K-12
‘It doesn’t feel legitimate’: William Penn SD takes the stand in Pa. school funding trial
A kindergarten teacher and athletic director testified Wednesday in a landmark trial over Pennsylvania’s system for funding public education.
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Harriton High School gives student virtual option after COVID outbreak
District spokesperson says the 18 linked cases are connected to several sports teams and a club working on a production.
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Gym urges more oversight after PPA tries to take back $11M payment to Philly schools
The Philadelphia Parking Authority says it overpaid $11.3M to the city’s school district. Councilmember Helen Gym wants that mistake to lead to tighter oversight.
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Dozens of Olney Charter High School teachers call out sick after student’s COVID death
Alayna Thach, 17, was an honors student who was looking at colleges.
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While it’s not clear how the student contracted COVID, and minors tend to have much milder coronavirus symptoms on the whole, the current wave of new cases has many on edge.
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New CDC guidance encourages more testing to limit school quarantines
The announcement elevates and updates existing guidance that some schools around the country have already been following.
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Philly area schools on alert amid TikTok threat of violence
The threat, which is primarily being fueled on social media, has many school districts increasing police presence Friday.
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If the entire legislature passes the legislation, the measure would enable school districts to hire employees from neighboring states, like Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware
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Delaware school district adds protections for transgender students
The Red Clay district school board approved a policy affirming the rights of trans students to be addressed by a name and pronoun corresponding with their gender identity.
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Delaware school in Brown v. Board of Education case to launch diversity and inclusion center
State leaders broke ground on the new Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity at the school that became part of the landmark 1954 ruling.
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Where are the students? For a second straight year, school enrollment is dropping
The declines many school districts reported last year have continued, an NPR investigation finds. What educators don't know is where those students have gone.
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Pennsylvania Senate aims to bar school COVID-19 vaccine rule
Neither the state nor any school district in Pennsylvania require the COVID-19 vaccination to attend school.
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Some Philly area school districts make masking optional in wake of Supreme Court ruling
At least five school districts in the Philadelphia suburbs are no longer requiring face masks to be worn by students and staff.
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At Panther Valley Elementary in the heart of coal country, students struggle to learn in a leaky school building where needs run deep.
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