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Parent Jaime Longo with her learning packet at Houston elementary school. (Dale Mezzacappa/The Notebook)
Education
The Notebook

District distributes packets of schoolwork, but how much teaching and learning will go on?

For the most part, families are on their own when it comes to schoolwork. There are no requirements on teachers.

6 years ago

Gavin Holloman, 7, and Taylor Blake choose lunch and breakfast meals at the Bancroft School amid school shutdowns. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

School’s out, but students can still get free meals in Delaware

Schools across Delaware are providing lunch and breakfast five days a week until further notice. Wilmington is giving out meals at community centers.

6 years ago

Daaiyah Boone hands out bagged meals to students at Tilden Middle School during the coronavirus shutdown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Where Philly kids can find free meals during coronavirus school closures

The School District of Philadelphia and many others are distributing free meals during the coronavirus outbreak. Learn more here.

6 years ago

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Lifestyle
Billy Penn

Parent guide: Resources to keep kids busy (and learning!) during Philly’s COVID shutdown

From TV to podcasts to online quizzes.

6 years ago

Friends’ Central School teacher and mother of two, Tiffany Borsch, creates routine at home amid school closures with daily chalkboard schedule. (Photo courtesy of Tiffany Borsch)
Education

How three Pennsylvania teachers tackle remote learning in the time of coronavirus

Three Pennsylvania teachers practice community care, gratitude and mindfulness in the wake of coronavirus-related school closures.

6 years ago

Philadelphia schools Superintendant William Hite (center) is joined by (from left) Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson and Mayor Jim Kenney during a press conference at Tilden Middle School, where hundreds of bagged meals were prepared for students on March 16, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly’s plan for displaced students falters due to push-back from rec center staff

According to the city, “unexpected staff shortages” prevented some of the 50 city rec centers from opening that had been planned as daytime activity hubs.

6 years ago

The exterior of Philadelphia School District headquarters
Education

Schools across Pa. close due to coronavirus

Governor Wolf said that school districts will not be penalized if they cannot meet the state’s requirement to hold 180 instructional days this school year.

6 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Education

Philly closes 63 schools due to Montco coronavirus emergency, lack of staff

Anticipating mass absences from teachers who live in Montgomery County, Philly school officials made a sudden move to close 63 schools Thursday night.

6 years ago

Titus Elementary School in Warrington, Pa. and four other schools in central Bucks County, were shut down Friday, March 6, 2020, as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Philly area school districts are closing to prepare for more coronavirus-related closures

Philly area districts are closing schools briefly to gear up for a scenario where schools are closed for a long time due to COVID-19.

6 years ago

Rebel Ventures co-executive director Jarrett Stein talks with Kennysha Stanley. He and other mentors nominated her for the Breakfast Hero Award. (The Notebook)
Community
The Notebook

National anti-hunger campaign names Philly student a ‘Breakfast Hero’

The Paul Robeson High 10th grader was recognized for launching a new student-led program through Rebel Ventures, a nonprofit food business.

6 years ago

Tamanend Middle School student Brianna Muntz, 14,  uses a disposable hand wipe as she plays with friends on the Titus Elementary School playground. Both schools were closed, along with three others in Central Bucks County, as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Bucks County residents react to coronavirus school closures

Pennsylvania’s third-largest school district made an overnight decision to close five schools after a COVID-19 scare. It could be a taste of what’s to come.

6 years ago

Central Bucks South High School (NBC10)
Health

Central Bucks District closes five schools over coronavirus exposure

Coronavirus exposure closes five schools in the Central Bucks School District out of an “abundance of caution,” no cases in Pa. confirmed yet.

6 years ago

Teacher Nora Melley in front of the Lincoln High School exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show. (The Notebook)
Community
The Notebook

Philly students shine at the Flower Show

Horticulture classes from Lincoln High made an urban garden, complete with a compost heap and worms. Art students also contributed.

6 years ago

Meredith Elementary School, located on 5th and Fitzwater streets in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

‘Friends’ of public education? Study examines ‘paradox’ behind Philly school fundraising groups

A new generation of fundraising groups has popped up in Philly’s gentrifying schools. A new study examines their impact.

6 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Education
The Notebook

Big week ahead for participation in comprehensive planning

But public meetings will not include open forums to question District officials

6 years ago

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