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The executive order will improve active school shooter drills and tackle firearm threats of machine gun conversion devices, guns without serial numbers and ghost guns.

About 31% of Philadelphia students in grades 3-8 scored at or above the reading benchmark on the Star Assessment in winter 2023–24.

Board vice president N’Namdee Nelson was elevated following the resignation of Wasim Muhammad.

Proceeds from a Garba fundraiser will support the organization’s public, free Diwali celebration at the Pearl S. Buck House on Oct. 27.

Gen Z seems to be leading a more modest lifestyle, with lower rates of drinking, vaping, and sexual activity. But is this shift a positive development?

Biden spoke at this year’s annual National HBCU Week Conference, held in Center City. The Biden-Harris administration has invested $17 billion in HBCUs since 2021.

The Nature Conservancy wants to prevent stormwater runoff from schoolyards by building rain gardens that also provide relief from the heat.

Muhammad sent his resignation to state-appointed Camden City School District Superintendent Katrina T. McCombs.

Atlantic City High School Principal Constance Days-Chapman oversaw the mayor’s re-election campaign and is chair of the city’s Democratic committee.

In an unrelated incident, school administrators found a shell casing in a student’s pocket. All students and staff are safe. Law enforcement is conducting an investigation.

Of the districts receiving money, the School District of Philadelphia, where damaged asbestos has repeatedly shuttered schools, received the maximum grant amount.

McCall students will have lunch before the 12:39 p.m. dismissal, and any after-school programming or activities will be canceled.

Schools in the Woodbury and Deptford districts are closed on Monday.

Trump has said public schools “have been taken over by the radical Left maniacs,” and that he wants to close the Department of Education. Harris has vowed to keep it open.

Dysolve AI, an artificial intelligence–powered software program, can help children with dyslexia improve their reading skills.