Kids
North Penn board feels residents’ wrath over photo of mask taped onto student
About 400 people live-streamed Thursday night’s meeting. More than a dozen spoke, protesting the district’s continued mask mandate.
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When school feels ‘chaotic’: Philly parents struggle with shifting virtual learning guidelines
Even as Philly officials vow to reduce omicron’s interruptions to in-person learning, the school district’s shifts to virtual are causing angst.
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City officials are trying to reach at least 10,000 city families who officials believe have missed out on all payments.
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Should I get my kids the COVID-19 vaccine booster?
The Pfizer booster is available now to children ages 12 to 15, and immunocompromised kids 5 to 11 can get a third vaccine dose.
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A digital divide haunts schools adapting to virus hurdles
Many families remain underconnected. They find themselves able to access the internet and the increasing number of tasks that rely on it with only sporadic success.
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A group organized a virtual book drive so the community can buy titles the district has removed or has plans to remove from school libraries and lessons.
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Kids’ low COVID-19 vaccination rates called a ‘gut punch’
Vaccinations among the elementary school set surged after the shots were introduced in the fall, but the numbers have crept up slowly since then.
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Plaintiffs say Pennsylvania’s school funding model is inadequate and inequitable, and that the state discriminates against students in poor districts.
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91 Philadelphia schools will be remote this week amid COVID surge
The Philadelphia school district has struggled to keep schools open and staffed during a record-high surge of COVID cases.
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Teenage photographers taught to speak their minds in ‘Young Americans’
Teenage photographers were mentored by immigration photojournalist Ada Trillo to express their own lives through pictures.
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Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots
Since mid-December, the hospitalization rate in these youngest kids has surged to more than 4 in 100,000 children, up from 2.5 per 100,000.
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U.S. urges COVID boosters starting at age 12 to fight omicron
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has agreed, recommending that younger teens — and those 16 and 17 — should get a Pfizer booster five months after their last sho
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Officials are determined to keep schools open, despite omicron
As the pandemic slides into a fifth school semester, there is less appetite than ever among U.S. leaders for schools to go remote.
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FDA expands Pfizer boosters for more teens as omicron surges
Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older, and federal regulators decided they’re also warranted for 12- to 15-year-olds once enough time has passed.
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