With the winter break fast ending and Hite adamant that in-person learning would continue amid the current surge of Omicron cases, several parents’ groups, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand, organized petitions and sickouts — plans to hold their children out of school — demanding their voices be heard. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
The following photos were taken along Emerald Street. This is the route I take walking to school every day. These photos are intended to show the disparities along Emerald Street and north and south of Lehigh Avenue. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Las escuelas funcionarán virtualmente desde el 4 de enero hasta al menos el 7 de enero. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, eight schools in the Philadelphia school district have closed temporarily because of positive cases. The closures come amid an outcry over the recent death of an unvaccinated student at Olney Charter High School and data showing only about 21% of eligible children in Philadelphia have received the vaccine. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
School officials say they are seeking more information and weighing their options after the Philadelphia Parking Authority claimed that it overpaid the district by $11.3 million in 2020 and wants a refund. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
The event was a partnership between Councilmember Helen Gym and the youth organization New Options More Opportunities, or NoMo, one of five groups to recently receive an anti-violence community grant from the City of Philadelphia. (Read more.)
Philadelphia’s overall public school enrollment has dipped by about 4,300 students compared to the 2020-21 school year, falling from 202,944 last school year to 198,645 this year. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
Yuricheck took the stand Wednesday as the second witness in a landmark lawsuit over Pennsylvania’s system for funding public education. Panther Valley is one of six school districts suing state leaders, arguing Pa. is failing to provide the “thorough and efficient system of public education” its constitution requires. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
For Abigail Henry, a ninth grade African American History teacher at Mastery Charter School — Shoemaker Campus in West Philadelphia, discussions about racial justice — about these and other incidents, historical and contemporary — are central to her work. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
Thousands of students across Pennsylvania are being denied their basic right to a quality education because of inadequate and unfairly distributed state funding, plaintiffs argued Friday in Harrisburg at the start of a long-awaited and potentially historic trial. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
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