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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

Physically distanced, and with protective partitions, students work on an art project during class
NPR
Education

Kids are losing school days to quarantines. Here’s a way to keep them in classrooms

Test-to-stay policies could help keep students in in-person school. But amid a national shortage, rapid tests can be hard to come by, and the practice isn't common.

5 years ago

A marker on the floor of a school hallway reminds students to physically distance.
Education
Spotlight PA

Many Pa. school districts are passing up free coronavirus testing even after a rise in cases

Officials offered different reasons for the lack of participation, including fear of finding too many cases and simply being too overwhelmed by a chaotic start to the year.

5 years ago

Diego Elías of Peru (in black) plays against Mohamed el Shorbagy of Egypt (in blue), in the US Open for squash at the new Arlen Spector Squash Center on the campus of Drexel University
Community

U.S. Squash finds a new home in Philly with plans to create a public school league

With its large new facility at Drexel University, U.S. Squash said it plans to do community outreach to draw young people into the sport.

5 years ago

Keisha Wilkins gazes out the window
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Some kids ‘don’t come back’: One Philly school grapples with gun violence

Twice in the past year at Martin Luther King High School in Philadelphia, students haven’t returned.

5 years ago

Kids sit at their desks in school
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly centralizes admissions process for magnet schools to increase student diversity

The changes are part of the School District of Philadelphia’s effort to make the admissions process more equitable and to increase student diversity.

5 years ago

A shortage of school bus drivers in some communities across the country is causing headaches for school districts this fall. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 10/4/21

Is the school bus driver shortage getting any better? With long wait times for testing and licenses, and more families driving kids to school every day - experts hope it is.

Air Date: October 4, 2021 10:00 am

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