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Créditos fiscales para padres con hijos universitarios
El crédito fiscal por hijos te proporcionaría un pago de hasta $500 por cada hijo que esté en la universidad. | From Telemundo 62 (Read more.)
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Pennsylvania Act 66 will allow students to repeat a grade after pandemic learning loss
Every student in Pennsylvania is eligible to repeat a grade to make up for COVID-19 learning losses, but families who want to exercise that right have to move quickly. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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Pa. Act 66 lets students repeat a grade, but deadline is July 15
All Pennsylvania K-12 students now have the option to repeat a grade this upcoming school year. But the deadline to apply is right around the corner and many families are unaware of the opportunity.
Gov. Tom Wolf signed the bill — Act 66 — on June 30 in an effort to make up for education gaps stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline for families to sign up is July 15. | From WHYY (Read more.)
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SEPTA Launches New Tap Card for Philadelphia Students
Tens of thousands of students in Philadelphia will now have a new way to access public transit to get to school.
The School District of Philadelphia and SEPTA on Thursday introduced the new SEPTA Student Fare Card, a tap card that students can use up to eight times a day and which will replace the laminated cards that were previously given to students each week. | From NBC10 (Read more.)
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George Washington Carver High School students create record label
During the 2020 pandemic, Carver High School launched Carver Records, a record label for students to utilize when exploring musical projects, or music-based career options.
Carver Records released its first single just months after its inception: “Never Change.” The song carries a fun pop beat, relaxed bass, and chilled verses, showcasing Carver students’ abilities to assemble a collaborative project.
The single was created by Carver students, and is attributed to Carver Sound, with features from student artists Zeii, Kidd Phantom, and MC-E. | From AL DÍA (Read more.)
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Let’s increase tax credits to allow more students school choice
Black parents, especially, favor more school options for their children. The head of Philly’s Children’s Scholarship Fund lays out one way to help increase their choice. | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
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Philly state rep calls on Biden to get broadband to all Americans
For the past 15 months of the pandemic, broadband has become a lifeline for Pennsylvania’s disadvantaged and disenfranchised—low-income families, communities of color, and people with disabilities. Now that the Biden administration is proposing long-overdue investments in physical and human infrastructure, we need to make sure that the $100 billion earmarked for broadband is spent where it’s needed most. | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
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Philly’s district should spend less money on contractors and more on the schools | Opinion
The School District of Philadelphia Board of Education has developed a pattern of spending millions on contracts to outside consultants, such as last month considering $6.5 million to Renaissance and Illuminate Education for K-12 assessments, $550,000 to KJR Consulting for professional development training, and $100,000 to GaileyMurray, LLP Communications Consultant for public relations, as reported by the Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools (APPS). Such outsourcing is expensive and does not build institutional knowledge or establish new ways of doing things. The district should instead pursue “unlearning” old ways of relying on contracts and relearning new ways to provide students and teachers what they need, while keeping resources within the district. | From The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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Not only is this 65-year-old grandmother finally graduating from high school, she’s also class valedictorian
This is also a story about persistence and resilience and a 65-year-old woman’s long-ago whispered promise to herself that one day, somehow, some way, she would go back to school and earn a high school diploma. Twyanna Williams, who dropped out to help financially when her parents split, didn’t know how or when, just that she wanted to do it. | From The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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Pa. Dems want to use stimulus funds to fix crumbling schools
Pennsylvania’s June 30 budget deadline is fast approaching, and Democrats in the legislature are pushing for a massive one-time investment in schools plagued with crumbling infrastructure and problems like exposed asbestos and flaking lead paint.
The commonwealth is expected to have a $3 billion budget surplus and more than $7 billion available in American Rescue Plan dollars, which Democrats say must be used to fix some of the country’s oldest school buildings. | From WHYY (Read more.)