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The Montgomery County district is one of the latest to tweak its back-to-school plans, based on new recommendations from local and federal officials.

In a letter sent Monday, PFT union president Jerry Jordan says he supports a “negotiated” COVID-19 vaccine requirement for his members.

A lawyer representing a group of N.J. parents suing over school masking policies is vowing to fight Gov. Phil Murphy’s latest executive order to require them this fall.

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy announced that students, faculty, staff, and visitors will be required to mask up when schools reopen in September.

District workers will also help families register their children for school and give parents info about COVID-19 mitigation efforts.

A summer literacy program has been expanded to rec centers to help kids learn in person, in their neighborhoods, after a year of virtual school.

The event, a collaboration between the School District of Philadelphia and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is part of an effort to get kids over 12 ready for classes.

Philadelphia public schools grapple with masks under the threat of the delta variant. And, we talk with the director of an acclaimed film making its US premiere at BlackStar.

Newark Free Library offers its “Library of Things” collection, so residents can borrow things like ukuleles, record players, and even a cornhole set.

Schools in southern Delaware turned to bilingual text messaging apps to keep in contact with Spanish- and Creole-speaking parents.

An unredacted version of data was sent in response to a Right-to-Know request regarding to COVID-19 cases and exposure in Montgomery County schools.

District leaders urged communities to be vaccinated before the school year starts as evidence emerges about the delta variant’s greater transmissibility.

While the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia had planned on waiting until the vaccine got “full FDA licensure,” the rising threat of the delta variant upended those plans.

The district joins others in the region in getting vaccine doses to eligible students ahead of schools reopening for in-person learning.

Survey reveals Black male students have experienced the most challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.