As an education professional with nearly 40 years of experience, I have never seen a set of circumstances impact public education the way COVID-19 has. We now find ourselves at a crossroads where both sides of the aisle will either rally together to save our children’s education or do nothing and utterly fail them. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Launched in 2007, the state-backed Pre-K Counts initiative provides free pre-Kindergarten instruction to Pennsylvania’s low-income families. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
More than 300 Philadelphians are getting access to free weekly coronavirus testing, thanks to a new program launching Monday at the Bok. Bok’s owners partnered with a company called IVEE, which will offer testing for the next 6 to 8 weeks, depending on the level of interest. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
The team of researchers convened by Gauthier found that more than half of all renters in the West Philadelphia district spend more than a third of their income on rent — the federal definition of cost-burdened and the housing set aside by the city as affordable remains out of reach for many of these renters. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
SEPTA riders likely won’t see the cost of their rides on city transit or Regional Rail increase until at least July of 2021. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
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La asociación regaló 300 portátiles a los niños de la comunidad circundante el 11 de diciembre. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The partnership gave away 300 laptops to children in the surrounding community on Dec. 11. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
In our premiere episode, Sara Lomax-Resse digs deep into the importance of independent Black media with Philadelphia radio legend Cody Anderson and WURD hosts Charles Ellison and Syreeta Martin. WURD is one of the only Black-owned and Black-operated talk radio stations in the country, and its reach goes beyond the airwaves. WURD’s story is also the story of Sara’s family. Her father, Walter P. Lomax, Jr, M.D., bought the station in 2001. He had supported Philadelphia’s Black community over his successful career as a physician, and he recognized that WURD would give his community a voice even after he was gone. In her decade as CEO, Sara has extended her father’s legacy, always with a goal of centering the full humanity of Black people at the core of everything WURD Radio does each day. | From: WURD (Read more.)
Philadelphia is expanding free internet access, offering no-cost service to families who have children receiving special education services or are English language learners, and those who participate in public benefit programs with income qualifications. | From: The Inquirer
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