Pennsylvania Education

The mask mandates follow rising COVID, flu, and RSV cases across the Delaware Valley.

The state will distribute up to $50,000 each to 33 career and technical centers and two school districts that were selected through a competitive grant process.

Philly public schools won’t open Friday due to predicted bad weather and learning will happen online only, district officials said.

Superintendent Tony Watlington announced six new sub-offices in the district’s central office and several new hires, including a new chief financial officer.

Philadelphia school board members Reginald Streater and Mallory Fix-Lopez were elected Thursday night to serve one-year terms as president and vice president of the board.

Less than 30% of third graders in Philly public schools scored proficient or higher in reading last school year. A new program challenges students to read more at home.

Between 50 and 100 students walked out of Dobbins High School Monday afternoon to protest unsafe conditions at the school.

The school district’s decision comes amid concerns of the "tripledemic" of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza (flu), and COVID-19.

"One of those measures is that we may consider requiring masking for a time period after returning from extended breaks."

The impact of reducing the required number of credits on Pennridge’s social studies curriculum has not been made clear.

Bluford charter school is expected to reopen as a district-run school this fall, while its sister school, Daroff, will remain closed, officials said.

State health officials say there’s clear research that school-based health centers can bridge health equity gaps. But there’s still few in Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia Board of Education will vote on calendars for the next two school years at its February meeting. Parents and community members have until Dec. 14 to weigh in.

A Commonwealth Court judge ruled that a lawsuit nine parents filed against five school districts, including Pennsbury, was moot.

Philly schools that have shown “greater growth” than their peers over the last 10 years will have access to millions in new grant funding.