In its mission to provide its students with more high-quality training to enter the workforce and earn a living wage beyond graduation, the Community College of Philadelphia broke ground on Nov. 18 for a new Career and Advanced Technology Center in West Philadelphia. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The University of Pennsylvania announced today that it would donate $100 million to the School District of Philadelphia over 10 years to help pay for the remediation of asbestos and other potentially dangerous conditions in aging school buildings. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
We all know the benefits of early childhood education for kids. But the program has the potential to open up possibilities for their caretakers too. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
La beca Octavius Catto está proyectada para ayudar a 4.500 estudiantes en los próximos cinco años. | From: Al DÍA (Read more.)
The Octavius Catto scholarship is projected to help up to 4,500 students over the next five years. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The pandemic turned many neighborhoods into opportunity deserts. It laid bare the disparities between communities where people can afford to buy membership to private pools or make over backyards into kid play zones and those that rely on public options. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Last month, city and school officials embarked on the two-year, $17 million PHLConnectED initiative effort to connect up to 35,000 households to the internet. The service is to cover the need for students, who are studying remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
How that testing will take place is not clear, but the district will work with the city’s health department and hospitals to possibly put together a framework, Superintendent William Hite said. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
Philadelphia schools are fully online, but an estimated 18,000 low-income families with school-age children still lack reliable high-speed internet service, city officials told the school board Thursday night. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
In an attempt to close the digital divide, the district has been handing out tens of thousands of Chromebooks to families and students to learn with from home. But, long lines at the administration building on Tuesday left parents and students frustrated and without the needed laptops. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
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