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Central Bucks West teachers pushed back against the directive, saying they won’t deadname trans students or out them to others.
4 years ago
Efforts to ban, restrict LGBTQ curriculum in Pa. schools hinge on who becomes the next governor
The proposed legislation would ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in kindergarten through fifth grade, claiming it’s not “age appropriate."
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School officials are optimistic about the future of the district after evading the teacher shortage crisis.
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Over the past decade, access to mental health staff for Black students decreased, while white students’ access increased.
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With the number of certified educators in Pennsylvania at “crisis” levels, school districts are facing stiff competition from one another for teachers and support staff.
4 years ago
Free school meals expand to ‘middle-income families’ in New Jersey
Gov. Phil Murphy said new legislation he signed into law would reduce food insecurity and offer healthy meals to more families.
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‘The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives’
Education reporter Anya Kamenetz on "The Stolen Year" about how we failed kids during the pandemic and the toll school closures had on their lives.
Air Date: September 9, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:15Teacher shortage forces hundreds of Delaware students to get virtual lessons
The Colonial School District in northern Delaware is more than 20 teachers short of what it needs, so students will be taught via Zoom video.
4 years ago
As school starts, teachers add a mental-health check-in to their lesson plans
After the disruption and trauma of the pandemic, teachers are expecting kids to still need added support. They're adapting their lesson plans to start with a mental check-in.
4 years ago
Goodnight Moon has comforted kids at bedtime for 75 years
The book has lulled children around the world to sleep with its dreamy ritual of bidding "goodnight" to everything in the "great green room."
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Philadelphia’s Board of Education voted in April not to renew Daroff and its neighboring sister school Bluford’s charter agreements.
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Delaware district uses locked bags to implement new middle school cell phone policy
Middle school students in the Colonial district can now use a locked YONDR bag to help them keep their phones out of sight during the day.
4 years ago
Full-time tutors are coming to Philly schools to make reading more fun — and less like a chore
By the time kids reach the fourth grade, the function of reading shifts, and young students in Philadelphia are behind. A new nonprofit aims to bridge the gap.
4 years ago
Listen 2:05West Philadelphia parents facing eviction worry about children changing schools
Families who are set to be forced out of a West Philadelphia affordable housing complex are worried about how their children will get to their schools, or find new ones.
4 years ago
Gov. Murphy addresses new teacher requirements, bear sightings in N.J.
The state Legislature unanimously passed a bill that would eliminate a testing requirement for new teachers called “EdTPA.” Murphy has yet to sign it.
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