Whether you already found full-time child care or are just looking for help to fill in the gaps outside of your work hours — before or after school care might be what you’re looking for. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
What else is new is that the state Department of Education has a plan to increase the number of teachers by thousands by the year 2025, which includes expanding teacher apprenticeships and easing teacher certification guidelines, as well as ramped up teacher recruiting. But to solve the teacher shortage problem, the state must address an equally troubling problem: the lack of Black teachers in Pennsylvania. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
There are a number of opportunities to get bookbags packed with school supplies for free, hosted by organizations across the city and the School District of Philadelphia itself. And for people looking to contribute, there are also plenty of chances to do that. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
These were the sounds of the fourth annual 2K Skills and Drills Academy, a basketball camp focused on developing young girls’ and women’s skills. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Child advocates and health care providers in Philadelphia say Jones’ experience is reflected in a new report that shows the COVID-19 pandemic’s deep toll on the city’s children, with long-term consequences that could become worse if action isn’t taken. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
KleinLife is providing the summer camp at no cost to families, and they want to go further — they launched a campaign Thursday to raise $750,000 to fund free after-school programs and social services for Ukrainian refugees, many of whom have settled in the Northeast. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
Saying that they’ve moved beyond merely talking about what needs to be done to combat Philadelphia’s surging gun violence crisis, representatives from five established community organizations gathered Saturday to ask for more help from Black men to patrol neighborhoods, clean up corridors, and serve as positive role models for youth. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The project, while giving the school a new space, is aimed at encouraging more students of color to go into architecture and design, disciplines where they have been traditionally underrepresented. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia this week launched a new program that will provide entrepreneurs and creatives with public space to grow their business — free of charge — in exchange for a commitment to mentor the city’s teenagers and children. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
At a chaotic meeting Wednesday night, the board declined to fully answer public questions about who will manage the schools, whether the schools’ principals will remain, when a new health insurance policy for employees will be in place, and how a previously promised tuition-assistance program for employees will run. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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