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Chalkbeat Philadelphia
Philadelphia district, teachers union reach tentative agreement
That agreement included a safety plan to regulate conditions for a return to in-person learning, which district leaders at the time forecast would begin on Nov. 30.
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Spotlight PA
‘Have they locked the doors?’ Judge presses for details on Hershey charity spat with board member
With claims of millions of dollars unaccounted for at the Milton Hershey School, a judge considered Tuesday whether a board member's lawsuit should go forward.
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Camden officials cut the ribbon on ‘The New High’
The ceremony was part all-class reunion, part celebration of the new $133 million campus, which will house four separate high schools.
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Philly schools are back, but strife looms over COVID, labor, and building problems
Nervous excitement greeted the opening of schools Tuesday morning. But labor contract troubles and concerns about COVID linger.
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Reversing course, Wolf imposes mask mandate for Pa. schools, childcare facilities
Students and staff will be required to wear masks regardless of vaccination starting on September 7. The order applies to public and private schools.
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Billy Penn
North Philly high school mandates COVID vaccine for all students
“It’s like any other vaccine that kids have to get to go to school,” said one relieved parent.
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Central Bucks at center of school mask debate, amid lawsuit and another board vote Tuesday
A board vote Tuesday comes amid a lawsuit filed by a group of parents upset with the district’s intent to start the school year without mandatory masking.
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Trepidation, excitement, and masks for everyone as Delaware schools reopen for in-person learning
After 18 months of shutdowns and mostly virtual or hybrid learning, students will be piling into schools across the state this week.
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Listen 1:38
N.J. coronavirus update: Mask mandates ‘not a polite suggestion,’ Murphy tells schools
New Jersey officials are trying to give any skeptical school administrators few excuses for avoiding the state’s mask and vaccine mandates.
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NPR
Education Dept. announces civil rights investigations into 5 states’ mask mandate bans
Letters were sent to state education leaders in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.
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A day before Philly schools reopen, facilities woes take center stage
As Philadelphia prepares to fully reopen its public schools for the first time in 18 months, the spotlight is again on facilities woes. ...
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Cherry Hill P.D. sends officer to ’20th grade’ in Facebook post about online safety
It’s a visual aid on how to protect the identity of children while sharing those pictures of the first day of school.
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Chalkbeat Philadelphia
Some Philadelphia teachers stand firm on teaching about race
About 100 expected to participate in rally against anti-critical race theory legislation near President’s House in Center City Friday
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Masterman teachers and parents at odds with district over asbestos fears
Teachers and parents at the magnet school fear there is harmful asbestos in the school. District leaders say problems have been fixed and school is safe.
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Pennsylvania schools making plans to spend pandemic windfall
Since March 2020, the federal government has provided $190 billion in pandemic aid to schools — including nearly $7 billion for Pennsylvania.
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