Because Black teachers are critical for the success of Black students, we need to work even harder to recruit and retain them, says urban educator and writer Rann Miller, who followed his own alternate route to teaching. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
The city is partnering with the School District of Philadelphia and local public safety partners to enhance after school programs. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
By criminalizing dirt bikes, the city has spent decades ignoring rather than tapping into unrecognized potential. | From: Next City (Read more.)
Access to quality and inventive STEM education is essential for today’s students to prepare for some of the most in-demand careers they’ll encounter as adults. To help their students get there, School District of Philadelphia teachers are pursuing industry partnerships, external training and sponsors to help them get their students ahead. Here’s what that work looks like. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
McFarlane, who now is the assistant director of quantitative analysis in the Phillies’ research and development department, launched a mentorship program Monday that partners with schools in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, which is made up of historically Black colleges and universities, in hopes of increasing awareness for roles in sports analytics, he told The Inquirer. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Schools opened Monday for 114,000 Philadelphia students in a district still facing a staff shortage and struggling to recover from the effects of the pandemic, which resulted in closed school buildings for more than a year and student learning loss that is still being assessed. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
A school in North Philadelphia celebrated the inauguration of a new bilingual program, which will be available to both Hispanic students and any parent who wants Spanish as a second language for their children. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
Biden cancels $10,000 in Student Loan Debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000. | From: Al Dia (Read more.)
The school supplies giveaway at Izlas Latin Cuisine in West Kensington began at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Less than 30 minutes later, one woman estimated she’d already given backpacks — stuffed with crayons, pencils, folders and notebooks — to 50 people. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia school district officials announced Tuesday they will resume using state standardized test scores as a criterion for admission to the city’s most selective high schools for the class that will start ninth grade in September 2023, but the acceptable minimum scores are being reevaluated, they said. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
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