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Four-year-old Lois Copley-Jones, the photographer's daughter, takes part in a livestreamed broadcast of
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Lifestyle

As schools reopen, popular ‘PE with Joe’ online exercise class goes bye-bye

"PE With Joe" has gotten more than 100 million views on YouTube in the past year. That's in part because parents liked the workout as much as their kids.

2 hours ago

Five new charter school applications were denied by the Philadelphia Board of Education on March 4, 2021. (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia board rejects five charter school proposals

The Philadelphia Board of Education has not approved a new charter school since taking over its governance when the district was returned to local control in 2018.

14 hours ago

A student, wearing a face mask, sits at an isolated desk at school
Education

Pa. coronavirus update: State to open 30 vaccine clinics for school staff; Penn Relays canceled

Pa. plans to operate nearly 30 COVID-19 vaccination clinics to inoculate school teachers and support staff, including bus drivers and cafeteria workers.

1 day ago

A doctor extracts COVID-19 vaccine out of a vial
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly on course for educators to be fully vaccinated by early April

In roughly a week, all educators who signed up for a vaccine will have received at least one dose.

1 day ago

Students return to John Wister Elementary School
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Nearly a year later, students return to classrooms at Mastery, Philly’s largest charter

“While we aren’t necessarily able to physically touch each other yet, the presence of another has truly just been phenomenal.”

2 days ago

Activity tables are spaced apart at a Philadelphia charter school
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: State to vaccinate teachers by mid-April; Montco plans third mass site

Pennsylvania will dedicate the newly approved single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to teachers and staff.

2 days ago

Members of Juntos rally in front of the Philadelphia schools administration building calling for the district to support immigrant students and their families. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Immigrant activists want Philly teachers trained on dealing with ICE

An immigrant rights group says Philly teachers and staff don’t know what to do should immigration enforcement ask for information on students. They’re trying to change that.

4 days ago

AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg speaks at a podium beside Mayor Jim Kenney, with Superintendent William Hite in the background
Keystone Crossroads
Education

District, teachers union reach deal to reopen some Philly school buildings

The deal, announced Monday, calls for pre-K through grade 2 students at about 50 elementary schools to attend classes in-person twice a week, if they choose.

4 days ago

Online schooling (Photo Courtesy/BigStock)
Health

Worrying about your child’s COVID-era screen time? Here’s what you need to know

For now, while virtual activities are inescapable, experts say there’s no need for concerned parents to panic as long as they keep a few things in mind.

6 days ago

In 2015, Camden High teacher Alex Jones in the classroom on the day he tells his students he is leaving teaching to become an administrator.  (Photo by April Saul for WHYY)
Education

‘There’s no simple answer’: Can the whitening of Camden’s teachers be reversed?

A new report shows that since 1999, Camden teachers have gone from majority Black to majority White. WHYY explores the reasons for this trend.

1 week ago

Principal Andrea Surratt at work in her office at E. W. Rhodes Elementary School in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

‘This constant wheel’: Philly educators fight to bring truant students back into the fold

In a disconnected world, principals find themselves fighting harder to keep their tenuous ties to families on the fringe.

1 week ago

Listen 4:32
Families stand in line at Philadelphia School District headquarters to pick up Chromebooks ahead of the start of the school year in September 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

Return to in-person school in Philly delayed again, mediation results expected Monday

The weeks-long conflict between the School District of Philadelphia and its teachers union is said to be nearing a conclusion.

1 week ago

Superintendent William Hite speaks at a press conference
Radio Times
Education

Superintendent William Hite and Philly schools reopening

Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. William Hite joins to discuss the plans to reopen Philadelphia public schools.

1 week ago

Listen 13:30
Radio Times
Health

Our lungs and Covid; Philly schools reopening

Breathing: it's something that most of us don't even think about, until we have trouble doing it.

Air Date: February 25, 2021

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Art for Philadelphia Young Playwrights production of 'Pandemic' by Katie Lu. (Courtesy of Philadelphia Young Playwrights)
Arts & Entertainment

Teenager traces continuum of anti-Asian racism in ‘Pandemic’ play

A teenager pens an intergenerational drama about anti-Chinese racism, presented by Philadelphia Young Playwrights.

1 week ago

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