Pennsylvania Education

Witnesses include a Christian private school leader and the executive director of the House Appropriations Committee.

The district says cloth masks are no longer considered effective, and will be distributing KN95s to school staff.

Twenty one percent of qualified candidates have leadership experience in the School District of Philadelphia.

The plan comes about a week before Gov. Tom Wolf unveils the final budget proposal of his two-term tenure.

One lawsuit out of Montgomery County says axing mask policies forces parents of medically fragile school children to pull their children out of in-person learning.

The local Afghan community, centered in Northeast Philadelphia, has nearly doubled with the influx of evacuees, who worry for family and friends left behind.

About 400 people live-streamed Thursday night’s meeting. More than a dozen spoke, protesting the district’s continued mask mandate.

Even as Philly officials vow to reduce omicron’s interruptions to in-person learning, the school district’s shifts to virtual are causing angst.

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.

This week, more than 100 district schools were virtual because of staffing shortages during the omicron surge. Next week, just eight are on the list.

Defense attorneys sought to paint a rosier picture of the state’s largest school district than the one Hite presented in his direct testimony.

Plaintiffs say Pennsylvania’s school funding model is inadequate and inequitable, and that the state discriminates against students in poor districts.

For the first time this school year, Philadelphia faces the prospect of a widespread shift back to virtual learning. How many schools and for how long? No one quite knows.

A Bucks County school district has instructed teachers not to “wade into” discussions with students about the insurrection “due to the current polarization.”

Staff shortages forced the 17,000-student district to close Monday. It’s asking people with bachelor’s degrees to apply for teaching and support jobs.