K-12
Should school mask mandates be lifted?
Governors in several states have rolled back mask mandates for schools but is it too soon in the pandemic to end universal masking in classrooms?
Air Date: February 10, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:00‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill would limit discussion of sexuality and gender in Florida schools
The bills would also give parents the ability to sue schools if they believed the schools violated any provisions of the law.
4 years ago
N.J. parents have mixed feelings as state plans to lift school mask mandate
Some parents cautiously welcomed the news, while others were concerned that kids will be put at risk. Another group will press on in a legal fight.
4 years ago
GOP makes case for school choice, not money in Pa. funding trial
Witnesses include a Christian private school leader and the executive director of the House Appropriations Committee.
4 years ago
Philly schools say cloth masks no longer enough for in-person classes
The district says cloth masks are no longer considered effective, and will be distributing KN95s to school staff.
4 years ago
Some families are being forced to choose between remote learning and school meals
Many families with low incomes who want their children to keep learning remotely are losing access to a federal program that helped them pay for meals.
4 years ago
More than half of teachers are looking for the exits, poll says
A new poll from the nation's largest teachers union finds burnout is widespread, and more educators saying they're thinking about leaving.
4 years ago
Philly school board narrows list of candidates for next superintendent
Twenty one percent of qualified candidates have leadership experience in the School District of Philadelphia.
4 years ago
Pa. Democrats set budget priorities with ‘historic’ education spending proposal
The plan comes about a week before Gov. Tom Wolf unveils the final budget proposal of his two-term tenure.
4 years ago
The Regional Roundup – January 31st
Defendants present their case in PA's landmark school funding lawsuit. And, a Delaware bill giving terminally ill residents the right to medical aid in dying gains momentum.
Air Date: January 31, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:12Superintendent Hite named next CEO of national education nonprofit
Hite will continue to lead the School District of Philadelphia through the end of the academic year.
4 years ago
COVID closures, UPenn’s deal with Lea dominate first Philly school board meeting of 2022
The district will enter into a memorandum of agreement with Penn, which will direct about $800,000 per year to the K-8 school in West Philadelphia.
4 years ago
Book about Holocaust banned in Tennessee school district
A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman.
4 years ago
Parents wary of COVID turn to lawsuits as school districts ease masking rules
One lawsuit out of Montgomery County says axing mask policies forces parents of medically fragile school children to pull their children out of in-person learning.
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