Education

Can schools require COVID-19 vaccines for students now that Pfizer's shot is authorized for kids 12 and up?

Rowan University offering students incentives to get COVID-19 vaccine ahead of fall semester

Rowan University COVID-19 vaccines

Masterman High School remains among top 20 schools in U.S. and best in Pennsylvania

Masterman best high schools

Central High School senior wins national award for community service, academic achievement

Sheyla Street Central High

Philly pre-K students may now qualify for the city's free internet services program

phlconnected internet program

Penn, Drexel to require students receive COVID-19 vaccine for fall semester

Penn Drexel COVID-19 vaccines

Pennsylvania's state-owned universities freeze in-state tuition for third straight year

City launches Safe Routes Philly to teach kids about traffic safety

Biking, Walking Safety

Philly school district staffer named 'Pennsylvania School Nurse of the Year'

philly school nurse award

College students still struggling to afford food and housing, Temple report shows

College student food and housing insecurity

Pennsylvania relaxes social distancing guidelines for students in classrooms

Pennsylvania schools social distancing

Penn's graduate education program named best in the nation by U.S. News

U.S. News Best Graduate Schools

Rutgers among first universities in the nation to require COVID-19 vaccine

Rutgers COVID vaccine

Philly schools to welcome back more elementary students in late April

School District of Philadelphia

More Philly public schools set to resume in-person learning this week

School District of Philadelphia

Testing, contact tracing and consequences for not following rules reduced COVID-19 spread in N.J. school

CDC study school COVID-19 spread

Chestnut Hill College plans for in-person, on-campus learning during fall semester

Chestnut Hill College open fall 2021

During South Jersey visit, Jill Biden promises safe reopening of schools

Cabrini University to cut some academic programs, staff in effort to address financial woes

Cabrini University programs cut

School District of Philadelphia to expand hybrid instruction model to more students

School District of Philadelphia

Rutgers University to divest from fossil fuels, pledges to invest in sustainability

Rutgers University Fossil Fuels

New Jersey named top state for public education by U.S. News & World Report

New law requires N.J. school districts to teach diversity and inclusion classes

New Jersey public schools

Pennsylvania to establish COVID-19 vaccine sites for teachers, school staffers

Pennsylvania teachers COVID-19 vaccine

Temple University to restore in-person instruction this fall amid a 'vibrant campus experience'

Temple University Fall 2021

For first time in a year, some Philly public schools to open next week for hybrid learning

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New details on reopening plan for Philly schools expected Monday

Philly schools reopening plan

Cherry Hill school district becomes first in N.J. to require African American history course in high school

Cherry Hill Black History

Teachers more likely to drive COVID-19 transmission at schools, CDC finds

COVID transmission in schools

Philly schools postpone reopening until March

School District of Philadelphia

Higher Education

St. Joe's, USciences to explore merger of two Philly universities

St. Joe's USciences

Philly teachers don't need to return to schools Monday, Mayor Kenney says

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Philly teachers union tells members not to return to schools on Monday because of safety concerns

Philadelphia school district reopening

Comcast boosts Internet Essentials speeds after criticism from students

comcast speed increases

South Philly's Andrew Jackson School community getting chance to distance itself from namesake's troubling past

Andrew Jackson School Renamed

Suspended Allentown teacher claims he wasn't anywhere near U.S. Capitol when the riot occurred

Philly schools to resume some in-classroom learning in February

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Camden to close four elementary schools due to financial issues

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Temple University begins $10 million COVID-19 testing plan

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School District of Philadelphia opening six regional centers for special needs students

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Allentown School District suspends teacher who attended Trump rally in D.C.

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