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John Zabala, pictured in front of Reading City Hall, has been named as a community lead for the Reading Youth Commission. Too old to serve on the commission, Zabala is attracting applicants to the commission that has been dormant since its creation in 2017. (Anthony Orozco/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Central Pa. city looks to youth for guidance, more equitable future

Reading is inviting teens and young adults to a seat at the decision-making table.

6 years ago

Melissa Roselli and her daughter Francesca. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Child care dilemma: Philly parents scrambling to plan for three days a week of virtual school

Across the country, parents are scrambling to figure out child care plans that can accommodate a year, in which school will take place largely outside the classroom.

6 years ago

Listen 2:00
Teacher Ronda Laws and her students
Education

Del. coronavirus recovery: Teachers union boss urges caution with school reopening

The state has outlined guidance for three possible scenarios, and Gov. John Carney says he will announce in August which one public schools should follow.

6 years ago

School hallway
Education

Philly schools plan for fall: Two days a week in-person, everyone wearing masks

The plan calls for students to attend classes in school buildings twice a week and completing the rest of their work online. Some students will attend school four days a week.

6 years ago

Custodian Tracy Harris cleans chairs in a classroom at Brubaker Elementary School, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Radio Times
Education

Can schools reopen?

Parents, teachers, pediatricians, even kids want in-class school to start this fall if it can be done safely.

Air Date: July 15, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
Protesters from the march against racism on Sunday July 12 make their demands known on the steps of Masterman. (Photo by Neena Hagen)
Community
The Notebook

Masterman alumni issue demands to improve racial equity at selective school

Masterman Alumni for Change (MAfC), an organization that includes graduates from the 1990s to the class of 2020, is asking for more transparency in the admissions process.

6 years ago

Rows of school buses
Education

Philly teachers endorse ‘hybrid’ school model, but could reverse position

The teachers’ union plan endorses a ‘hybrid’ approach — with classes both online and in-person. But if case counts rise, the union says it could reverse.

6 years ago

Councilmember Kendra Brooks
Education

Students, teachers march for racial equity reform in Philly schools

Demands include school-based racial and bias training, funding of restorative justice and trauma response practices, and equitable hiring practices.

6 years ago

(LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Health

Nation’s pediatricians walk back support for in-person school

They made it clear that while in-person school provides crucial benefits to children, "Public health agencies must make recommendations based on evidence, not politics."

6 years ago

A mural of the Neshaminy High School mascot. (Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
Community

As Washington reviews its NFL team name, what will Neshaminy schools do?

Years into a tense, costly legal fight, the school district doesn’t have plans to scrap its team name, even as other Pa. schools grapple with the issue.

6 years ago

Jules E. Mastbaum High School on Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Face masks will be required inside all Pa. schools

Students and staff will be required to wear face masks when they return to school, according to new guidelines from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

6 years ago

Black Students Matter demonstrators march en route to a rally at the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., on June 19.
NPR
Education

Effective anti-racist education requires more diverse teachers, more training

An assistant professor of education at the University of California at Berkeley explains how teacher training and the presence of Black teachers can help reshape education.

6 years ago

Philadelphia's Central High School is visible, a red-brick building sitting on top of a green hill.
Education
The Notebook

Black students at Central High and some faculty call for overhaul of admissions, school policies to increase equity

Alumni join the call to increase Black and Latinx enrollment and foster anti-racist culture at the selective high school.

6 years ago

Sgt. Brian Pixley and Sgt. Troy Pezzuto oversee the school resource officer program for Delaware State Police in New Castle County. (Screenshot)
Courts & Law

Delaware school district approves funding to continue police presence in schools

Leaders in the Christina School District presented a defense of their school resource officers before the board of education approved funding for them.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Education

Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

Trump made the comments a day after launching an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen the nation’s schools and colleges this fall.

6 years ago

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