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a water fountain in a school hallway
Keystone Crossroads
Education

New bill sets 2025 deadline to give Philly public school students more access to filtered drinking water

The legislation, if passed, aims to speed up the process of installing filtering hydration stations, but doesn’t earmark funds to help pay for them.

4 years ago

File photo: Penn Wood High School in the William Penn district. (Emily Cohen for NewWorks)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

‘There should be no underdogs in the education system’: Pa. students reflect on school funding trial

A trial over how Pennsylvania funds its schools is wrapping up in Commonwealth Court. Students from one of the plaintiff districts hope it leads to change.

4 years ago

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In 2005, Philadelphia became the first major city in the United States to require an African American history course as a graduation requirement. (Alexandre da Veiga for Chalkbeat)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia is updating its mandated African American history course

As controversy swirls in the U.S. over how schools teach about race, the district is refocusing the class on "intellectual genealogy."

4 years ago

Students wear face masks outside of their school in Philly
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly schools will drop mask mandate on Wednesday

Masks will now be optional for students and staff, except those in pre-K Head Start programs.

4 years ago

Students wear masks as they walk through a hallway at CAPA.
Community
Billy Penn

Philly schools plan to drop their mask mandate, leaving students to worry about safety and confusion

Some think it won’t make a difference, because masking wasn't well-enforced in the first place.

4 years ago

A classrooms inside the new Camden High School
Education

No decision in N.J. school desegregation case

It’s likely that presiding Judge Robert Lougy may provide a written opinion at a later date, given the magnitude of the case.

4 years ago

Maria Mirkovic works with some of her third graders in her classroom
Courts & Law

Oral arguments in N.J. school desegregation trial set to begin

Plaintiffs will argue that the state has not done enough to properly integrate public schools.

4 years ago

New data shows that the majority of drinking water at schools across Atlantic County has lead contamination. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Health

Lead contamination ‘pervasive’ in drinking water in Atlantic County schools

A joint study from two organizations say 92% of the drinking water at Atlantic County schools is contaminated with lead.

4 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly schools to drop testing requirement for vaccinated staff, keep mask mandate for now

Starting March 14, the district will no longer require vaccinated staff members to get tested. Testing for unvaccinated staff will drop from twice a week to once a week.

4 years ago

A scene from Abbott Elementary's 'Gifted Program' episode
Education
Billy Penn

Most Philly public schools don’t have a working library, so educators are asking hit comedy ‘Abbott Elementary’ for help

There are reportedly fewer than 10 librarians across the entire district.

4 years ago

Elementary school students are pictured on a school bus
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Montco updating school, public masking guidance to align with CDC

Under the CDC’s updated guidance, masks are no longer required in indoor public settings for people who are healthy and who aren't caring for someone who is at higher risk.

4 years ago

Students sit at their desks while wearing face masks
Education

Masks no longer required in Delaware schools starting Wednesday

Carney originally planned to lift the mandate April 1, but a significant drop in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations changed his mind.

4 years ago

Hill Freedman World Academy
Community
Billy Penn

Northwest Philly students took the lead, organizing an assembly to school teachers on queer and trans issues

The professional development session provided a list of tangible tips.

4 years ago

Pennridge School District (6abc)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘I don’t trust them’: Free church-based tutoring service recommended on Pennridge school website raises concern

A free tutoring service in Pennridge raises parental concerns because of its use of a 'biblical worldview' approach to teaching biology.

4 years ago

An illustration of a person cutting into a history textbook
NPR
Education

Lawmakers want to ban discomfort in school. But Black history isn’t always comfortable

Scores of state bills aim to limit what schools can teach about race and American history. For some educators, that's made teaching Black History Month especially fraught.

4 years ago

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