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Studies suggest Black students perform better in school when they have at least one Black teacher.

Specific details vary state to state. But overall, they seek to prohibit schools from using a curriculum or discussing topics of gender identity or sexual orientation.

The initiative teams Bloom Planning and Delaware County in an effort to revamp mental and behavioral health services for school children.

Philadelphia’s new school leader impressed at his old job in North Carolina. But his superintendent resume is thin. How will it translate to Philly?

A City Council member has delayed a scheduled vote on a bill to require more asbestos inspections in Philly schools. He wants to add rules around lead paint.

Advocates said challenges have emerged because the mandate was unfunded when enacted.

A second-grade class wrote persuasive letters on behalf of shelter dogs, urging folks to adopt the animals. So far, the young writers have been successful.

Would you have been able to spell “liaise”?

Despite the reinstatement, the mask case will proceed and the board members will still be required to answer the initial filing by Monday, April 4.

The challenge aims to block a new Florida law that forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

Watlington will take over for William Hite at the end of the academic year.

A rally to support school desegregation in New Jersey is held as a judge is weighing whether the state is responsible for not doing enough to break up segregation.

Several students and parents are on board with the proposal to start school later.

The board members voted in August to mandate masks after Pa.’s state of emergency ended. A parent filed for their removal. The district didn’t respond.

The K-8 school was renamed for a formerly enslaved woman who became a Philadelphia teacher and principal.