading last school year. A new program challenges students to read more at home.
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Listen 1:28‘We need help’: Students at Dobbins High School walk out over safety concerns
Between 50 and 100 students walked out of Dobbins High School Monday afternoon to protest unsafe conditions at the school.
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Philly schools will require masking for 2 weeks following winter break
The school district’s decision comes amid concerns of the "tripledemic" of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza (flu), and COVID-19.
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‘Tripledemic’: Philly schools looking at data to determine if masks will return after holidays
"One of those measures is that we may consider requiring masking for a time period after returning from extended breaks."
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Pennridge cuts social studies requirements, but keeps world history course
The impact of reducing the required number of credits on Pennridge’s social studies curriculum has not been made clear.
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