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Students line up to enter Christa McAuliffe School while wearing masks
Education

N.J. parent group continues to press Murphy on virtual school option

Gov. Phil Murphy remains committed to schools being open for in-person instruction only. New York City has taken the same approach. Philadelphia hasn’t.

4 years ago

Listen 3:26
Simon Gratz High School Mastery Charter principal Le'Yondo Dunn spoke along with other Philadelphia principals about the impact of gun violence on students in the district at a press conference demanding more support from the city to combat gun violence around district schools on Oct. 20, 2021, a few days after a student was seriously wounded at Lincoln High School
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly principals demand more robust response to gun violence near schools

Educators, politicians, racial justice organizers, and clergy gathered Wednesday evening to call for a coordinated, citywide strategy to stop the violence.

4 years ago

A student raises his hand at Isaac Sheppard School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Keystone Crossroads
Education

GOP sees ‘curriculum transparency’; Dems see censorship of how race is taught

A bill that would require schools to put curriculum online is moving in the Pa. legislature. Democrats fear it will lead to censorship of how race is taught.

4 years ago

Students, wearing masks, walk into school
Education

More than a month in, Delaware students say mandated masks are worth the inconvenience

Class is in session at Odessa High in Delaware, where schools are fully open after the previous two years were disrupted by the pandemic.

4 years ago

Listen 5:19
Philadelphia school board member Lisa Salley, right, works with district volunteers in front of Overbrook Elementary School on Thursday to get input from parents in the search for a new superintendent. Standing from left, Kristyn Aldrich, Walter Dixon, Marcia Hall and Deanna Scott. (Johann Calhoun / Chalkbeat)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

What’s next in search to find Philly’s new schools superintendent

The search to replace Hite started this week with 17 in-person and virtual listening sessions planned, along with a survey, to seek the public’s input.

5 years ago

Maria Mirkovic works with some of her third graders in her classroom
Education

Some N.J. school districts granted ‘limited’ flexibility on COVID test requirements due to vendor issue

Citing an issue with the vendor, N.J. officials have granted "limited and targeted flexibility" for COVID testing requirements for school district employees.

5 years ago

Tamanend Middle School in Warrington, Pa., Bucks County (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school boards leave national group after it asks Biden for help with violence threats

The decision comes after the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden asking for federal assistance responding to threats against school officials.

5 years ago

Resident Ann Gelfond stands in front of a pile of rubble behind her yard. She pointed to disturbances she’s experienced for the past few three years of construction of the Lower Merion School District’s new middle school taking place behind her house, as an indication of what the construction of athletic fields in the neighborhood would be like. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Disconcerting to be a taxpayer and not be heard’: Lower Merion residents rebuke school district in open space battle

Opponents say plans to clear a woodland area in Villanova for playing fields would decimate the green space, and bring traffic and pollution.

5 years ago

File photo of a Summer Stage performance. (Summer Stage)
Arts & Entertainment

Summer Stage doesn’t need saving, Upper Darby organizers say, despite uproar on social media

The celebrated youth theater program is at the center of a heated dispute between local government and a nonprofit entity that wants to ‘adopt’ it.

5 years ago

Brandywine School District special education teacher Jahsha Tabron was named Delaware's teacher of year during a ceremony in Dover Monday night
Education

‘Love and learning have no limits.’ Special education teacher honored as Delaware’s top of the class

Brandywine School District special education teacher Jahsha Tabron credits her success to collaboration and willingness to change.

5 years ago

Danielle Carter and her son Vance Carter outside their Camden home
Education

A rocky transition for students, staff at the new Camden High

One month into the first school year at the new multi-million dollar Camden High “campus,” crowding, safety issues mix with nostalgia and enthusiasm for new opportunities.

5 years ago

New Jersey police car (6ABC)
Community
6abc

Threats and violence suspend high school football games Friday night

Fight breaks out at a game between Pennsauken and Camden High Schools, threats suspend games in Chester and Northampton Counties.

5 years ago

The exterior of Benjamin Franklin High School
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Amid debate over Biden’s spending plan, leaders highlight potential boon for Philly schools

Rep. Dwight Evans (PA-03) has a plan that would allow districts to qualify for tax credits when revamping buildings over 50 years old, with half of Philly schools eligible.

5 years ago

Photo of the entrance to the School District of Philadelphia headquarters.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly to hold public hearings on search for district’s next school superintendent

City Council will hold hearings on the search and hiring process for the School District of Philadelphia’s next superintendent.

5 years ago

School nurse Denise Corrigan, left, tests a student for COVID-19 at the E.N. White School in Holyoke, Mass., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Education
NJ Spotlight

School nurses: We’re now the ‘de facto health department’

‘We’re on our knees begging,’ says one school nurse

5 years ago

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