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K-12

Tara Matise teaches her prekindergarten students virtually in her classroom
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly district offers universal summer school to fight academic ‘regression’

District officials say the summer classes will help students “narrow achievement gaps” after almost 15 months of virtual learning.

5 years ago

Ebele Azikiwe, 12, poses for a photograph
Education

N.J. students lead U.S. push for fuller Black history education

In the months since Floyd's killing in Minneapolis, educators say they've heard a demand from students for fuller Black history lessons beyond what was already offered.

5 years ago

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited Philadelphia on April 6, 2021. (Johann Calhoun/Chalkbeat Philadelphia)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

In Philadelphia, education secretary says schools can open safely

The visit came on the heels of Superintendent William Hite’s announcement Monday that schools would open for third to fifth graders who elect to return starting on April 26.

5 years ago

Close-up of a standardized test.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly plans to give standardized tests to students who return in person this spring

As a result, a significant number of remaining, in-person school days could be dedicated to testing — which is required by the federal government.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilwoman-at-large Helen Gym worked on the federal civil rights case to stop the harassment of Asian American students following the 2009 assaults at South Philadelphia High School. (Courtesy of Philadelphia City Council)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Anti-Asian attacks at a Philadelphia school led to landmark ruling over a decade ago. Did anything change?

The reckoning at Southern is being revisited in the wake of the killings last month in Atlanta of six Asian women and two others in what is being investigated as a hate crime.

5 years ago

Philadelphia schools Superintendent William Hite calls for equitable school funding during a press conference at Martin Luther King High School. He was joined by District Attorney Larry Krasner, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, State Senator Vincent Hughes and other officials calling for the adoption of Gov. Tom Wolf's proposed fair school funding formula. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Krasner, Philly Dems rally for Pa. school funding boost as way to curb gun violence

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner says Gov. Wolf’s latest education funding proposal amounts to “the kind of anti-crime legislation that works.”

5 years ago

Listen 1:35
In 2018, advocates talk to the press outside Philadelphia’s city hall after a court appearance in the fair funding case now scheduled to go to trial in September. (Darryl C. Murphy/The Notebook)
Courts & Law
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Trial date set for landmark school funding case in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania students, school districts, and their advocates will soon have their chance in court to prove that education across the state is unfairly and inadequately funded.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall is visible in a view of the Philadelphia skyline.
Health

Pa. officials to lift telework mandate; working from home still encouraged

Starting Sunday, In-person businesses may operate at 75% occupancy, and must follow all worker and building safety requirements for employers.

5 years ago

A student walks through the halls of Cardozo High School
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

D.C. raised $5 billion to rebuild toxic schools. Can Philly do the same?

Over the last two decades, D.C. has modernized 75% of its public schools. Philly school advocates say lessons can be learned from the movement there.

5 years ago

Protesters march on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania demanding the school and Drexel University pay PILOTS to support Philadelphia schools on March 30, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

Protesters again push Drexel, Penn to pay PILOTs to Philly public schools

Activists, including students, teachers, and community members, want the universities to contribute 40% of the property taxes they don't pay to the district.

5 years ago

Kadi Schwinghammer (left) poses for a photo with her daughter Ava
Politics & Policy

Months into a new presidency, election tensions are still raw in this Bucks County school district

A battle over school board control is reflecting much larger political divisions in the Pennridge School District in upper Bucks County.

5 years ago

Listen 5:32
Desks are spaced out 6-feet apart in a classroom.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Some higher-income families leaving Philly public schools in search of in-person learning

Losing these families could set Philly schools back in cash and political support as it faces the unprecedented challenge of recovering from a year of virtual classes.

5 years ago

Listen 4:31
SLF-spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) 4th instar nymph (red body) in Pennsylvania, on July 20, 2018. USDA-ARS Photo by Stephen Ausmus.
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 3/29/21

On this week's Regional Roundup: NJ school reopening, news literacy, and Spotted Lanternflies.

Air Date: March 29, 2021

Listen 49:00
An illustration of a teacher wearing a face mask in a classroom.
NPR
Education

After a year of remote classes, teachers are meeting students for the first time

As schools reopen — either fully or for hybrid learning — teachers are getting the chance to meet their students face-to-face.

5 years ago

Philadelphia schools Superintendant William Hite (center) is joined by (from left) Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson and Mayor Jim Kenney during a press conference at Tilden Middle School, where hundreds of bagged meals were prepared for students on March 16, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Philadelphia will use federal relief money on building repair, academic recovery, and dealing with trauma

Superintendent William Hite called the money “unprecedented,” but he and other officials cautioned that the district is limited in what it can do with the funds.

5 years ago

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