Policy changes in the U.S. Department of Agriculture are complicating Philly’s plans to distribute meals to students this fall. | From: NBC10/Telemundo 62 (Read more.)
United Way’s 211 hotline can provide information on the PHLConnectED program. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
Philadelphia will have 31 sites this fall where families can take young children who need supervision during the day time, the city announced Thursday. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Most of the “Access Centers” will serve around 22 students each and will require registration, with priority given to “students with the highest need who can’t safely stay at home during the school day,” Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration said in a news release. (Read more.)
In light of COVID-19, FunTimes celebrates the education sector by speaking to educators in the Philadelphia region to learn how they have reconciled with schooling during COVID-19. We learn from Eric Snipe, a teacher at Luis Munoz-Marin Elementary School, about his journey adapting to COVID as a middle school educator. | From: Fun Times (Read more.)
With the start of the school year just weeks away, city officials on Thursday announced a plan to provide free internet access for 35,000 low-income families that currently lack it. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Child care providers say new state reimbursement rules scheduled to start in September will devastate the industry, forcing many to close and leaving parents without options as more go back to work. | From: The Notebook (Read more.)
The digital divide is one thing, but socioeconomic pressures highlighted and intensified by the pandemic are creating new hurdles for the most marginalized students.| From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
With Philadelphia public school students slated to start the school year online, advocates renewed their calls for expanded internet access with a rally outside Comcast’s corporate headquarters Monday. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Hundreds of Penn students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members have joined the growing call for the university to make payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) to support Philadelphia public schools. | From The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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