K-12
Frustrated by school district, Philly Council to hold hearings on how to fix ‘substandard’ buildings
The hearings will focus on a remediation and modernization plan to address troubling facilities issues at hundreds of Philadelphia public schools.
5 years ago
Murphy promises expansion to universal pre-K in New Jersey
Gov. Phil Murphy says New Jersey will institute universal pre-kindergarten across the state for all 3- and 4-year-olds.
5 years ago
4 young people with ties to Simon Gratz High School have been shot in past week
"Think about how tragic that is, not only for my school community but for those families," the principal said.
5 years ago
Another Philadelphia school temporarily shut due to COVID cases
In the two weeks since schools opened, Richmond Elementary School is the second district school and the fourth school in the city to shut down over an outbreak.
5 years ago
Philly schools consider bringing in National Guard to help with bus driver shortage
Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. says he’s reached out to Gov. Tom Wolf to ask for assistance with the district’s transportation crisis.
5 years ago
New friends, missing students, and lingering tests: Inside a reopened North Philly school
A North Philadelphia school tries to welcome students back, sort through confusion, and steady itself for an unprecedented year.
5 years ago
Listen 4:43Returning to school amid a delta surge: Willingboro teens speak out
WHYY and BoroTV present The Delta Variant and Back to School, a short docu-film featuring Willingboro teenagers and their thoughts on vaccines, masks, and virtual learning.
5 years ago
Philly schools outline vaccine mandate for staff
The district laid out consequences for staff who don’t get vaccinated by the end of the month, taking away a special time-off program for COVID quaratines.
5 years ago
Philly schools’ trash problems linger as vendor blames staff shortage
The district has yet to respond to a request for how or if it would penalize its vendor for underperformance on a $4 million annual contract.
5 years ago
This custodian stayed at his school all night pumping water during Ida’s storms
The hurricane's remnants hit New Jersey just days before classes were to begin at Hackensack Middle School. Its custodian was determined to keep the students on track.
5 years ago
Pennsylvania targeting doctors over blanket mask exemptions
The Health Department said some doctors are pushing stock exemptions that are available to anyone, regardless of medical necessity.
5 years ago
PA students protest school board’s ban on anti-racist teaching materials
The list of books, articles and movies was conceived to create awareness about racism and Black history
5 years ago
How to talk about 9/11 with a new generation of kids
With the 20th anniversary of the attacks this weekend, time has brought a new challenge: Students today have no memories of that day.
5 years ago
Loophole allows some Pennsylvania students to avoid masking
The order requiring masks to be worn inside K-12 school and child care facilities includes an exemption for students who claim it would cause or worsen a medical condition.
5 years ago
‘They don’t care enough about my kid’: Philly parents disgusted by rampant schoolyard trash
The School District of Philadelphia welcomed children back to in-person school last week, in some cases, to heaps of overflowing schoolyard garbage.
5 years ago
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