K-12
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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Listen 1:35Trial 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 5:32Some 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.
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Listen 4:31On this week's Regional Roundup: NJ school reopening, news literacy, and Spotted Lanternflies.
Air Date: March 29, 2021
Listen 49:00After 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.
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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.
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